Free agent center Andre Drummond is headed back to Philadelphia, having reached an agreement with the Sixers on a two-year deal worth more than $10MM, reports Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link). The contract will feature a second-year player option, Scotto adds.
A few minutes before Scotto published his report, Drummond hinted at the deal himself, tweeting, “I’m in the mood for a Philly cheesesteak.”
A two-time All-Star, Drummond originally signed with the 76ers in 2021 to back up Joel Embiid and to fill in as the starter when Embiid was unavailable. However, he was sent to Brooklyn later that season as part of the trade package for James Harden.
After finishing the 2021/22 season with the Nets, Drummond has spent the past two seasons in Chicago as Nikola Vucevic‘s backup. He averaged just 15.1 minutes per game in 146 contests during his time as a Bull, well below his career average. However, he remained extremely productive on a per-minute basis, averaging 7.3 points and 7.9 rebounds in that limited role.
The Sixers, who attempted to acquire Drummond from the Bulls at the 2024 trade deadline, clearly made it a priority to land a reliable backup for Embiid, who has battled injuries over the years and appeared in just 39 games in 2023/24. Philadelphia reached a deal with Drummond just one hour into the free agent period — he’s the first FA reported to have an agreement in place with a new team.
Based on the reported terms of Drummond’s deal, it won’t necessarily need to come out of the Sixers’ $60MM+ in cap room. The team could use up that space, then sign the 30-year-old using a portion of its $8MM room exception.
This is a move as a sixers fan I like. Solid backup who can start when Embiid is out. Solid
All the sixer haters,joel mvp haters and those with complete lack of knowledge of the the game will attack this perfect move.
Drummond is worth more than $10 million per year imo
2 year at 10 million = 5 per year. Not sure wat that is in Ukrainian.
Agree. Maybe he just wanted to sign somewhere and get the security.
KCP is asking $25 million per year?
yes sir, he’s back
Reallyyyy good pick up for Philly, they really needed a better backup big for Embiid
I like this move. was sad to see him traded 2 yrs ago
Allows Reed to play some PF like it
That is the only position he should ever be playing. Perfect size for a PF
Well I guess 6’10 is truly the real PFs height my bad
Paul Reed is going to be trade
Decent depth signings with Gordon and Drummond, Looks as if PG will be on his way shortly aswell.
That’s what 7 players now with Maxey, Embiid, Reed and McCain.
Still alongggggg way to go
Great signing. As a Bull fan he was in my opinion under used. He brought energy and was a great teammate.
This is great news as it means Giddey can now wear the number 3. #giddeyup
Drummond must have the worst agent out there.
You think he would try to go somewhere he could start and make more money but I guess he enjoys watching other centers work their stuff and get that bread.
He could start somewhere, there are some 6’9 and under pretend centers out there. We need the real PFs back too. Let’s these tweeners be tweeners again. 6’3 SGs, 6’4 PFs, nobody dribbling or playing defense. This era is weak
PG 6’2
SG 6’6
SF 6’8
PF 6’10
C 7’0
Old and true average NBA heights
I don’t want to hear any undersized crap. There are a few exceptions of players I will accept. Remember I know everyone NBA player ever.
Can anyone come up with a all star undersized team at every position?
Rofl size and length across the board is what matters…a guy could be 6″9, and still have the same length as a 7’0, but you somehow still can’t grasp that despite seeing several teams win
Just hope he gets decent playing time. He’s not the most agile player out there, but he’s a monster on the boards.
I don’t get this at all for them, for multiple reasons…we’ll see what they do at the 4 spot
The Bulls refusing to move Drummond last year just to lose him for nothing is still insane to me