… he’s doing the exact wrong things. By tanking his own trade value, he’s making Philly that much more inclined to keep suspending him and fining the shit out of him, because they absolutely won’t deal him for peanuts. Woj literally jus tweeted as much.

The more Simmons digs in his heels and acts this way, the less likely he is to be dealt before the deadline. He’s trying to strong-arm guys like Rivers, Morey, and Embiid, lmao. It’s an impressively bad misplay on his part.