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Message: [QUOTE="champs99and04, post: 2726545, member: 488"] LeBron anywhere is obviously a good fit. But it isn't Durant going to Golden State where it's as if God created a player perfectly tailored to their offense. While there is reason to think LeBron could become a lethal spot-up shooter, he hasn't worked in that capacity very much in his career. Even in Miami, it was a lot of timed cuts towards the rim off Wade drives. Playing in Philly would require him to evolve. Floor spacing could be tricky, especially if they lose Redick. But at some point brute force and talent matter more than anything else. Neither the Wade/LeBron Heat teams nor the Durant/Westbrook OKC teams were optimal from a fit standpoint, and yet they did a lot of winning. Hell, LeBron/Kyrie wasn't an ideal match, either. You'll gladly welcome some overlap in skill set for the sorts of things that are a lot harder to find - length, positional versatility, and athleticism. People have scoffed before at the suggestion of putting Simmons on the trade block, but with the amount of talent available this summer and LeBron's window being what it is, anything has to be in play. If you can get Kawhi - secretly only five years older than Simmons - out of it, you're acquiring somebody who is a better player and a better fit. The real quandary concerns Fultz - he's a wrecking ball who may be better served toiling away on a lottery team for a couple years. Philly's problem is that everyone else knows that. [/QUOTE]

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