With a projected $65M in cap house, the 76ers are armed to the tooth to make an enormous splash in free company this offseason. The franchise has already been linked with impending free brokers resembling Paul George, Klay Thompson and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope, with different names such DeMar DeRozan and Pascal Siakam additionally earmarked as potential targets.
However, LeBron James? May the Sixers type a Massive 3 comprising James, Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey?
ESPN’s Brian Windhorst foresees the Daryl Morey-led Sixers entrance workplace swinging for the fences.
“If you take a look at the choices, I feel Lakers are in a really robust place. I would be stunned if he is not a Laker,” Windhorst mentioned on Monday’s “Get Up” on ESPN. “However it’s truthful to level out that Daryl Morey has been making an attempt to signal LeBron for a decade now — a number of totally different alternatives. And of the groups which have an opportunity to win a championship subsequent 12 months, the Sixers are the one staff with the cap house to supply LeBron a max contract. Different groups might do sign-and-trades however the Lakers would not must cooperate.”
“The 76ers are a risk,” Windhorst added. “I do not assume they seem to be a critical risk, however definitely, you by no means rule something out within the NBA.
Windhorst’s feedback got here within the aftermath of James’ agent, Wealthy Paul, telling TNT’s playoffs simulcast final week that his consumer is “a free agent” and has but to determine on his subsequent staff.
This summer season would mark the primary occasion of James changing into a free agent since 2018. In response to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, James is predicted to play “a minimum of two extra seasons” earlier than calling time on his storied profession. As such, his subsequent contract might very nicely be his ultimate one.
