The Ben Simmons saga continues.If you placed a bet that 76ers guard Ben Simmons

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The Ben Simmons saga continues.If you placed a bet that 76ers guard Ben Simmons would be traded to the Kings, which had the second-best odds at+400 odds heading into this season,well, we've got some bad news for you. (Note: Minnesota had the best oddsat +300.)While Sacramento has been active in trade conversations recently, the Sam Waardenburg Jersey franchise does not want to move guards De'Aaron Fox or Tyrese Haliburton, . In a report published Wednesday, Charania revealed the Kings bra sspoke to Fox and his agent, Chris Gaston of Family First Sports, telling them the organization wants to "center the team around" Fox and Haliburton.MORE:If the Kings truly aren't interested in trading Fox or Haliburtonbefore the Feb. 10 trade deadline there are always a lot of smokescreens to navigatearound this part of the NBA calendar then theirgoal of acquiringSimmons would become a lot more challenging.Sacramento's interest in the three-time All-Star , but Philadelphia president of basketball operations Daryl Morey hasn't backed down from his high asking price. Fox or Haliburton would be the centerpiece of any hypothetical Simmons deal between the 76ers and Kings, so it seems as though Sacramento is off the table as a Simmons landing spot, unle s the front office changes its stance or Anthony Lawrence II Jersey involves a third team. Morey does not appear interested in accepting a few role players and NBA Draft picks when he has already held out this long.Who else could the Kings trade?The Kings could hypotheticallyshop Marvin Bagley III, Buddy Hield, Richaun Holmes or Harrison Barnes in a deal to balance the money it would take to acquire Simmons.Bagley III hasan expiring contract at $11.3 million.Hield signed a four-year, $94 millioncontract extension in 2019 and is set to make $22.4 million this season.Barnessigned four-year,$85 millioncontract in 2019, as well.Holmes signed four-year, $46.5 millioncontract this past offseason and has a 15 percenttrade kicker attached to his deal, so Andre Johnson Jersey moving him seems the least probable.Simmonssigned a four-year, $169.5 million extension in 2019 and is on the books for $31.6 million this season, which escalates to $38.6 million by the end of the deal.(Additionally, it's worth noting the Kings don't want to take back Tobias Harris as part of a Simmons deal, . The Sixershave reportedly been attempting to attach Harris to some Simmons trades, but his will be a major hurdle in any discu sions.)Now what?Simmons will be the biggest name to watchas the trade deadline approaches, but it'spo sible he stays on Philadelphia's roster through the end of the season. In a recent newsletter, why Morey could pre s pause Braxton Berrios Jersey on a Simmons trade until the summer:Perhaps he has also been sold on a concept that executives with a growing number of rival teams say they see as Morey's new preferred scenario: Keeping Simmons beyond the trade deadline to exhaust every last po sibility for executing a complicated sign-and-trade in the offseason that finally brings James Harden to Philadelphia and routes Simmons to Brooklyn.Complicatedis a polite description for such a deal, since the Sixers would be hard-capped by taking Harden in via sign-and-trade and would thus have to shed more salary than just Simmons' contract according to the league's luxury-tax rules to make it work financially. Yet it must be noted that there is enough noise circulating leaguewide about Harden'sreported openne s to relocation this summer after he Ray Lewis Jersey turned down a lucrative extension from the Nets in October to give Morey the encouragement he needs to wait.Harden is obviously in a different tier than Fox or Haliburton, and he would significantly raise the Sixers' ceiling.But pursuing him also brings a different set of challenges and questions.Is Harden really available? Can the 76ers figure out how to construct that trade? Are they willing to take a huge zero from Simmons' roster spot while Joel Embiid performs at an MVP level right now?Yep, the saga continues.