It was fine FOR WHAT MIAMI HAD ON THEIR ROSTER. THEY WERE NEVER GOING TO TRADE JIMMY OR BAM
They wanted to but Portland was stubborn and blocked miami phone calls which is fine as they came out well
Correct. However, none of those guys make the Sixers better and then they are in a predicament where they already have to cut one guy from the roster. This is a last ditch effort sort of thing. Harden will have more value at the deadline.
The player from the Clippers they’ve targeted as being worth not having the expiring is Mann. If the Clippers want to do the deal now for the expirings I would think Morey would only do it for 1 or 2 future firsts and a swap. This would be done so they can turn the Tobias Harris 39 million of expiring money into a player to add to Embiid Maxey.
And once again you dont offer your best deal to start off negotiations in the summer. Miami wasn't going to start off discussions with their best offer on July 4th
This is a game of chicken. If I’m the Sixers I’m saying:
That is what I was thinking yesterday.
I thought they would have traded FVV.
And they release Morris....
I don’t know how you can say it didn’t. It helped to unlock Embiid for him to go next level. I’ve never seen Embiid get better looks than what he got with Harden. The Sixers perpetually go out in round 2. With Harden they actually were up 3-2 vs their nemesis in the Celtics and that’s the high water mark for Embiid teams in the playoffs. These athletes are hard to manage but that’s the job. Sixers front office yet again have done a poor job in that accord. I’m left feeling like they could have handled this differently with Harden. I like that they didn’t step up to give him the max. At the same time, nobody was giving him the max. They could have potentially got him for $25 per for 2 years with the second year being a player option. They screwed the pooch when Morey and Harden already had a solid relationship. That’s on the Sixers from where I sit. When you acquire James Harden and you’re Morey you can’t say we didn’t know who he is. He’s an ego for sure that has to be managed right. We can bitch about that all day, but that’s pro sports from the front office perspective. You have to manage egos.
Sixers need to get in on that. The best way for them to do so is to trade Harden for draft assets to entice Toronto. Either way, OG has a player option for next season and is only making $18 per year. He can likely get something that approximates 30 million per year. Even if OG is traded, he’s still likely to be on the market. The team that trades for him could have a leg up but he fits really well with Maxey Embiid and a Nick Nurse philosophy of basketball. He likely gets some really good looks with the defense being so stop Embiid/centric. Maxey/Embiid pick and roll needs a shooter on the wing around it.
Batum is a serviceable guy for sure. He can play a legit role for the Sixers. RoCo is cooked though like Morris. The only knock on Batum is that he’s redundant with PJ Tucker. They have similar games. You can’t play them together because neither guy has much of a willingness to shoot.
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