I’m going to make some heads shake. Financially speaking, the Philadelphia 76ers should trade for Jimmy Butler instead of signing Kyle Lowry. Conventional thinking would say the 76ers have a glaring need at point guard. The issue is that signing Lowry severely impacts financial flexibility long term.
The Philadelphia 76ers have lived in a world where they make deadline trades to reach the salary FLOOR. For the past 3 seasons, during the open tryout part of the process, Sam Hinkie collected picks in exchange for taking on bad contracts. These moves were open because of the “Hinkie Special”.