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June 30: Each NBA team may begin negotiating with all other upcoming free agents (beginning at 6 p.m. ET).

What about OG Anunoby?
Harris, by all accounts, is not expected to be back with the Sixers after a tenuous end to his Philadelphia tenure. To fill that two-way, max-salary slot Harris was once expected to uphold, only OG Anunoby would represent an option close to George’s prowess and close to representing a top-tier third star who can test the open market. Anunoby is widely expected to decline his $19.9 million player option for next season after being dealt to New York before the trade deadline. Of note: While league personnel are of the mind Siakam will certainly be re-signing with Indiana, there was word circling among team officials at last week’s NBA Draft Combine that Anunoby’s situation with the Knicks is not as cut and dried. Perhaps those signals to rival teams will only help Anunoby elicit a larger dollar figure from the Knicks. But various teams left Chicago with the belief that Anunoby could reach unrestricted free agency and consider deals from other franchises in addition to New York, sources said.

Rival teams are also preparing for the chance New Orleans looks to move Brandon Ingram this summer as well. A far murkier dynamic is that of Jimmy Butler, who’s extension eligible in Miami. The Sixers, of course, have been in the Butler business before. He and Embiid maintained a close relationship, and Butler may have been the All-Star whom Morey most often attempted to acquire in Houston, sources said. At this juncture, however, league executives are of the mind Butler will most likely remain with the Heat.


In the event Philadelphia is unable to land a big fish this summer, look for the Sixers to flush out their roster with similar non-guaranteed money as of the past season’s approach. Philadelphia, sources said, will prioritize being nimble with salaries in order to move whenever the next disgruntled star becomes available. Rival executives around the league are both applauding Minnesota and Boston’s starry team builds, but optimistic both the Wolves and Celtics will be unable to keep all of their top pieces in place the deeper the NBA wades into this new second-apron era.

The Sixers, sources said, took note of Indiana’s two-year splurge for Bruce Brown that then became the biggest salary headed back to Toronto in exchange for Siakam. Veteran wings like Klay Thompson and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope would fall on the Sixers’ list of targets for similar one-plus-one contracts, sources said. Striking out on a big-time wing would also leave the door open for Philadelphia to consider taking back a player such as Zach LaVine, sources said, in the event Chicago or another team is willing to attach draft capital to move off salary. Kyle Kuzma will be another advanced wing player on the trade market, although Washington’s asking price for the veteran scorer prior to February’s trade deadline was too rich for most rival teams.

YogurtProducer wrote:OG leaving the Knicks would make me smile.

mtcan wrote:There is no way that the Knicks trade for OG and then proceed to **** around with him during contract negotiations.

mtcan wrote:There is no way that the Knicks trade for OG and then proceed to **** around with him during contract negotiations.

Consequence wrote:Was listening to a pod talking about the Knicks offseason and they were batting around the Knicks being able to keep OG and Hartenstein for a combined $50 million in salary next year. That seems low to me, I really think Hartenstein will start at $15/yr and OG close to $40/yr.

Smalltown wrote:

mtcan wrote:There is no way that the Knicks trade for OG and then proceed to **** around with him during contract negotiations.

I mean... they are the Knicks. Hell, they voted against Toronto getting a WNBA team. With Dolan at the helm you can't rule out stupidity.

Jermaine OBosh wrote:

Smalltown wrote:

mtcan wrote:There is no way that the Knicks trade for OG and then proceed to **** around with him during contract negotiations.

I mean... they are the Knicks. Hell, they voted against Toronto getting a WNBA team. With Dolan at the helm you can't rule out stupidity.

Didn't they try to lowball Kevin Durant because he was injured? before he signed with the Nets.

mtcan wrote:

Jermaine OBosh wrote:

Smalltown wrote:
I mean... they are the Knicks. Hell, they voted against Toronto getting a WNBA team. With Dolan at the helm you can't rule out stupidity.

Didn't they try to lowball Kevin Durant because he was injured? before he signed with the Nets.

Leon Rose is a smarter executive I have to believe. OG is a CAA guy and they will take care of their own.

Dalek wrote:JB Bickerstaff is a free agent and would be a huge upgrade over our expresso drinking player-friendly coach. Bickerstaff managed to win 99 games in the past two years and get past the first round twice. He also made Caris Lavert have value, managed having success with a two bigs+two smalls line-up with Isaac Okoro as a starter a lot of the time.

He would be great for the culture here, IMO.

Dalek wrote:JB Bickerstaff is a free agent and would be a huge upgrade over our expresso drinking player-friendly coach. Bickerstaff managed to win 99 games in the past two years and get past the first round twice. He also made Caris Lavert have value, managed having success with a two bigs+two smalls line-up with Isaac Okoro as a starter a lot of the time.

He would be great for the culture here, IMO.

Dalek wrote:JB Bickerstaff is a free agent and would be a huge upgrade over our expresso drinking player-friendly coach. Bickerstaff managed to win 99 games in the past two years and get past the first round twice. He also made Caris Lavert have value, managed having success with a two bigs+two smalls line-up with Isaac Okoro as a starter a lot of the time.

He would be great for the culture here, IMO.