Sixers Consider Using Jonah Bolden As Trade Chip

The Sixers are entertaining the idea of using draft-and-stash prospect Jonah Bolden as a trade asset, reports international basketball journalist David Pick (via Twitter).

Bolden, 22, was selected by the Sixers with the 36th overall pick in the 2017 draft. With no room on last season’s roster for the young forward, Philadelphia retained Bolden’s rights as he continued his career overseas.

Bolden spent the 2017/18 season with Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel. He averaged 7.6 PPG and 6.6 RPG in 26 Israeli League contests, and also chipped in 6.9 PPG and 5.5 RPG in 29 EuroLeague games. Considered a candidate to come stateside for the 2018/19 campaign, Bolden has a standard buyout on his contract with Maccabi Tel Aviv, Pick notes.

According to Pick, Bolden has generated “lots of interest” from other NBA teams. If the Sixers do decide to dangle him in trade talks, it’s not clear if he’d be offered as part of a larger package for an impact player like Kawhi Leonard, or if the club would explore moving him in a smaller-scale deal.