Ben Simmons is the biggest wildcard in the NBA season restart and the Philadelphia 76ers moving him to the four is probably the most significant change we’ve seen strategically for any team thus far.
And if there was a squad in the East with the top end talent to rival Milwaukee, it’s gotta be Philly. (Not to sleep on the likes of the Celtics, Heat, or the defending champion Raptors.) As to me, Simmons has always been the player I’d consider my most important if I was the Sixers, and that includes Joel Embiid.
Recent scrimmages have given us a glimpse as to why.