Woj: Lakers no longer a slam dunk for Lebron, Sixers are the team to watch **Update currently meeting with sixers**

KrazySixersD · Post #101 » by **KrazySixersD** » Sun Jul 1, 2018 4:18 pm

yes, redick can and will be resigned if we get LEbron, that is why we gave him a massive 1 year deal this past year, with the understanding that he will sign for cheaper this year

spikeslovechild · Post #102 » by **spikeslovechild** » Sun Jul 1, 2018 4:18 pm

DowJones wrote:
nbhadja wrote:
The Evidence wrote:Sure.

Sounds like a great picture that Philly should paint.

But the fit and the future are still very much in doubt.

Embiid
Lebron
Kawhi
Redick
Simmons

That is the dream scenario for Philly and would be one hell of a team.

To sign LeBron they need to renounce the rights to Reddick. He isn’t an option.

Sure he is. We'd have to trade or stretch bayless but as long as we are under the cap we can offer the MLE

eyeatoma · Post #103 » by **eyeatoma** » Sun Jul 1, 2018 4:18 pm

Ambrose wrote:
eyeatoma wrote:Who the **** is Nick Wright. Unless its Woj/Sham bomb, or from Ramona/Marc Stein I'm not believing ****...

The biggest LeBron homer on planet earth. That's who.

So it says his closest family members have been informed. Doesn't that make it impossible for him to know?

ProcessDoctor · Post #104 » by **ProcessDoctor** » Sun Jul 1, 2018 4:19 pm

DowJones wrote:
nbhadja wrote:
The Evidence wrote:Sure.

Sounds like a great picture that Philly should paint.

But the fit and the future are still very much in doubt.

Embiid
Lebron
Kawhi
Redick
Simmons

That is the dream scenario for Philly and would be one hell of a team.

To sign LeBron they need to renounce the rights to Reddick. He isn’t an option.

Plenty of people close to JJ have basically said he'd re-sign for the min if we signed LeBron. If he did that, he'd be eligible for a 2-year early bird rights deal next summer. Or, he could sign for the room MLE next year. Either way, he wants to stay in Philly.

Chinook · Post #105 » by **Chinook** » Sun Jul 1, 2018 4:19 pm

spikeslovechild wrote:
DowJones wrote:
nbhadja wrote:
Embiid
Lebron
Kawhi
Redick
Simmons

That is the dream scenario for Philly and would be one hell of a team.

To sign LeBron they need to renounce the rights to Reddick. He isn’t an option.

Sure he is. We'd have to trade or stretch bayless but as long as we are under the cap we can offer the MLE

Nope. The MLE only exists for teams over the cap. If Philly goes under to sign James, the MLE goes away and is replaced by the room exception.

SK21209 · Post #106 » by **SK21209** » Sun Jul 1, 2018 4:20 pm

NBA Moses wrote:To fit Lebron under the Sixers cap they will have to renounce JJ Redick. Ersan Ilysova and marco Bellinelli have already signed with other teams. Those 3 were key members of Sixers unbelievable late season surge. But their lack of defense was really exposed in vs Boston in EC semi-finals

No outside shooters left on the Sixers really unless some trades are made(Fultz-Saric-Covington-Picks ). You may get some vets taking discounts to ride on Lebrons coattails.

If I'm the Sixers I try to get Danny Green or Mills back in a Kawhi trade. I think Danny especially would be a great fit with you guys

Jordan45822 · Post #107 » by **Jordan45822** » Sun Jul 1, 2018 4:20 pm

@TheSteinLine
Among the Sixers' planned top selling points to LeBron James' agent Rich Paul today: Philly believes it still has a real chance to win the Kawhi Leonard trade sweepstakes, league sources say

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Post #108 » by **Sixerscan** » Sun Jul 1, 2018 4:21 pm

DowJones wrote:
nbhadja wrote:
The Evidence wrote:Sure.

Sounds like a great picture that Philly should paint.

But the fit and the future are still very much in doubt.

