The Feb. 10 trade deadline is getting closer in the NBA and now is the time for teams to figure out what to do at the deadline in order to upgrade their team and move forward with their plans to improve.
The Philadelphia 76ers are one of the teams that will be looking to upgrade their team in order to put the right pieces around Joel Embiid in order to contend for a title. That means finally solving the Ben Simmons situation and moving on from the disgruntled star.
While the Sixers are still asking for a top 25 player in a deal for Simmons, they could be beginning to ask for something a little less in order to truly help the team compete. While Simmons is with the team, he has yet to play for Philadelphia 38 games into the year now due to trying to get himself mentally ready to play.
Per Shams Charania of The Athletic and The Stadium, the Atlanta Hawks could become a serious suitor for Simmons and they could offer frustrated star John Collins in a deal:
The Hawks are an emerging…