With less than a month-and-a-half to go until the Feb. 8 NBA trade deadline, the landscape of buyers and sellers is beginning to crystallize. Although some teams remain paralyzed in indecision—here’s looking at you, Chicago Bulls and Toronto Raptors—others are starting to establish themselves as lottery-bound sellers.
In theory, that’s great news for the Sixers. Armed with the assets they acquired in the James Harden trade, they’re positioned to make a splash ahead of the deadline. However, a scarcity of sellers could throw the NBA’s supply-and-demand system out of whack to the detriment of the Sixers and all other potential buyers.