2025 Offseason Free Agency Thread

[76ciology]

I remember him being a strong rebounder in fantasy two seasons ago but seemed to fall out of the rotation this past year. Good gamble.

[76ciology]

John Hollinger has Jabari Walker on the 2 way contract a steal. He has him valued at 7M according to his metric.

[76ciology]

According to Basketball Reference, Paul George logged 86% and 89% of his minutes at power forward in the last two seasons. But weren’t Kawhi and Oubre also playing the PF spot alongside him?

Right now, we’ve got four guys who can play power forward.. George, Oubre, Watford, and Walker, maybe even Boome in short stints, if he proves he can hit threes.

We’ve got Embiid, Bona, Drummond, and Boome who can play the 5. But with Embiid’s health uncertain, Boome still a rookie, and Drummond almost washed, it makes the most sense to use the MLE, if we have it, on a center.

[sodmoraes]

For one moment i thought we signed Jabari Parker

[Jailblazers7]

According to Basketball Reference, Paul George logged 86% and 89% of his minutes at power forward in the last two seasons. But weren’t Kawhi and Oubre also playing the PF spot alongside him?

Right now, we’ve got four guys who can play power forward.. George, Oubre, Watford, and Walker, maybe even Boome in short stints, if he proves he can hit threes.

We’ve got Embiid, Bona, Drummond, and Boome who can play the 5. But with Embiid’s health uncertain, Boome still a rookie, and Drummond almost washed, it makes the most sense to use the MLE, if we have it, on a center.

It definitely seems like they’re building toward playing 3-guard double big lineups.

[Mik317]

i think yall are stuck on labels in terms of positions rn

we need rebounders and roaming rim protectors. PG and Oubre aren't that and thus when teams lure Biid or whoever our center is out to the perimeter we are free eats inside or off misses. The final four teams all had big burly mofos (Siakam, Randle, JDub/Hartenstein) or Josh Hart(lol) who all are good-great rebounders and sturdy and tough enough to handle bigs on a switch. Oubre is too much of a space cadet off ball to be relied on and PG is too finesse to play that role (and probably washed athletically) and with our other forwards being guard sized it becomes a bigger issue too.

Grimes and now VJ being above average athletes and rebounders (McCain being a sneaky good rebounder too) may help but its why people are asking for a real PF BUT if your look around the league its a dying position lol

[ExplosionsInDaSky]

Ok...So even though he's the prototype for what you'd want in an old school power forward, he's not going to be used as such in this era. I don't know much about him other than what little I've seen. I know Samaki is his dad, I know he's a beast on the boards, I know he can't shoot. How is his rim protection? Is he a shot blocker like his dad was? You know damn well Nurse is gonna use him as a small ball center when the time comes (and it will), so that's why I'm asking that question.

[76ciology]

According to Basketball Reference, Paul George logged 86% and 89% of his minutes at power forward in the last two seasons. But weren’t Kawhi and Oubre also playing the PF spot alongside him?

Right now, we’ve got four guys who can play power forward.. George, Oubre, Watford, and Walker, maybe even Boome in short stints, if he proves he can hit threes.

We’ve got Embiid, Bona, Drummond, and Boome who can play the 5. But with Embiid’s health uncertain, Boome still a rookie, and Drummond almost washed, it makes the most sense to use the MLE, if we have it, on a center.

It definitely seems like they’re building toward playing 3-guard double big lineups.

I think there’s more evidence we’ll go with a traditional sized 4 and 5. The only real sign we might go double big is Johni Broome. I’d love to see Broome and Bona play together at the 4 and 5 in Summer League.

[76ciology]

Jabari Walker is an underrated rim protector BTW. But i dont know how much weight you can put on his numbers.

[Kolkmania]

Brings something different to the table than George, Watford and Reese with his rebouding. Think we'll keep a roster spot open to potentially sign him to a regular NBA contract.

I think there is still some desire to add a true point guard to the roster, either for certain game situations and/or as a mentor for Maxey/McCain/VJ. I know it is not a popular decision, but I can see us signing Lowry and decide after training camp whether we should release Council. And to be honest, I can see the potential benefits from a player development perspective.

[Arsenal]

It's definitely a concern. 15M a year seems like good value now, but we're all eager to get Drummond's 5M off the books. If Grimes turns out to be a losing player, we'll be a lot more eager to get off that 60M.

$15m/yr is great value for Grimes. Tired of all the haters denigrating this man, who has proved his value in the league as a two-way stud.

He's decent and can be a rotation player on a team with aspirations, though if he was a "two way stud" someone would have signed him by now! Duncan Robinson is getting over 15 in this market .

Ok boomer… get ready to eat crow!

[Arsenal]

It's definitely a concern. 15M a year seems like good value now, but we're all eager to get Drummond's 5M off the books. If Grimes turns out to be a losing player, we'll be a lot more eager to get off that 60M.

$15m/yr is great value for Grimes. Tired of all the haters denigrating this man, who has proved his value in the league as a two-way stud.

I don't see it. He got to put up a ton of shots on a GLeague roster that was tanking games. He's a reserve on a contending team. I like Grimes...I like his game, I guess 15 mill is fair, but it still seems like an overpay.

Was he efficient when putting up a ton of shots? You do realize that when non-stud players shot volume goes up that much, their efficiency tanks.

But maybe you don’t realize, which is why you’re hating. Sad!!!

[Arsenal]

We STILL need to use the tMLE after signing Grimes, if for nothing else than trade ballast.

Failure to do so will be yet another indictment on the CHEAPNESS of the owner!

[Kobblehead]

Alex Reese is still lowkey our best PF.

He's got the shotblocking, the shooting, and his rebounding is passable.

[Iscull]

Walker is a solid pickup, especially on a 2 way. This is already a much more well rounded team than last year.

[sixers hoops]

I like that we are signing players who have a reasonable chance at getting better after last seasons signings of George, Drummond, Gordon, Reggie, Lowry, etc.

[Stanford]

I like that we are signing players who have a reasonable chance at getting better after last seasons signings of George, Drummond, Gordon, Reggie, Lowry, etc.

It's infuriating that it took Morey this long to figure this out.

[Kolkmania]

I like that we are signing players who have a reasonable chance at getting better after last seasons signings of George, Drummond, Gordon, Reggie, Lowry, etc.

It's infuriating that it took Morey this long to figure this out.

Ah come on, we gave opportunities to 2nd rounders like Joe, Bassey, Bona but also even undrafted guys like Council and Edwards. I think we have been absolutely great with identifying and developing NBA players from the scraps. Perhaps that the presence of those vets are a reason that they have developed the way we've seen. Obviously there needs to be a balance, but I don't think you can blame the Sixers for being completely off the mark here.

[Phillybul]

John Hollinger has Jabari Walker on the 2 way contract a steal. He has him valued at 7M according to his metric.

Worth giving him a shot. I tried lookin up why Blazers decided to move on. Most I found was fit as he wasn’t that athletic. Plus he played behind two younger players since he played both forward positions. Also did not know this was Samaki Walker son. I wonder how many former nba players sons are in the league. Always trips me out.

[mjkvol]

Excellent signing, another young guy with talent and a lot to prove on a two-way at a position of need. Morey is killing it this off season, and it's going to be a blast watching all this youth being formed into a team as the season progresses. The one thing we absolutely cannot see is Nurse overplaying the washed vets and not allowing these kids to make mistakes and grow.