Your “solution” makes the Sixers no better than 6th in the East. Bucks Celtics Heat Knicks Cavs would all be better than that Sixers group. With roster reconstruction this off season, the Hawks and Nets could even take a step forward.
Because the Sixers need those picks to get a big fish to package with Harris expiring deal. 2024, 2027, 2029 1st round picks plus Harris and Korkmaz expiring deals gives Portland 3 firsts and immediate cap relief for their rebuild. Dame to the Sixers. If they don’t have an eye on using this situation this way they lose big time. You know I’ve been on the blow it up wagon for numerous reasons. One is if Embiid asks out, you’re looking at the Sixers being Portland with Dame and getting back less than when the league knows the star wants out. If they don’t put another big fish around Embiid they damage the franchises biggest asset because you don’t want to trade the guy when the league knows you have to. There’s a huge ripple effect here. If they go for a deal like the Knicks that doesn’t net the big fish directly, they need those picks to make a big fish happen.
Stop it.
Or….we could just cut the 6ers out and get Dame?
LOL.
You don’t know my team bro. Reed is an asset you don’t let walk. He’s not a 5 but he’s acquitted himself well there. He fits a much better role inside a Nurse system where his switchability as a wing is valued. Reed has been misused. This team you present isn’t better than the Bucks Celtics Heat Cavs or Knicks. And now Embiid wants out.
That’s reductive. He had a great season. He did a bunch of things many said he was incapable of doing in putting the team ahead of him.
Reed is a nice player but he is a role player. You will have to pick between McDaniels and Reed if you want to use the MLE (according to TheQ). And that MLE can bring back a better player than Reed.
Fair. I would want Dame over Harden as well. But does Dame want the Clippers? I don’t even know if Dame would want a Harden-less Sixers to be honest. This assumes that Dame would pick the Embiid/Maxey situation. Who knows what that man is thinking though haha.
Sounds like Dame wants Miami or Brooklyn.
I like Hart a lot but it’s not a Hart/Reed head to head. I like Reed over McDaniels. Additionally, I looked at a lot of the midlevel forwards that are out there last night and was wholly unimpressed. There’s not a lot out there that would be worth giving up on a chance to see what Reed can be when used differently than he was with Doc. Paul Reed shot over 40% from 3 in the G League. Rivers never employed him as a 4 who can spot in the corner and get 3-4 corner jumpers a game. I haven’t seen him on the floor much with Embiid at all. You see Reed for what he is now and not what he could be.
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You aren’t getting Dame with Harris and picks. Other teams could offer more if push comes to shove. They can get a nice player but I’m not sure they are getting a star with any package. Just end up keeping Harris then the pressure on Philly to get a nice return on the Harden trade means that much more
My hope on Dame is that the Sixers with Harden was a non-consideration for him. But with Harden out the Sixers with Maxey/Embiid a head coach in Nurse and decent role players around it that can defend is an enticing situation for him.
