The NBA common season is lower than two weeks away, however championship contenders are already anticipated to discover the commerce marketplace for remaining acquisitions.
For the Philadelphia 76ers, meaning discovering the appropriate help for stars Paul George and Joel Embiid, who’ve been injured lately. Bleacher Report’s Grant Hughes suggests Sixers goal Portland Path Blazers’ Deni Avdija.
He landed with the Blazers on the night time of the 2024 NBA draft.
“Avdija simply arrived in Portland on the worth of a future first and the No. 14 choose, so it is onerous to think about the Blazers parting with him for picks,” Hughes wrote. “However Philadelphia can provide some very attractive choices to the ahead who made actual progress as a shooter final season.”
It’s obligatory to emphasise the concept that Avdija was lately acquired. If Portland was keen to half with their lottery choose to accumulate the 23-year-old, why would they half with him solely half a season later?
The one reply: on the proper worth.
Philadelphia ought to leverage all of its finest belongings to lure him, doubtless together with rookie Jared McCain and several other first-round picks. Avdija is signed a four-year, $55 million contractthat means the Sixers must match his $15 million annual wage in a deal.
Crew president Daryl Morey could have intentionally signed a number of gamers for greater than their consensus price this offseason with a purpose to make ends meet for a championship-ending acquisition.
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