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Message: [QUOTE="jncuse, post: 4249847, member: 1969"] When the Simmons/Harden trade went down I surmised this could well be a win/win for both teams, and this was an opinion shared by a number of others. It appeared to perhaps but the Sixers/Nets a step above the rest of the East. Simmons appeared to be a perfect complement to Durant/Irving and Harden was replacing somebody who was not playing in Philly. And I was clearly wrong. It has been a disaster for both teams -- not sure if Simmons will ever come back at this point. Harden while still crafty out there and can still set up plays is nowhere near the level he was before. And giving him a 4 or 5 year max extension is not very likely to turn out well. I guess the Sixers could still win it all this year but that seems unlikely. I suppose the Nets at least got a few weak first round picks out of Philly. But that only barely offsets the haul they gave up to get Harden in the first place. [/QUOTE]