Dec. 15 is a couple days away, marking the point when many NBA players who signed contracts during the offseason are first eligible to be traded. Naturally, the trade machines are humming, and with the Sixers no longer Eastern Conference bottom feeders, the conversation has swung back to whether they should be buyers in the coming months up until February’s trade deadline.
As you may recall, Daryl Morey and company do have some fresh trade powder waiting to ignite. Philadelphia owns the least favorable 2026 first-round pick between Oklahoma City, Houston, or the Clippers, the Clippers’ 2028 first-round pick, and a first-round pick swap (top-3 protected) with the Clippers in 2029.