Sixers also give the 22th '26 pick of the upcoming draft in this trade.

The goal is for the sixers to cash on Maxey's value right now (who unfortunatelly shows limits to be a 1st option in PO context, no superstar efficiency without a real 1st option next to him) before it decreased, in order to prepare the end of Embiid's contract and continue to be a releavant and exciting team in this span.

With picks 4 and 15, you can draft players like Keaton Wagler to pair him with VJ on the backcourt and Moriz Johnson to have a great frontcourt player for the futur, while Buzelis give you upside at the wing.

With Jalen Smith and Okoro, you stabilize the depth for the upcoming years and still have the NT-MLE to try to sign a player like Dean Wade this summer (maybe also Alvarado with the BAE ?).

The team, with more depth than before, still have the level to go to the playoff and make some noise (not real contenders but there's no path to it anyway) in the end of Embiid/George max contracts.

Chicago does it to form an extremely young and dynamic offensive duo with Giddey-Maxey for years to come which help them, along good use of the cap space this summer, to pass a cap and become a playoff team right away.