Embiid
Lebron
Kawhi
Redick
Simmons

That is the dream scenario for Philly and would be one hell of a team.

To sign LeBron they need to renounce the rights to Reddick. He isn’t an option.

Market's getting tight. If he's just getting regular MLE offers he might be willing to take a little less for a year for the room exception then he gets a longer deal next year with his early birds.

If not they can look into someone like Ellington.

GregB · Post #109 » by **GregB** » Sun Jul 1, 2018 4:23 pm

Collymore wrote:
yoyoboy wrote:This should be a no brainer for Philly. If you have the opportunity to get LeBron by trading Covington, Saric, Fultz, and that Miami pick for Kawhi, you do it. Simmons/Kawhi/LeBron/Embiid has a legitimate chance to win titles for years to come. People get too caught up in not wanting to trade their young guys so they can let the team grow organically and develop together but don't realize just how hard it is to win a championship in the NBA. Simmons, Embiid, and Philly's young core will certainly be a force in the East for years to come, but there's no assurance they'll be better than Boston or be able to take out whoever comes out of the West. You're not throwing away the future here. Kawhi is 27. Simmons and Embiid are 21 and 24. LeBron is older at 33 but he's coming off one of the best seasons of his career end to end and has the work ethic and durability to be better later in his career than pretty much anyone else in history. And Philly still has Zhaire, Shamet, and future picks.

If they pass on getting two top 5 players just so they can keep their current construction intact they'll regret it.

Boston fans right now:

Not really. I think it would just force us to outbid Philly which would be pretty easy if we added Jaylen Brown and the Sac pick.

The Evidence · Post #110 » by **The Evidence** » Sun Jul 1, 2018 4:23 pm

nbhadja wrote:
The Evidence wrote:
CoreyGallagher wrote:Who lead their team to 52 wins and the third seed as a rookie and sophomore.

Sure.

Sounds like a great picture that Philly should paint.

But the fit and the future are still very much in doubt.

Embiid
Lebron
Kawhi
Simmons

That is the dream scenario for Philly and would be one hell of a team.

One hell of a team with alot of “names” if this was 1995.

Just need to fire Brett Brown and hire JVG/SVG and hold teams to 80 ppg while scoring 90 ppg.

NBA Moses · Post #111 » by **NBA Moses** » Sun Jul 1, 2018 4:23 pm

DowJones wrote:
To sign LeBron they need to renounce the rights to Reddick. He isn’t an option.

If Sixers land Lebron they would have a Superstar and 2 emerging stars but little else. Depth will be a huge issue unless Brett Brown can pull miracles.

DowJones · Post #112 » by **DowJones** » Sun Jul 1, 2018 4:25 pm

CoreyGallagher wrote:Still have MLE, if Redick wanted to ring chase.

MLE is for teams that don’t have cap-space.

AdagioPace · Post #113 » by **AdagioPace** » Sun Jul 1, 2018 4:25 pm

Jordan45822 wrote:
@TheSteinLine
Among the Sixers' planned top selling points to LeBron James' agent Rich Paul today: Philly believes it still has a real chance to win the Kawhi Leonard trade sweepstakes, league sources say

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"Win" means there's an auction. Buford licking his chops right now

DowJones · Post #114 » by **DowJones** » Sun Jul 1, 2018 4:26 pm

Sixerscan wrote:
DowJones wrote:
nbhadja wrote:
Embiid
Lebron
Kawhi
Redick
Simmons

That is the dream scenario for Philly and would be one hell of a team.

To sign LeBron they need to renounce the rights to Reddick. He isn’t an option.

Market's getting tight. If he's just getting regular MLE offers he might be willing to take a little less for a year for the room exception then he gets a longer deal next year with his early birds.

If not they can look into someone like Ellington.

The MLE is close to $10 million. Why not go to a team like Boston or Houston for MLE at $10 million. Or Golden State for the tax-payers MLE for $6 million.

