Joel Embiid’s Potential Trade Request

[Elizah Huge]

Harden has a player option for next year and there is a lot of smoke about him going back to Houston.

If that happens the 76ers don’t have any real Avenue to improve.

They would have zero cap space and they can’t trade any of their future picks. They don’t own their 2025 first, they traded their 2027 first to Brooklyn top-8 protected which rolls in 2028 top-8 protected as well. The only future pick they could trade is their 2030 first. Their most valuable trade asset would be Maxey. Him along with one first wouldn’t be enough to get another star to play with Embiid.

There is a chance Embiid could ask for a trade this summer and that is where we come in. He is under contract for 3 + 1 and we would have him for his entire prime. We wouldn’t have to send back exact matching salary since we will have salary cap space this summer.

Embiid and Markkanen would be one of the best duos in the league. They would be so ****ing dominant together. What would be the most you’d be willing to trade to get Embiid? Kessler would be guaranteed to be included in the deal.

 

[NUMBERICA]

Keeping Kessler would be straight up stupid in this situation.

This hypothetical is premature, but yeah the Embiid/Lauri front court is BIG YIKES for the rest of the league.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

It would cost a massive amount. I just dont see the Sixers ready to move him until at least another year.

 

[Elizah Huge]

Kessler being included would be a young building block for the 76ers and would replace a couple of firsts that would be added if he wasn’t in the deal.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

Seriously?? Then we have to give up extra depth just because you won’t trade what would be a backup center playing 12-15 minutes?? Kessler would be a center piece of the deal other than the picks.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

Depth purposes.

 

[NUMBERICA]

There is no greater waste of value than having a great pure center backing up a star pure center. Doesn't matter how you dice it. Trade them and figure out some other way to take care of the backup minutes.

This is principally what made the Dok pick so inane. Even if he was really good, how often would he even be able to play? Surely, there is a better way to allocate a team's resources.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

6ers could also say if no Kessler we need more picks like we did with Minnesota and McDaniels

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

No **** everyone would love to keep Kessler. Embiid has injury concerns. Philly would absolutely covet WK in a trade. The dude just made First Team All Rookie and it wasnt a fluke.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

No they’d as for the 25 Minnesota pit

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

No they’d as for the 25 Minnesota pit

Or if that pick is already in the deal, they would ask for one of the other, Minnesota, or Cleveland picks not currently in any discussed deal to that point.