The Philadelphia 76ers are undoubtedly the craziest team since the free agency market opened. They quickly signed Andre Drummond, Eric Gordon and Paul George on day one, and they also signed back Kelly Oubre Jr. and Tyrese Maxey, who were already free agents.
The 76ers offered Drummond a two-year, $10 million contract with a player option for the second year and $4.88 million for the first year of his contract. The 76ers offered Gordon a one-year veteran base salary contract of $3.63 million. The 76ers offered George a four-year, $212 million contract, with $49.21 million in the first year of the contract. The 76ers offered Oubre a two-year, $16.3 million contract, with a player option for the second year and a salary of $7.98 million for the first year of Oubre's contract. The 76ers offered Maxey a five-year, $204 million contract, including $31.747 million in the first year of the contract.
The current 76ers roster includes eight players on standard contracts, and these eight players have a salary of $160 million, which is about $18 million away from the 178 million No. 1 lineup. But if all the spots are filled, and this year's No. 17 pick in the first round, Adem Bona, the No. 41 pick in the second round, and the base salary player, the 76ers' total salary will exceed the luxury tax line of 171 million, but it will be slightly lower than the first-place luxury tax line. In other words, although the 76ers still have the full middle class exception and the biennial exception to use, considering that their salary will exceed the first local tyrant line after using the full middle class, it means that they do not have the opportunity to use the full middle class special and the biennial special under the current situation.
However, judging from the current roster situation of the 76ers, they have obvious shortcomings in the No. 4 position, after all, the team will not keep Tobias Harris (Tobias Harris), and Paul Reed (Paul Reed) will not be able to play the role of No. 4. In other words, the 76ers still have obvious problems with the lineup after such an operation. Then the only feasible action for the 76ers is to give up Reed's non-guaranteed contract worth $7.72 million next season, so that the distance between them and the first local tyrant line is about exactly about $10 million, and they can also use this 10-million-level contract to find a qualified No. 4 starter. One of those players who meets this criterion is the well-known Kyle Anderson, who may be the ideal signing partner for the 76ers at the moment.