The sign and trade, it’s happening:

Josh Richardson as a JJ Redick replacement is a good return. Bam Adebayo? Wonder if they’d throw him in there, but I doubt it.

Depending on the money you have remaining, Al Horford might be a possibility yet. Patrick Beverly is still out there, too.

Standing by.

UPDATE:

Your Sixers starting lineup in 2019 looks like this:

  1. Ben Simmons (6’10”)
  2. Josh Richardson (6’6′”)
  3. Tobias Harris (6’9″)
  4. Al Horford (6’10”)
  5. Joel Embiid (7’2″)

That’s monstrous. That lineup can finish top-five defensively and top-five in rebounding.

Scoring? Well, Richardson is a career 37% three point shooter, Harris 36%, Horford 37%. There will DEFINITELY be some rough offensive patches, and Embiid and Simmons, one of those two has to improve their shooting to get the Sixers past the same drop/dig/double situation that hurt the team last year, but this lineup has a lot of potential.

Bench looks like:

  • Mike Scott
  • Matisse Thybulle
  • Zhaire Smith
  • Jonah Bolden
  • Shake Milton
  • maybe Marial Shayok
  • some vet minimums
  • James Ennis? He’s still out there.

Sixer needs, in my opinion:

  1. backup ball handler (can’t be McConnell if he’s not usable in the playoffs)
  2. another shooter off the bench
  3. another big for nights where Embiid is off and Horford slides down to the five

More to come!