The Sixers both picks they possessed entering the event — on Jared McCain at No. 16, and Adem Bona at No. 41 — rather than moving either selection in a trade.
Looking around after the Sixers president Daryl Morey spoke to the media about their No.16 pick Jared McCain from Duke at headquarters in Camden, Wednesday, June 26, 2024’ draft came and went in relatively routine fashion. They used both picks they possessed heading into the two-day event — first, onThat means anticipation will continue to hover entering Sunday evening, when the Sixers are expected to be at the NBA’s epicenter of a busy free-agency period.
Still, intriguing options remain for the Sixers. Paul George is the most high-profile target, and has until Saturday to exercise his $48 million player option with the Los Angeles Clippers or decline it to enter free agency. Former Sixer Jimmy Butler and the New Orleans Pelicans’ Brandon Ingram are among the All-Star-caliber trade possibilities.
If no player at that level emerges as a viable option, the next-tier candidates include Golden State Warriors legend Klay Thompson and 3-and-D wing Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, who on Thursday declined his $15.4 player option with the Denver Nuggets to make him an unrestricted free agent, per reports. Also looming for the Sixers are decisions about which free agents from last season’s roster they hope to retain., who outplayed last season’s veteran’s minimum deal, and De’Anthony Melton, who struggled with spine issues, will command on the open market remains to-be-determined. Another wild card is, whom the Sixers acquired at the February trade deadline but slipped out of the playoff rotation. The Tobias Harris era is likely over, following the.
Those qualifiers could also be applied to the Sixers’ overall roster-building canvas, which remains mostly blank following a relatively routine draft week even while personnel moves swirled around them.
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