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[T]he list of players who make sense on the court next to Embiid and Maxey, and are worth surrendering draft picks and cap space for, is extremely short.

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Instead, assuming the Sixers are playing well and that Embiid is sold on their direction, next offseason is when they’ll have an opportunity to upgrade in a major way, without sacrificing some of their most valuable assets at the trade deadline. Everyone knows they will have max cap space—and then some, after including P.J. Tucker’s deal in the Harden trade—and here are the biggest names about to enter free agency: Pascal Siakam, OG Anunoby, Klay Thompson, and DeMar DeRozan. (Because this is the NBA and anything is possible, Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, and Jrue Holiday are also, technically speaking, on that list.)

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If the Sixers do preserve their cap space, it would also open the door to absorbing a max contract via trade this summer—some star who’s sick of his current situation, or on a team that’s experiencing buyer’s remorse. (Here’s where the new collective bargaining agreement will rear its head.) Taking this path would dramatically widen Morey’s options, which is when his brilliance usually shows.