Bobbymcgee · Post #115 » by **Bobbymcgee** » Sun Jul 1, 2018 4:27 pm

Hmm...it is starting to look like the real winner of the offseason will be the Warriors.

The Moose · Post #116 » by **The Moose** » Sun Jul 1, 2018 4:27 pm

eyeatoma wrote:
Ambrose wrote:
eyeatoma wrote:Who the **** is Nick Wright. Unless its Woj/Sham bomb, or from Ramona/Marc Stein I'm not believing ****...

The biggest LeBron homer on planet earth. That's who.

So it says his closest family members have been informed. Doesn't that make it impossible for him to know?

He said "those closest to him", doesn't have to be family. Could be some of his other associates.

Idk, but I just don't think he would word the tweet in such definite terms saying Lebron "has made his decision". If there was any doubt, I would think he would tweet something about sources say, or "I've heard..."

spikeslovechild · Post #117 » by **spikeslovechild** » Sun Jul 1, 2018 4:29 pm

Chinook wrote:
spikeslovechild wrote:
DowJones wrote:
To sign LeBron they need to renounce the rights to Reddick. He isn’t an option.

Sure he is. We'd have to trade or stretch bayless but as long as we are under the cap we can offer the MLE

Nope. The MLE only exists for teams over the cap. If Philly goes under to sign James, the MLE goes away and is replaced by the room exception.

You are right my mistake.

Ambrose · Post #118 » by **Ambrose** » Sun Jul 1, 2018 4:29 pm

eyeatoma wrote:
Ambrose wrote:
eyeatoma wrote:Who the **** is Nick Wright. Unless its Woj/Sham bomb, or from Ramona/Marc Stein I'm not believing ****...

The biggest LeBron homer on planet earth. That's who.

So it says his closest family members have been informed. Doesn't that make it impossible for him to know?

I wouldn't put it past Nick to be a serial LeBron stalker though.

jswede · Post #119 » by **jswede** » Sun Jul 1, 2018 4:29 pm

GregB wrote:
Collymore wrote:
yoyoboy wrote:This should be a no brainer for Philly. If you have the opportunity to get LeBron by trading Covington, Saric, Fultz, and that Miami pick for Kawhi, you do it. Simmons/Kawhi/LeBron/Embiid has a legitimate chance to win titles for years to come. People get too caught up in not wanting to trade their young guys so they can let the team grow organically and develop together but don't realize just how hard it is to win a championship in the NBA. Simmons, Embiid, and Philly's young core will certainly be a force in the East for years to come, but there's no assurance they'll be better than Boston or be able to take out whoever comes out of the West. You're not throwing away the future here. Kawhi is 27. Simmons and Embiid are 21 and 24. LeBron is older at 33 but he's coming off one of the best seasons of his career end to end and has the work ethic and durability to be better later in his career than pretty much anyone else in history. And Philly still has Zhaire, Shamet, and future picks.

If they pass on getting two top 5 players just so they can keep their current construction intact they'll regret it.

Boston fans right now:

Not really. I think it would just force us to outbid Philly which would be pretty easy if we added Jaylen Brown and the Sac pick.

Exactly. Don't think the Celtics aren't right now upping the offer for Kawhi.

TheShoe1010 · Post #120 » by **TheShoe1010** » Sun Jul 1, 2018 4:30 pm

NBA Moses wrote:
DowJones wrote:
To sign LeBron they need to renounce the rights to Reddick. He isn’t an option.

If Sixers land Lebron they would have a Superstar and 2 emerging stars but little else. Depth will be a huge issue unless Brett Brown can pull miracles.

This only makes sense if LeBron coming to Philly is contingent on Kawhi coming there. You could definitely make the argument that Philly would have to sacrifice their depth in order to trade for Leonard. But they could sign LeBron by stretching Bayless (or trading him) and renouncing JJ Redick.

As many have mentioned, the general consensus is that JJ likes Philly and will be back on a team friendly deal, especially if LeBron is in tow. So they'd really only need to lose Bayless to add LeBron.