2023-24 file: 47-35; misplaced in first spherical
Added: F Paul George (4 years, $212M) G Eric Gordon (two years, $6.7M); C Andre Drummond (two years, $10M); F Caleb Martin (4 years, $35M); G Reggie Jackson (one yr, $3.3.M); G Jared McCain (first spherical, sixteenth decide); F David Jones (two-way); 2031 second-round decide (acquired from Dallas)
Misplaced: F Tobias Harris (signed with Detroit); F Nicolas Batum (signed with Clippers); F De’Anthony Melton (signed with Golden State); C Paul Reed (waived); G/F Buddy Hield (sign-and-trade to Golden State); F/C Mo Bamba (signed with Clippers)
Retained: G Tyrese Maxey (5 years, $204M); F Kelly Oubre (two years, $16.3M); G Kyle Lowry (one yr, $3.3M); F Kenyon Martin Jr. (two years, $16M); G Jeff Dowtin (two-way)
Prolonged: None
Coming back from damage: None
The thin: I am doing it once more! I am falling for the Daryl Morey Carnivale! He does his Wizard of Odds factor, and I swoon like a Swiftie at an Eras Tour live performance. And, right here I’m once more, after the Sixers persuaded George to come back again east to take a run at it with Joel Embiid and Maxey and one more retooled supporting forged. At the very least I am not giving Philly the highest spot within the offseason, like I did in 2020 (once they employed Morey and Doc Rivers) or in 2022 (once they signed Melton from Memphis and P.J. Tucker from Milwaukee and prolonged James Harden for 2 years and $68 million. Good instances.) Nevertheless it’s shut.
And but, I nonetheless keep in mind what Embiid mentioned after the Sixers had been eradicated by the Knicks within the first spherical, when he was requested concerning the summer time to come back, with Philly sitting on $50 million in cap house.
“Each single yr, it is all the time been, one particular person is available in, after which the next yr, they’re gone,” Embiid mentioned then. “The identical factor saved occurring the previous few years. … All of (the latest 76ers’ groups) lasted one yr. That is the issue. Who received (in 2022-23)? Denver. … Jamal (Murray), Nikola (Jokić), they have been collectively for, what, eight years, one thing like that, seven? You take a look at a number of the groups which have received. Golden State Warriors. They’ve been collectively for a very long time. I do not keep in mind the final time you simply put a workforce collectively and hope that it labored out for one yr.”
So, is that this constructed to final — particularly with each Embiid’s and the 34-year-old George’s damage histories? Can Caleb Martin recreate his huge postseason moments in Miami, changing Batum? Can McCain break into the rotation? Will Oubre proceed to supply the leap he did final season on a prove-it deal?
I do not know. I am too busy trying on the shiny watch Morey simply pulled out of his pocket.
