Chicago Bulls: 3 trades with the Sixers for Ben Simmons

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In this case, the Chicago Bulls get to keep their 2020 first round draft pick to help build alongside Simmons heading into the fourth year of this rebuild. Hopefully by this hypothetical point, the Bulls would be without vice president of basketball operations John Paxson and general manager Gar Forman as the key decision makers in the front office.

If the Bulls do bring in a more powerful and respectable voice that is able to establish a better culture within the organization and get more outside players to buy in, then Simmons can be a great fit. The Bulls need a lot of what Simmons and former Miami Heat shooting guard Josh Richardson would bring to the table for them.

A lot of this trade framework involves the same pieces from the last idea. LaVine and Sato are still making their way to Philly in exchange for Simmons. But this one encompasses another piece that should help the development of the often-injured star center Embiid.

The thought process that the Sixers need to ditch Simmons and let Embiid do his thing might be wrong, but it could benefit the Bulls.

This scenario allows the Bulls to give up seven-footer and power forward Lauri Markkanen alongside LaVine and Sato in exchange for Richardson and Simmons. Even with the poison pill provision from Simmons contract extension signed last offseason, the Bulls can still salary match in this scenario.