Build your trade out by selecting player(s), then click Process Trade to update your roster. Trade a PlayerĬlick the 'Make A Trade' button to load the Trade Manager.
Sign a Free AgentĬlick the '+Add Free Agent' button to include a free agent player. You get to be the General Manager for the Charlotte Hornets.Īs the General Manager you have the ability to: Sign or Renounce Free AgentsĮither renounce the team's current free agents to potentially clear up some cap space or sign free agent(s) using their rights since the team still has control of their rights. All salary information via Spotrac or RealGM. Unless otherwise noted, all stats via NBA.com, PBPStats, Cleaning the Glass or Basketball Reference. (Charlotte Hornets forward Gordon Hayward, perhaps?) But as of now, it appears far more likely that they'll be limited to the taxpayer MLE once free agency opens at 6 p.m. The Sixers could carve out more room under the apron by convincing Harden to opt out and re-sign for less than his maximum salary or by trading Tobias Harris for a slightly smaller contract.
John's forward Julian Champagnie on a two-way deal after the draft. Two-way wings should be atop their wish list, even after adding St. They'll have plenty of options to weigh either with the non-taxpayer MLE (if they carve out enough room under the apron to gain access to it) or the taxpayer MLE.
The Sixers' free-agency plans are not just Tucker-or-bust, though.
It's difficult to imagine Tucker settling for the taxpayer MLE, which is $1 million less next season than the player option he plans to decline, especially since "multiple contending teams" are expected to offer him the full mid-level exception, per Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports. The Sixers' draft-night acquisition of Melton perhaps made that less likely. on June 30, but league executives believe there’s a good chance Tucker will become a Sixer," he wrote. "Things could change before the start of free agency at 6 p.m. On Tuesday, Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer reported the Sixers intended to offer Tucker a three-year, $30 million contract once free agency opens next Thursday. Tucker, who plans to decline his $7.4 million player option for the 2022-23 season to become an unrestricted free agent, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. (Paul Hudrick of Liberty Ballers heard likewise.) However, that could complicate their reported interest in Miami Heat forward P.J. Even if they salary-dumped all three of Furkan Korkmaz ($5 million), Matisse Thybulle ($4.4 million) and Georges Niang ($3.5 million), they'd have to replace that trio with minimum signings, which would leave them roughly $770,000 above the apron.Īccording to a source familiar with the Sixers' approach, they are not looking to salary-dump Thybulle just to gain access to the non-taxpayer MLE. To gain access to the non-taxpayer MLE and round out their roster with a minimum deal, the Sixers would have to shed roughly $8.2 million in salary without taking any money back. Teams that are over the apron can only use the taxpayer mid-level exception ($6.4 million) and the veteran-minimum exception ($1.8 million). Teams cannot use the non-taxpayer mid-level exception (projected to be $10.3 million next season), the bi-annual exception ($4.1 million) or acquire a player in a sign-and-trade if any of those moves would take them over the apron. Assuming the salary cap and luxury-tax thresholds come in at $122 million and $149 million as projected, the Sixers will have less than $4 million in wiggle room before they bump into the $155.7 million luxury-tax apron.
If Harden does pick up his option, the Sixers will have roughly $151.7 million in salary committed to 13 players. Recent reports have suggested Harden plans to opt in and then sign a short-term extension, although the terms of said deal remain unclear for now.
The Sixers' attention now shifts to Harden, who must decide by June 29 whether to pick up his $47.4 million player option for the 2022-23 or decline it to become an unrestricted free agent. Flipping his contract and a late first-round pick for a proven veteran-aka, someone whom head coach Doc Rivers might be inclined not to bury on his bench-should help the Sixers maximize their win-now window with Joel Embiid and James Harden. Green was a valuable contributor for the Sixers over the past two years, but the torn ACL and LCL that he suffered against the Miami Heat in the playoffs made him expendable.