The Sixers are going all in. After acquiring Jimmy Butler earlier this season for Dario Saric and Robert Covington, they struck a deal with the LA Clippers in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Tobias Harris will join Ben Simmons, Joel Embiid, JJ Redick and Jimmy Butler to give the Sixers one of the best five-man lineups in the NBA.
If Philadelphia had any hopes of making a push past the second round of the playoffs, they had to make a deal like this. Butler, Simmons and Embiid don’t mesh very well, but with a seamless fit like Harris, they can consider themselves level with the Celtics, Bucks and Raptors.