Derek Bodner

Sixers for @PHLY_Sports | @PHLY_Sixers

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[Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA]

Releasing Terry doesn't help (from a flexibility standpoint), since you'd have to replace him with somebody making just as much.

Only key is to stay below the 1st apron hard cap, which they are currently $13.2 million below. That's the max starting salary they can offer Oubre.

[Sean Woolford @woolford3387]

@DerekBodnerNBA How much can they give Oubre if, they wanted to release terry before his contract is guaranteed and wanted to sign a vet min in the buyout market?

[Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA]

Puts the Sixers $4.7m under the tax and $13.2m under the hard cap.

[PHLY Sports @PHLY_Sports]

BREAKING: The Sixers are signing Ariel Hukporti to a 1 year $3.4M deal, per @ShamsCharania

[PHLY Sports @PHLY_Sports]

🚨Emergency Pod 🚨

The Sixers are signing Ariel Hukporti to a 1-year deal.

BTYB @Xfinity

🎥: https://t.co/AlQFNPrhUD

[PHLY Sports @PHLY_Sports]

BREAKING: The Sixers are signing Ariel Hukporti to a 1 year $3.4M deal, per @ShamsCharania

[Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA]

@Tstill25 No, that does not include their cap holds. Cap holds don't count against the apron calculations.

[Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA]

Quick thoughts on the DWade signing:
- Sixers really needed some defensive versatility at that spot.
- Solid floor spacer, albeit would love more volume / quicker release.
- Plays pretty much mistake-free basketball (5.1% turnover rate!), which will be a nice change of pace.

[Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA]

Big question now is whether the Sixers look to bring back Kelly Oubre Jr. They have the space under the hard cap ($16.6m in room) to do so + use portion of remaining MLE to fill out 14th roster spot, but doing so would make getting under the tax at the deadline more difficult.

[Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA]

Just having someone who you can trust positionally will be a huge asset to Sixers' defense. Wade got about $2-$3m more than I was expecting, but they definitely got better.

[PHLY Sixers @PHLY_Sixers]

WAKE UP IT’S DEAN WADE EMERGENCY POD TIME

Join the gang right now! BTYB @Xfinity

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[Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA]

I've added an estimate for Dean Wade's salary to my cap sheets. Leaves the Sixers with ~$8m in space under the tax, and $16.6m in space under the first apron, which is now a hard cap for the Sixers.

https://t.co/4swkaMbZ1e

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

Free agent forward Dean Wade has agreed to a four-year, $39 million deal with the Philadelphia 76ers, sources tell ESPN. Several contenders pursued the former Cavaliers forward, who has become an indispensable defending and shooting frontcourt piece.

[Marc Stein @TheSteinLine]

The growing anticipation leaguewide is that the Lakers ultimately secure commitments on new contracts from Toronto free agent Sandro Mamukelashvili and Philadelphia free agent Quentin Grimes while still pursuing their top summer target: Utah restricted free agent Walker Kessler.

[Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA]

@relaxntakeitez It's a non-guaranteed contract.

[Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA]

Current Sixers cap sheet with the final numbers now set.

[Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA]

Also, now that we know the cap figures, Joel Embiid's extension is officially set. Final season is a player option.

https://t.co/4swkaMbZ1e

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

Free agent forward Ousmane Dieng has agreed to a three-year, $17.5 million deal to return to the Milwaukee Bucks, sources tell ESPN. Dieng had a strong finish to last season after his trade from OKC, and now Bucks officials finalize the deal with agents Michael Tellem of Excel Sports Management and Marius Rutkauskas.

[Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA]

I've updated my Sixers cap sheet with the final 2026-27 salary cap numbers.

https://t.co/4swkaMbZ1e

[NBA Communications @NBAPR]

The National Basketball Association announced today that the Salary Cap for the 2026-27 season has been set at $164.961 million. The Tax Level for the 2026-27 season is $200.428 million.

[Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA]

Sixers free agency primer, detailing:
- An overview of where the Sixers currently stand.
- A few of the realistic pathways forward.
- The nitty-gritty cap details that govern all of this.

I'll keep this page updated as the cap situation changes.

https://t.co/QGvMrKl8nB

[Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA]

We've had a VERY active pre-agency. We'll break that down, and react to what happens as we kick off the actual free agency period, NOW.

Come join along and hang out.

[PHLY Sixers @PHLY_Sixers]

Free agency hasn’t even started and it is WILD out there. Can the Sixers keep up in the arms race?

WE ARE LIVE for a 2 hour NBA Free Agency special!

https://t.co/jbcLYcv7cE

[Michael Scotto @MikeAScotto]

Sources: The Atlanta Hawks plan to sign Jock Landale to a one-year, $14 million deal. Agents Sammy Wloszczowski and Mike Lelchitski of SIG Sports worked with Hawks officials on the deal. ESPN first to report.