JULY 6: With the moratorium lifted, the Sixers have now made their deals with Tucker and House official as well.
“P.J. Tucker is one of the most respected and relentless competitors in our game and is the type of competitor our fans will love and embrace,” Morey said in a press release announcing the signing of Tucker. “We’re excited to add his leadership, toughness, defensive versatility and championship pedigree to our roster. P.J. wants to deliver an NBA title to Philadelphia and his work ethic and mentality make him an impactful addition to our team and city.”
JULY 1: Queen’s deal is now official, the Sixers announced in a press release. Minimum-salary contracts can be officially completed during the July moratorium.
JUNE 30: It’s fair to say Sixers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey has a type. Philadelphia has reportedly agreed to terms with three players who used to play for Morey’s former team in Houston.
Free agent forward P.J. Tucker is finalizing a three-year, $33.2MM fully guaranteed deal with the 76ers, agent Andre Buck tells Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link). That long-rumored agreement will use the team’s full non-taxpayer mid-level exception.
The Sixers have also agreed to sign free agent forward Danuel House, tweets Charania. House is getting a two-year, $8.5MM deal, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link).
House’s deal, which will be completed using the bi-annual exception, has a second-year player option, league sources tell Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link).
Finally, Philadelphia has reached a deal with G League MVP Trevelin Queen, according to Wojnarowski (Twitter link). The guard will sign a two-year, minimum-salary contract with a partial guarantee ($300K) in year one, tweets Derek Bodner of The Athletic.
As a result of using their full MLE and BAE, the Sixers will be hard-capped for the coming season.
The 76ers were able to use those exceptions in full due to James Harden opting out of his contract and planning to accept a lower first-year salary on a new deal with the team. If Harden’s $47MM+ option had been on Philadelphia’s books, the club would’ve been hard-pressed to remain under a hard cap.
The Sixers have been mentioned as Tucker’s most likely landing spot for much of the last week. Star center Joel Embiid singled out Tucker in his comments to the media after the team lost to Miami in the playoffs, stating that Philadelphia needed a tough, versatile player like that in its frontcourt. Needless to say, Embiid will be happy that the Sixers went out and got the 37-year-old.
House, 29, helped shore up the Jazz’s perimeter defense and hit 41.5% of his three-pointers in a 25-game stint with the club this past season. He’ll give the Sixers another three-and-D rotation player.
Dang Sixers making moves
Hope the Jazz have a big move in mind. House and O’Neal aren’t great players but they are good players on cheapish contracts.
Daryl Morey & the Philadelphia Rockets
The Philadelphia Roxers!! Ft. Joel Embid
The Philly rockets
Philadelphia Freedom Rocket Man
They just hard capped themselves. So, so stupid.
Feels like an overpay for a guy who is 37, getting a 3 year deal.
Quite a coup…for Ol’ Man Tucker!
Overpay on Tucker but for a team with no bench it just got stronger somehow with only offloading Danny Green who likely wasn’t gonna play this year anyway
Now time to move Tobias Harris somehow and continue to add some depth.
This would be my perfect trade:
3 team deal
Sixers: Harrison Barnes and Eric Gordon
Kings: Tobias Harris, Shake Milton and a first
Rockets: Richaun Holmes, Mattise Thybulle and a second round pick.
1. Maxey. Melton. Queen
2. Harden. Gordon. Joe
3. Barnes. House. Korkmaz
4. Tucker. Niang. Reed
5. Embiid. (Vet min player). Bassey
For the back up centre you have a bunch of options to choose from.
Solid starting 5, solid depth and impact from the bench and then some young dudes rounding out the roster.
Kings have reported interest in Harris, and Holmes wants out. Rockets want a first for Gordon but have to settle for Thybulle and a second, but they get a back up centre which they want from FA.
“somehow”
Philly Rockets?
Big money for an aging defensive specialist
Tucker is 37 why would anyone give him 3 years? Makes no sense.
Morey is recreating the Rockets at any cost. Idk how far back he is going but Yao and McGrady might show up
I am content/pleased with the moves, I assume they are working with Harden and they are communicating in regards to his salary and what he will take a cut/less in order to get certain guys at a certain price.
But your post made me smile so thanks! I wouldn’t be shocked to see Gordon end up here to…but McGrady is going to far back lol.
76ers are banking Tucker will help them win a Championship, and if that happens – they don’t care about the other 2 years of the deal.
I’d say Tucker got 1 good year for sure maybe 2 and the third years would be an expiring 8.5 mil deal which isn’t bad
3 former Rockets lol
If you identify a player that can fit your scheme and make a difference, you pull the trigger. Yeah it’s a lot for a 37 year old, but Miami was offering the same to keep him there. It’s just where his value lies
Kind of why it’s not an overpay as some are saying…it’s also factoring in what remains from the cut in $ the beard is taking, so it’s really just coming from there…so I am cool with it so far…not wowed but still cool with it.
Lol Morey must’ve been high on Embiid but couldn’t get him in in Houston so he took the Rockets to Philly. Gordon will be next.
Moreyon’s Analytics strikes Again.
37 yr old PJ Tucker ……
Harden is finished. Sixers are done. When will you see Moreyon is a one yr wonder. He’s done absolutely nothing worth talking about. He let Yao destroy his career. Then lucked out on Harden. Now he will crash and burn with him. Too bad Philly. You had a really good team once.
Daryl is really redoing his Houston team years later in Philly. This will end badly
Ah yes, bring back as many players from your former title-less team to continue to never win a title on another team. Cool league!!
There is a huge difference tho, those rockets squads never had a player of Embiid’s quality.
Utah losing multiple fits for them today…curious to see what they’re going to do
Philly needs to replace the 3 and D on the wing/2 they lost with Danny Green, especially since Rivers refused to use Isaiah Joe. I also guess that now that they have several pieces at the 4, Paul Reed might be back to sotting too…
Still think it’s funny that PJ Tucker felt that looking like you got paid more is actually more important than actually getting paid more, when money is your priority. He obviously gives them more versatility, if they use certain other guys, and there are lineups they can put on the floor theoretically that can be really strong defensively. He shot close to 50% from 3 most of the season, until the last month or 2, so we’ll see how that goes moving forward. He definitely wont do as much playmaking as he did this year