https://www.theringer.com/nba/2018/5/17/17364284/lebron-james-free-agency-2018-mercenary
If I were the Sixers, I’d push hard for Kawhi Leonard, who’s spent time rehabbing in New York under the care of Dr. Jonathan Glashow, the 76ers’ chief medical officer. If the Sixers went all in with a monster trade package headlined by Markelle Fultz, Dario Saric, Robert Covington, the no. 10 pick, draft-and-stashes, and Jerryd Bayless’s salary, they could theoretically have a Big Three with Embiid, Simmons, and Leonard, and still retain max cap space to sign James if J.J. Redick agreed to a deal worth less than $10 million annually. If Philly can get assurances of both Leonard’s health—Glashow must know—and James’s interest in joining the team, then that admittedly rich trade package is reasonable. Their lineup of Embiid, Simmons, James, Leonard, and Redick would be outrageous, and so lethal with its blend of size and skill that even the Warriors would have a hard time matching up with their frontcourt of Durant and Draymond Green.
1. I doubt Reddick re-signs for less than 10M a year to be honest
2. How does PHI's bench look after that trade and letting all those other guys walk to fit them in?
But yeah, that would be scary. Even with us returning Kyrie and Hayward, that PHI Big 4 could overwhelm us.
I must be missing something with that proposed trade offer. Markelle Fultz has virtually no trade value, as an outside team would see him as a bust. Until he proves he can play and shoot during actual games, I wouldn't trust him. You also have to take into account, would another trade revert him back to that fragile mental state where it effects his shooting. Saric and Covington are both good players, but don't move the needle when your talking about a superstar player. Also, the draft isn't that deep, where the 10th pick has that much trade value either.
Didn't a San Antonio beat writer propose a trade of Tatum, Brown, and the Lakers pick? To put that in perspective for Philly, it would be like trading Simmons and Embiid. Now I know a team trading a superstar player never gets equal value back in return, but the trade proposed in that article is a low ball offer.