The Inquirer takes a numbers look at the top players available, including Paul George and LeBron James, to determine who makes sense in Philly and pairs well with Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey.
The Sixers are anchored by stars Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey, who will likely be joined by a third star this summer.As the NBA’s conference finals get underway this week, the 76ers will once again be relegated to watching the action unfold from afar. Sure, seeing the Knicks miss out afterand the brain trust are going to need to give Sixers fans something to actually cheer for at this stage of the playoffs.
rating last season was well within the range we’d see from the best player on a champion. For Maxey’s part, his +2.7 RAPTOR was a career-high, but it was more like what we typically see from the third-best player on a champ, not a No. 2 : No other pending free agents are quite within the production range of the typical championship team’s second-best star. However, there are other players who could hit the market the following summer and might be available via trade. Donovan Mitchell of the Cleveland Cavaliers, for instance, had +6.2 RAPTOR — making him a supercharged No. 2 based on our chart above — and he can opt out of his contract after next season. Others in similar situations who fit as a title-ready No.
If Maxey joins that club, it opens up all kinds of possibilities for the Sixers going forward. Instead of focusing on the small group of free agents and/or trade targets who might qualify as a championship No. 2, Philly could instead turn its attention to the larger class of potential No. 3s.
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