10:19am: Queen has officially been waived, the Sixers announced in a press release.
9:59am: The Sixers are waiving Trevelin Queen, tweets Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
The 25-year-old shooting guard had a two-year, minimum-salary contract with a $330K guarantee for the upcoming season. He was named G League MVP with Rio Grande Valley last season and appeared in 10 games with the Rockets after signing a two-way contract in December.
By waiving Queen before the season begins, Philadelphia was able to avoid a $198K tax variance charge, according to Sixers reporter Derek Bodner (Twitter link).
Queen’s departure leaves the team with 19 players and it means the battle for the final roster spot will likely be between shooting guard Isaiah Joe and center Charles Bassey, Bodner adds (via Twitter). Joe has a $1.78MM non-guaranteed contract that will become fully guaranteed if he’s still on the roster on opening night, while Bassey has a $75K guarantee on his $1.563MM deal.
Why give him a guaranteed deal in the first place? They know how many roster spots they have….
This is a mistake by them, but not surprising considering who their coach is
Lol, where in the world was he going to play? I like him but he was not cracking even a deep role on this team. And we need to drop 2 guys he bring one…probably Bassey will be the other batting a trade.
I forgot they grabbed Montrezl Harrell, which was unnecessary, in my opinion, and so in that scenario, Bassey would have been the guy to let go of, and keep both Joe and Queen…I would also say they could look to move Korkmaz/Shake Milton, as Melton makes Milton expendable, and I dont think they have a need for Korkmaz, especially if keeping the other two, who are both capable of playing more than 1 position, and are better defenders
They need the wing depth, especially after losing Danny Green, and Rivers refusing to use Joe.