With the NBA trade deadline approaching, the Philadelphia 76ers are open for business.
The deadline is set for Feb. 5 this year, and the Sixers are open to moving a two-time All-Star prior to that date.
76ers open to trading Andre Drummond
According to Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Sixers are open to trading backup center Andre Drummond, who is on a $5 million expiring contract.
Trading Drummond in a salary dump could help the Sixers duck the luxury tax, and could also open up a roster spot for Philadelphia that they could use to convert one of their two-way players, Dominick Barlow and Jabari Walker, into a standard NBA contract.
Drummond has been used infrequently in Philadelphia recently as star center Joel Embiid has been more available. Drummond played in just three of the team’s past eight games.
On the season as a whole, he’s appeared in 35 games and posted averages of 7.1 points and a team-leading 9.0 rebounds in 20 minutes per performance.
While there are legitimate reasons to consider trading Drummond, the Sixers should think twice before doing so. He’s the best rebounder, by far, on a team that really struggles to rebound, and he could prove valuable down the stretch of the season for that exact reason.
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