Embid & Simmons on court together, almost +18 points / 100 possessions. Embid without Simmons on average is barely positive. Embid Curry Green no Simmons was a modest positive but only 1/4th of what Embid Simmons averaged.
No Embid, no Simmons was actually better than Embid without Simmons and in a far larger sample size.
Trying to stick with Simmons would be difficult but should actually be considered heavily. Losing him is going to make play very uncertain and probably rougher than commonly thought.
Milton Embid no Simmons sucked at -7pts / 100 p in modest test near 200 minutes. That probably is not going to be the general path.
Milton Curry Green Embid was amazing... but only used a ridiculous 27 minutes. Lack of planning / foresight. Even though Milton Embid is generally bad, this quad probably should have been tested 10 plus times what it was. May have to be this season, early.
Maxey Embid no Simmons no Milton was a modest positive in about 100 minutes. Maxey Milton Embid basically neutral in 44 minutes. Try them harder but may not get what they want out of it.
With Springer or Riller might work... on offense. Defense unlikely to approach with Simmons.
Other changes needed. Harris should double 3pt rate or possibly be traded. Bench has issues.
Embid with Simmons was great because of defense and rebounding. FT rate too before the Simmons FT% nosedive from bad to horrid. If Simmons goes, team ft rate rank probably slides back toward average given current roster. Would want to try for trades that bolster that back up. That and / or the 3pta rate.
Rivers either has effective answers for this season with or without Simmons or consideration of a coaching change becomes an option, imo.
Sixers- with & without Simmons
Re: Sixers- with & without Simmons
A deal with Spurs makes more sense to me than most or all of the realistic alternatives.