Sixers

Gigantic Woj Bomb: Markelle Fultz to Orlando

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Feb 7th, 2019 · 2:47 PM EST

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Jeez man.

What a day:

Orlando is trading for Markelle Fultz, league source tells ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 7, 2019

Orlando is sending Jonathon Simmons, OKC first-round pick, and Cleveland second-round pick for Fultz. https://t.co/gW23j7DAIU

— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 7, 2019

Wow, I cannot believe they got a first rounder back for him. That feels like a pretty good haul.

OKC is good, so that won’t be a lottery pick. Cleveland is bad, so that would be a higher 2nd-round pick, assuming it’s this year or next year.

Simmons is 6’6″, a 29-year-old shooting guard who is averaging 7/2/2 over 41 games this season. He plays about 20 minutes off the bench and comes in to give you another depth piece on the wing to go along with James Ennis, who was added earlier today.

Here are his career stats:

We’ll do more on Markelle later. Should be a press conference in a few hours, but I was in the camp of people who believed it made sense to let someone else take a chance on the guy.

Edit:

It’s the same OKC pick the Sixers originally gave up, which is 1-20 protected and turns into two second-rounders if not conveyed:

Sixers initially got that protected 2020 first-round pick from OKC in the Jerami Grant deal. Now getting it back from Orlando here.

— Zach Lowe (@ZachLowe_NBA) February 7, 2019