The Philadelphia 76ers are continuing to make moves on a busy draft night as they get set to build a better roster around Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons. First, they traded away Al Horford and they then traded away another piece of their starting lineup.
They sent Josh Richardson and the 36th to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Seth Curry who is a sharpshooter and will fit better on this roster. Curry shot 45.2% from deep on 5.0 attempts for Dallas so this is a better fit for their roster.
Richardson seemed to be caught off guard by the deal. Shortly after the trade was reported, he had an interesting tweet to show off his surprise.
Uh oh
— Josuélito (@J_Rich1) November 19, 2020
Richardson was a solid player for the Sixers as a guy who can do multiple things, but he was not the shooter that the team needs. Curry is a guy who can light it up from deep and the spacing figures to be much better around the star duo. [lawrence-related id=39242,39239,39230]