One of the names we’ve floated for the Sixers in recent weeks is point guard George Hill.

The 34-year-old veteran is currently plying his trade for the rebuilding Thunder, and wouldn’t be hard to pry from OKC at the trade deadline.

Here’s a snippet from Bleacher Report’s Jake Fischer:

“…as the trade deadline inches ever closer, Hill’s name has emerged more and more in conversations among team executives. Both Los Angeles teams and Philadelphia have expressed interest, according to league sources. The Thunder’s asking price appears clear. “They’re willing to [both] take back and trade salary for draft compensation,” one Western Conference official said.

The Sixers have a first-round pick at their disposal, and Hill would not require them to move Danny Green’s salary, the trade chip necessary for any Kyle Lowry transaction. Plus the collective bargaining agreement bars teams from trading any player back to a previous team during the same season.”

The Sixers obviously could go for a backup ball handler behind Ben Simmons, and Hill makes sense. He served in the same capacity for Milwaukee in 2019 and 2020 and played about 23 minutes in the playoffs, averaging 10 points per game and shooting better than 36% from three. He’s good for about three assists per game.

Thing about Hill is that he hasn’t played in a long time due to a thumb injury. He actually just had a cast removed, and OKC hasn’t been able to showcase him before the trade deadline. That could play into the hands of suitors, who might be able to get a “let’s just get whatever we can for George Hill” discount coming from GM Sam Presti (who worked with Daryl Morey this offseason with the Al Horford deal).

Hill’s earning $9.5 million this year and about $10 million next year, so no, you wouldn’t have to move Danny Green to get him. You can’t, since Green technically made a stopover in OKC from LA, before landing here. You could make it work with pick(s) and the expiring contracts of perhaps Mike Scott/Vincent Poirier while hanging on to Matisse Thybulle and Tyrese Maxey. That’s basically the difference between going for Hill and Lowry. Lowry’s salary match would have to come via Green, and Toronto would also ask for an interesting young player. OKC would probably be willing to take on some expiring money for a couple of picks to move Hill to a contender.

And then the Sixers go out and get a stretch big and call it a day. If Lowry isn’t in play, then Hill + a backup shooter for the second unit would really help this team down the stretch.