With John Wall and the Houston Rockets agreeing to mutually part ways, the media has been trying to link Wall to the Sixers. The overwhelming sentiment in the City of Brotherly Love is a hard pass on a Wall trade and I lean that way also. However, let me play devil’s advocate and make the case for Wall.
The real case for Wall starts and ends with Ben Simmons. Adrian Wojnarowski just doubled down on Keith Pompey’s report from a few weeks that Simmons will not report to training camp and is prepared for a lengthy holdout this upcoming season.