2019 Summer Rumors official thread

[CelticSooner]

Philly are the favorites in the East if Kawhi leaves Toronto IMO.

[azzenfrost]

Ah well. I wish the best for Al but not for Philly.

[BudweiserCeltic]

Horford going to the Sixers, he can go sit with Ray Judas Allen.

[trickybilly]

Ugh - not cool, Al, not cool.

[jpotter33]

Per Woj:

Five-time All-Star F/C Al Horford has agreed to a four-year, $109M deal with the Philadelphia 76ers, agent Jason Glushon tells ESPN.

Well F...  Looks like Danny didn’t want to pay that much for him. Can’t really blame him.

That’s a pretty awkward fit, if you ask me. Simmons, Richardson, Harris, Al, and Embiid is big but not too much shooting, and Al simply isn’t going to be able to guard fours out on the perimeter full-time anymore.

[shut_the_gate]

As fairweatherfan just mentioned...

Shams Charania @ShamsCharania

Sources: Philadelphia has signed-and-traded Jimmy Butler to Miami, with Heat sending Josh Richardson to the 76ers.

[Jiri Welsch]

Per Woj:

Five-time All-Star F/C Al Horford has agreed to a four-year, $109M deal with the Philadelphia 76ers, agent Jason Glushon tells ESPN.

Well F...  Looks like Danny didn’t want to pay that much for him. Can’t really blame him.

That’s a pretty awkward fit, if you ask me. Simmons, Richardson, Harris, Al, and Embiid is big but not too much shooting, and Al simply isn’t going to be able to guard fours out on the perimeter full-time anymore.

I told myself I'd have love for Al as long as he didn't go to Philly or the Lakers.

[CelticSooner]

Per Woj:

Five-time All-Star F/C Al Horford has agreed to a four-year, $109M deal with the Philadelphia 76ers, agent Jason Glushon tells ESPN.

Well F...  Looks like Danny didn’t want to pay that much for him. Can’t really blame him.

That’s a pretty awkward fit, if you ask me. Simmons, Richardson, Harris, Al, and Embiid is big but not too much shooting, and Al simply isn’t going to be able to guard fours out on the perimeter full-time anymore.

Who's going to guard Al and Embiid though? That's almost as good as a Big Al and AD frontcourt.

[mr. dee]

Per Woj:

Five-time All-Star F/C Al Horford has agreed to a four-year, $109M deal with the Philadelphia 76ers, agent Jason Glushon tells ESPN.

Well F...  Looks like Danny didn’t want to pay that much for him. Can’t really blame him.

That’s a pretty awkward fit, if you ask me. Simmons, Richardson, Harris, Al, and Embiid is big but not too much shooting, and Al simply isn’t going to be able to guard fours out on the perimeter full-time anymore.

Who's going to guard Al and Embiid though? That's almost as good as a Big Al and AD frontcourt.

They will get killed by a small ball lineup. Al is just not that quick to play at the 4 anymore and Embiid is  too slow to defend the pnr.

[jambr380]

So are the Sixers going to have like 4 max (or near max) contracts starting in 2020? I am not sure how that is going to work out. I guess all but Harris will be on the lower end, though.

Sixers seem to be going all in. Losing Butler and Redick, but gaining Al and Richardson - honestly seems like a slight downgrade, but the mix might be better.

Love Al, but that's a bit of a slap in the face.

[Roy H.]

Embiid
Horford
Harris
Richardson
Simmons

Pretty good team.

[slamtheking]

Embiid
Horford
Harris
Richardson
Simmons

Pretty good team.

that looks like the team to beat in the conference regardless of what Mil, Tor or Boston does.  Al's going to teach Simmons and Embiid how to win.

[jambr380]

Wow, Spotrac already has Al in Philly - figures and all. That didn't take long.

https://www.spotrac.com/nba/philadelphia-76ers/yearly/cap/

[mef730]

Introducing starting Boston center Daniel Theis!

Mike

[jpotter33]

Per Woj:

Five-time All-Star F/C Al Horford has agreed to a four-year, $109M deal with the Philadelphia 76ers, agent Jason Glushon tells ESPN.

Well F...  Looks like Danny didn’t want to pay that much for him. Can’t really blame him.

That’s a pretty awkward fit, if you ask me. Simmons, Richardson, Harris, Al, and Embiid is big but not too much shooting, and Al simply isn’t going to be able to guard fours out on the perimeter full-time anymore.

Who's going to guard Al and Embiid though? That's almost as good as a Big Al and AD frontcourt.

They will get killed by a small ball lineup. Al is just not that quick to play at the 4 anymore and Embiid is  too slow to defend the pnr.

Yeah, they’re big, but they’re going to get killed by small lineups. Al simply is not a full-time four. You could see that he was starting to slip in speed and lateral movement this year, and that was him primarily at the five. What’s more, at the five his three point shot was the key, but it’s average or less than average as a full-time four in today’s NBA, especially with his dip in shooting last year.

The fit is just really, really suspect to me. And that’s going to be a lot of money for Al in a few years.