The Obligatory Ben Simmons Trade Piece

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports Throw it down big man! No, seriously, throw it the hell down for a change.So the NBA world is in what we could call The Doldrums. What are the doldrums?

It’s a nautical term referring to waters around the equator where the winds can just die and ships are becalmed. If one is in a sailing ship, that means one does not move. If one doesn’t move for long enough, the situation can become dire. Doldrums start off being tedious and boring, and at some point can become genuinely dangerous.

One can take that as a metaphor for a becalmed life, or the NBA.

In the NBA’s case, the winds will begin blowing again at the end of this month, when training camp begins. Teams and…