Comment Opinions Please. Are The Trades Fair? What Would You Do Differently? Don’t Forget To Check Out The Free Agency Signings, Draft Picks, & Season Goals Down Below.
Financials(Before Moves)
Cut Candidates: Jeff Dowtin Jr
Total Salary: $66.3M(Including Maxey’s $13M Cap Hold)
Cap Space: $74.7M
Trade Candidates: None
TE’s: $6.8M, $5.3M, $4.3M
FA’s: Tyrese Maxey, Cam Payne, Kyle Lowry, De’Anthony Melton, Buddy Hield, Kelly Oubre Jr, Robert Covington, Nicolas Batum, KJ Martin, Tobias Harris, & Mo Bamba
Targets: Stars & Depth
Trades
Ricky Council IV, #16, 2028 LAC 1st, 2028 PHI Swap Rights, 2029 PHI 1st, 2029 LAC Swap Rights, & Updated Protections to the 2027 PHI 1st(Now Unprotected) to the Nets for Mikal Bridges
Paul Reed to the Thunder for 2025 Least Favorable of BOS/MEM 2nds
NBA Draft
Select C Adem Bona With #41 Pick: Projected Salary - $1.7M
Free Agency
Sign SF Paul George to a Four Year Contract Worth $180M(42-44-46-48)
Resign SF Kelly Oubre Jr to a Three Year Contract Worth $31.5M(9.4-10.5-11.6)
Resign SG Buddy Hield to a Two Year Contract Worth $17M(8-9[PO]) Using the Room MLE
Resign PG Tyrese Maxey to a Five Year Contract Worth $200M(36-38-40-42-44)
Resign PG Cam Payne, PG Kyle Lowry, PF Robert Covington, & PF Nicolas Batum to One Year Contracts Worth the Minimum
Sign SG Seth Lundy, SF Jordan Nwora, PF Lamar Stevens, & C Bismack Biyombo to One Year Contracts Worth the Minumum
Financials(After Moves)
Total Salary: $189M
Luxury Tax: $17M Over
First Apron: $10M Over
Second Apron: $1M Under
Ideal Starting Lineup:
Tyrese Maxey, Mikal Bridges, Paul George, Nicolas Batum, & Joel Embiid
Backup Five:
Kyle Lowry, Buddy Hield, Kelly Oubre Jr, Robert Covington, & Bismack Biyombo
Rest of Bench:
Cam Payne, Seth Lundy, Jordan Nwora, Lamar Stevens, & Adem Bona
2024 Season Goals
Joel Embiid wins MVP for a second time in his career; averaging 34, 11, & 6.
Tyrese Maxey & Paul George alongside Joel Embiid earn All Star nods for their excellent play.
Philadelphia finishes as the first seed in the eastern conference and wins the title.