Charania When I talk to players around the league it's been trending toward Joel Embiid as their pick as their vote as the guy that they view as the most dominant the most valuable on a nightly basis So I think when you talk to players the vote is looking at Joel Embiid

Bill Simmons Pod Simmons I think they're gonna trade Joel Embiid

Bill Simmons Pod Simmons I think they're gonna trade Joel Embiid

Charania Around the league my phone is being flooded with people texting me Paul George and picks Once it was out there Jaylen Brown was available for trade you saw his value for whatever reason start to diminish as the last week went on

Charania LeBron James is taking the Sixers free agency pitch really seriously I look at it when I talk to teams now as kind of a hierarchy of Cleveland Miami Philadelphia

Jaylen Brown talking about his new teammate Joel Embiid two months ago Flopping has ruined our league Joel Embiid is one of the greatest players that has played basketball but he flops He knows it too

Charania Philadelphia was not in the picture for LeBron until after the Jaylen Brown trade and within 24 hours LeBron was taking their pitch very seriously It's currently a hierarchy of Cleveland Miami and Philadelphia and then teams on the periphery