The 76ers are loading up for the playfs.
The Philadelphia 76ers are pushing their chips all on this yr. In line with ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the 76ers simply acquired Tobias Harris from the LA Clippers in a monster commerce. The Clippers are sending over Tobias Harris, Boban Marjanovic, & Mike Scott in change for Landry Shamet , Wilson Chandler, a 2020 first spherical draft decide, a 2021 unprotected first spherical decide Miami, AND 2 second rounders.
Harris goes into free company this Summer season, and the Clippers reportedly wouldn’t been capable of pay him a max-level contract, in the end getting nothing in return for his departure. Due to this fact, the commerce permits the Clippers to obtain some worth for him.
With the commerce, the 76ers at the moment are seeking to be entrance runners for the Japanese division. They’ll have almost four all-stars on the court docket on the similar time with Ben Simmons, Joel Embiid, Jimmy Butler and now Tobias Harris.
Whereas they’re nonetheless not fairly on the Warriors degree but, the 76ers are constructing a pleasant basis for a robust playf push. And Woj is reporting that the 76ers are planning to maintain all four on the group intact for years to come back too.
We’ll proceed to maintain you posted on additional trades within the NBA because the deadline nears tomorrow afternoon. Keep tuned.