[@esidery] The Sixers are likely to show interest in Kentavious Caldwell-Pope once free agency begins, per @ZachLowe_NBA (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…). With over $60 million in cap space, Philadelphia stands out as a serious threat to lure Caldwell-Pope away from the Nuggets.
by Impossible_Ad166
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So, now, every single FA’s agent is using the 76ers’ cap space as the “boogeyman” to get teams to overpay their clients? Got it.
Only way we sign him is if Morey misses out on the big fish like PG. His player option is something like $16-18 mill and if he opts out, you know he expects more than that. So say $20-22 million – Sixers can’t afford that if they sign PG or trade for a similar max guy like Butler.
Perfect backcourt partner for Maxey, but he won’t be cheap. His player option is $15.4 million, so it’d have to be a lot more than that for him to turn it down.
Prepare for a whole lot of agents using us to get their guys paid
Sadly he is going to command somewhere north of $20m which is no longer a positive contract for what he brings. He deserves to be paid but its a terrible contract for us when we have so many other pressing needs.
We’re so cooked lol
OG for ~$40 mil, KCP for $18-19 mil and Oubre back on an exception?
Starting five of Maxey, KCP, Oubre, OG, Embiid. That’s a pretty balanced starting five offensively and defensively.
Bench would have to be young kids and vets on minimums, but frankly that’s the case in general these days with the new salary cap rules. You’d still need a better backup center and another guard that can score when Maxey is off the court.
This is more of what I want to see, enough with the PG talks we need solid roles players to surround Embiid and Maxey. The role players that were successful for us last year need to return also.
I’m happy the Sixers can be a helpful leverage tool for all these free agents trying to finesse more money out of their teams, who most of will re-sign with in a few weeks. Just keeping the tally, it sounds like we’re signing PG, OG, KCP, and trading for Ingram. Team’s gonna be crazy.
Signing PG and overpaying KCP while also keeping Melton and Oubre could really make this team dangerous, providing they’re all healthy. The only concern would be the lack of creation depth at G.
This is like our Plan E lol if none of the stars we are interested in pan out. We could get this guy and two more solid role players. He would be a good piece but probably not a major needle mover.
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He’s overrated as a player. Look at his stats with denver this year and look at his age. Sixers need to focus on better players that fit their system than him.
My dream of a:Maxey KCP Oubre Toppin Embiid lineup may come true 🫡😂 I’m coping prolly not
we are literally leverage merchants
Can’t wait to see how we fuck this free agency up and end up with a couple high priced Tobias Harris’s around Jo/Maxey along with over the hill vets. Hope I’m wrong.
I can only see us signing KCP if a bunch of other options fail and by that point I think he will have already re-signed with Denver.