2025 Offseason Free Agency Thread

[ProcessDoctor]

Any feelers on what Oubre's camp is thinking? Opt in? Opt out and resign? I felt like he has fit in pretty well and I like rooting for him.

Opt in.

Thanks is that a guess or have you seen it reported anywhere. His current deal is pretty cheap for his contributions IMO.

Morey mentioned it during an interview on RTRS about a month ago.

[Kobblehead]

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Yeah, but he only shot 31% from three with the Texas Legends during that stint.

[Arsenal]

After not picking up Butler's option and resigning Edwards, we're at 11 players for $175m:

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/philadelphia-76ers/cap/_/year/2025

This assumes Oubre opts in for his $8.3m, we exercise Walker's $2.9m option, and keep (instead of cut) Council.

2nd Apron is $208m, leaving us $33m to sign 3 more players. Our two draft picks will cost this much:

Edgecombe - $11m
Broome - $1m

Leaving us at $187m for 13 players. If we resign Grimes for $16m in year 1, then we're at $203m for 14 players, ~$5m under the 2nd Apron ($208m) and $7m over the 1st Apron ($196m).

If we resign Grimes for $15m in year 1, then there's just enough left to give Yabu the full tMLE and come in under the 2nd Apron as the 15th player. If we only keep 14 as usual by dropping Walker's $3m, then we can pay Grimes up to $18m in year 1 and still keep Yabu at the full tMLE.

Right now I don't expect us to resign Yabu because someone (Spurs?) will go over the tMLE ($5.8m), which we won't be able to match. In that case I'd like to pivot to Jake LaRavia for the tMLE instead. Offer him the starting role at PF or major mins off the bench. All he has to do is beat out Oubre to start.

[Arsenal]

Potential free agent PF options for our tax MLE ($5.7m) and age next season:

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/free-agents/_/year/2025/position/pf

1. Jake LaRavia (24)
2. Trendon Watford (25)
3. Trey Lyles (30)
4. Guershon Yabusele (30)
5. Chris Boucher (33)
6. Larry Nance (33)

My order of preference would be:
Nance, LaRavia, Yabu, Lyles, Boucher, Watford

Nance because he's the best player and can stretch the floor. Then LaRavia because he is young, could get better, and showed signs of distance shooting last year. Then Yabu, Lyles, and Boucher since they are proven veteran floor stretchers. Then Watford who is young and could get better, although the shooting doesn't look promising.

[Jailblazers7]

The Edwards contract is a very smart piece of business - props to Morey on that one. Nice start to the offseason with that move and a solid draft.

[ProcessDoctor]

Potential free agent PF options for our tax MLE ($5.7m) and age next season:

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/free-agents/_/year/2025/position/pf

1. Jake LaRavia (24)
2. Trendon Watford (25)
3. Trey Lyles (30)
4. Guershon Yabusele (30)
5. Chris Boucher (33)
6. Larry Nance (33)

My order of preference would be:
Nance, LaRavia, Yabu, Lyles, Boucher, Watford

Nance because he's the best player and can stretch the floor. Then LaRavia because he is young, could get better, and showed signs of distance shooting last year. Then Yabu, Lyles, and Boucher since they are proven veteran floor stretchers. Then Watford who is young and could get better, although the shooting doesn't look promising.

Totally overlooked Lyles, wouldn't mind him at all for 15-20mpg off the bench.

I'd probably rank: LaRavia, Lyles, Boucher = Yabusele, Nance, Watford

[mjkvol]

Potential free agent PF options for our tax MLE ($5.7m) and age next season:

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/free-agents/_/year/2025/position/pf

1. Jake LaRavia (24)
2. Trendon Watford (25)
3. Trey Lyles (30)
4. Guershon Yabusele (30)
5. Chris Boucher (33)
6. Larry Nance (33)

My order of preference would be:
Nance, LaRavia, Yabu, Lyles, Boucher, Watford

Nance because he's the best player and can stretch the floor. Then LaRavia because he is young, could get better, and showed signs of distance shooting last year. Then Yabu, Lyles, and Boucher since they are proven veteran floor stretchers. Then Watford who is young and could get better, although the shooting doesn't look promising.

I'd love to grab LaRavia, and I don't know anything about Watford, but the rest are meh win-now players.

[Iverson Armband]

Does a Santi Aldama and Quentin Grimes S&T interest anyone?

[Arsenal]

Does a Santi Aldama and Quentin Grimes S&T interest anyone?

We can't receive anyone in a S&T this offseason because it would hardcap us at the 1st Apron. Not an option.

[Embiid-MVP]

Forget Shams, Cotton & Co. Designs are the real news breakers.

Jokes aside more and more news about it keeps coming out so...

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[youngcrev]

Potential free agent PF options for our tax MLE ($5.7m) and age next season:

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/free-agents/_/year/2025/position/pf

1. Jake LaRavia (24)
2. Trendon Watford (25)
3. Trey Lyles (30)
4. Guershon Yabusele (30)
5. Chris Boucher (33)
6. Larry Nance (33)

My order of preference would be:
Nance, LaRavia, Yabu, Lyles, Boucher, Watford

Nance because he's the best player and can stretch the floor. Then LaRavia because he is young, could get better, and showed signs of distance shooting last year. Then Yabu, Lyles, and Boucher since they are proven veteran floor stretchers. Then Watford who is young and could get better, although the shooting doesn't look promising.

I'd take Yabu over the field there. I think his skill set fits the best with what we have and there is the built in familiarity. Not like we're talking big time talents one way or another. Nance has dealt with you many injuries to be reliable.

Watford interests me as a potential minimum. Isn't he like best friends with Maxey?

[JimmyPlopper]

Tyrese Maxey / Jared McCain / Lonnie Walker IV
Quentin Grimes / VJ Edgecombe / Eric Gordon
Paul George / Justin Edwards / Ricky Council IV
Kelly Oubre / Guerschon Yabusele / Johni Broome
Joel Embiid / Andre Drummond / Adem Bona

I guess this could end up being our lineup if we just bring everyone back.

[Mik317]

the excitment of the draft and getting new young talent is now gone that the reality that this team has no moves left lol

[still in payne]

Other free agent power forwards who could come relatively cheap:

Jeremiah Robinson-Earl - Villanova kid who may want to get out of Pelican Land (who wouldn't?). Only 24 and rebounds well.
Sandro Mamukelashvili - played at Seton Hall, put up good numbers in limited minutes in SA. Could be looking for a bigger role. 26 yo.

[MVP1992]

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[Arsenal]

Option 1 should happen since it’s a win-win, unless Morey has a trade for Gordon lined up now.

[Kobblehead]

Here's how the per-36 minute production looks on paper. This is what we're looking to replace:

Guerschon Yabusele: 14.2 points, 7.6 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.1 steals, 0.5 blocks, 1.9 made threes

Assuming we want to strictly target guys under 30, I think Robinson-Earl and LaRavia most closely match Yabusele.

Jeremiah Robinson-Earl: 12.3 points, 8.8 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.1 steals, 0.4 blocks, 1.7 made threes
Jake LaRavia: 13.2 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 1.4 steals, 0.5 blocks, 1.9 made threes

Between the two, I think I have a preference for Robinson-Earl. LaRavia has had injury and durability concerns.

[Arsenal]

Will he exercise his $8.3m option or not? The deadline is TODAY for Kelly Oubre to decide!!!

[Arsenal]

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[ProcessDoctor]

Yea the most important piece is Oubre opting in, otherwise we have no freely tradable contracts besides Drummond.