[Stein] Ben Simmons' preference is to be traded before the season starts, league sources say.

Source: https://twitter.com/thesteinline/status/1432796227247149059?s=21

The Sixers have been aware for some time that Ben Simmons' preference is to be traded before the season starts, league sources say. Philadelphia, through a team spokesman, declined comment today. As this newsletter reminds, Daryl Morey has cut it close on big trades before.

Ben Simmons doesn't have even a bit of leverage as to when/where he's traded to, but after the whole Harden saga somehow getting himself traded to Brooklyn, it wouldn't surprise me if Ben Simmons somehow ended up on the Lakers, Clippers, or Warriors.