Sixers wing Furkan Korkmaz has requested a trade and hopes to be moved before Thursday’s deadline, sources tell Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer.
The 25-year-old told Pompey he would “not confirm nor deny” the trade request.
Korkmaz is in his sixth NBA season, all with Philadelpha. He has only appeared in 25 games for an average of 10.2 minutes per contest — the fewest minutes he’s played since his rookie season. Korkmaz makes $5MM this season and $5.37MM in 2023/24.
According to Pompey’s sources, the Sixers have informed Korkmaz that they will try to include him in a trade.
His contract would almost certainly be viewed as a negative asset due to the guaranteed money he’s owed next season, so if he’s involved in a smaller trade, it would likely be a salary-dump move to help the Sixers dip under the luxury tax line. His contract and lack of playing time has caused his name to pop in trade rumors this season, so it’s not surprising that he hopes to be moved.
As Pompey writes, this is the second time that Korkmaz has requested a trade out of Philadelphia. His previous request came back in ’18/19 due to a lack of playing time. The team declined its third-year option on the former 26th overall pick, but he wound up re-signing with the Sixers after a bump in minutes.
In 281 career games (18.0 MPG), the Turkish wing holds averages of 7.5 PPG and 2.1 RPG on .405/.354/.759 shooting. He’s averaging 3.8 PPG this season while shooting 34.3% from deep.
In another article for The Philadelphia Inquirer (subscriber link), Pompey reports that the Sixers are looking for a “reserve center, a backup point guard, and another shooter.”
Does he realize every Philly fan has been plugging his name in the trade machine annually? Sixers fans and brass would love to trade him.
How is a dude who averages 3.8ppg gonna demand anything?
Notice it isn’t a trade “demand” but a trade “request.”
I do wonder if there are alterior motives when it comes to journalists’ wording in these scenarios sometimes, but perhaps Korkmaz simply went to team brass and said “hey, I really want to play more and I know I’m not gonna truly be able to crack the rotation here. I would love for you to move me somewhere I can get more PT, if possible.”
That wouldn’t be much of a demand. Just a thought.
He’s 10-13 pts a game if he play 25 -30min — now he’s just not playing — at all
Furkan, Matisse, Paul Reed, Filip Petrusev & Phi’s 2029 1st (top18 protected) to Detroit for (Villanova legend) Saddiq Bey & Nerlens Noel
Nope
Horrible deal. Bey is good. Detroit doesn’t need to trade him for garbage players
None of the guys they’re getting back are garbage
If you could combine furkan the turkans shooting with thy bulls defense you would get a respectable 3 and d role player
But minus the aggregate those two as individual players leave their teams playing 4 on 5 on offense for thybulle and. Defense for furkan
4on5 is obv a big stretch. Korkmaz isn’t a good defender but neither are a lot of great shooters including his former teammates Seth & IJoe. If given consistent mins Korkmaz can be a very good shooter that plays passable defense. Matisse has alr shown ability to be a shutdown defender & earn a rotation spot on an elite team. Detroit needs shooting & solid perimeter defense. They get that in this deal… plus they also upgrade their frontcourt & pickup a future 1st
Both guys are already more than respectable. If 1 guy had the best qualities of those 2 he’d be 1 of the premier 3&D players in the league
I think they are saying none of them are worth Bey.
Lol what they said is in plain English. They were just wrong. Moving on, what are your thoughts? Do you think those 4 guys plus a future 1st aren’t worth Bey? If not what type of return should Weaver be looking to get. Or should they just keep Bey?
They’re not wrong. All of those players are garbage.
Thybulle isn’t garbage. He is an elite defender and isn’t overpaid. He’s no all star, but garbage? C’mon man. The rest are replacement level.
I wouldn’t make that deal if I’m philly. Noel is worth a 2nd round pick at this point. I wouldn’t trade thybulle plus a 1st for bey. I don’t really see Bey’s fit on the Sixers tbh. He’s an average shooter but nothing spectacular. He fell out of Detroits rotation for a while. Too much to give up for the 8th/9th man off the bench
For real though it’s a shame they can’t combine to be one player! But what they lack thybulle any kind of scoring ability and furkan any kind of defensive ability makes them big liabilities! Neither are better off in a bigger role elsewhere and that’s just a fact ! They need to be niche role players on a good team where they won’t always get minutes
I feel like you’re underestimating Bey by a lot
Am I? He looks like a volume shooter to me. And he isn’t starting for one of the worst teams in basketball because they would rather start bogdanovic…how good is he really? I’m not saying he is trash, but let’s be real.
On the Sixers he is probably 8th man in the rotation at best. Maxey is the 6th man and scoring option for the bench unit. I do not think bey will get enough minutes or touches to be worth the suggested cost.
Maybe ‘garbage’ is a tad harsh for Thybulle, but he’s so bad on offense that it cancels out whatever benefit he gives the team on defense. He played himself out of the starting lineup and on to the deepest part of the bench. There’s a reason he only gets 12 minutes per game.
Thybulle hitting free agency in offseason
u suck at watching basketball
If you are saying me I would want a first rd pick and thybulle for bey ! Would want nothing to do with furkan
@Sankara: lmao, you’re the one who said a few days ago that the Hawks–your favorite team, right?–were not in need of 3 point help despite being one of the worst 3PT shooting teams in the league. If anyone sucks at watching basketball, it’s probably you.
You would have to make that 1st rounder unprotected if those are the guys you are including in the trade
Korkmaz must figure if Crowder can demand a trade and hold out, he can at least request one.
PHI needs to do some housekeeping with the cap as it is. They have no tradable 1st’s, but this contract might be able to be jettisoned for a couple of 2nd’s.
29 can be traded I believe
If there’s potential that 2028 can be traded (BKN-?), then no. Although it could be traded contingent on OKC and BKN both getting picks by 2027. Any hiccup though, it goes poof.
This Furkan guy…
Oh boy, they better acquiesce to Furkan’s trade request. Otherwise he might continue playing horrible basketball.
Another Conf. Semi loss this year and he won’t be the only Sixer looking to escape.
Suns: Matisse, Furkan and Pj Tucker
Philly: Dario Saric, Jae Crowder. Salary cap filler/Maybe a second round pick
Gives Philly an upgrade at PF and some shooting. Suns get a young asset, better defensively and a homecoming for Pj tucker
Philly isn’t moving PJ imo
i suppose we’ll see if beggars can be choosers after all
He makes $5m a year. He may be many things but a beggar ain’t one of them.
Is he officially the worst player ever to request a trade?
Korkmaz for Ibaka straight up.
Korkmaz, Thybulle, Reed and a second for Jae Crowder
Opens up 2 roster spots for possible buy outs for FAs
Im surprised he doesnt get more minutes. Always kills the Nets
I’ll gladly fly from Florida back home to Philly just to drive this guy to the airport.
…and I would cashapp all your expenses for reimbursement fam.
This is the most Korkmaz has been talked about since draft day