The Philadelphia 76ers are expected to be very active once free agency opens up at 6 p.m. EDT. President of Basketball Operations Daryl Morey created a ton of cap space for this offseason to help Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey move forward.
The Sixers are looking to add a max player next to Embiid and Maxey. That max player is expected to be Los Angeles Clippers star Paul George. While most believe George will stay in the West Coast, the Sixers do have a ton of money to coax him over to the City of Brotherly Love.
The Sixers will then need to fill out the roster. That’s where Kentavious Caldwell-Pope comes into the picture. A starting shooting guard for the 2020 champion Lakers and 2023 champion Nuggets, KCP brings a 3-and-D aspect that the Sixers need to win in the playoffs.
Per Marc Stein via his substack:
League sources say that the ever-ambitious 76ers, meanwhile, have explored the feasibility (and presumed salary-cap gymnastics it would require) of maneuvering to try to come away with both George and Denver’s Kentavious Caldwell-Pope in free agency. There has been a growing expectation all week (as explained in this piece) that Denver is poised to lose Caldwell-Pope … perhaps even without compensation.
Free agency promises to be an interesting time for the Sixers as they look to challenge the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference.