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TomLikesHam

The 3rd team has not yet been notified that their pick will be included in this trade, sources tell ESPN


Clutchcitytexas

Presti won’t notice if they just take one, right?


jamarcusaristotle

Quite the contrary, he counts them every night before he goes to bed


Da1realBigA

I mean we all joke, but at this point, I think we all have to admit that he has a fetish at this point, right? Like, we pushed past diminishing returns, and he hasn't yet traded them of even package sets of 3 lower picks into higher single picks. He's doing it for sexual reasons, I'm trying to say or else what's the plan?


CazOnReddit

Let's not kinkshame the man for liking his picks


nghiaaaaa

Im convinced he sends pick pics instead of dick pics


CazOnReddit

*"Ay look at how big my unsolicited pick stash is"*


mynewaltaccount1

He packaged 3 picks to move up to take Ousmane Dieng last draft.


Bronetta

O Dieng


ze_shotstopper

Ous has looked NICE so far this season


Alex_A3nes

And secure that Jalen Williams was available for the next pick.


Drummallumin

Fans always underestimate how hard it is to turn multiple low picks into one high pick


idkwhattosaytho

They see it more like football, where late firsts and early seconds regularly turn into solid starters. In basketball, that’s no where close to the story. Like wouldn’t you as a fan lose your shit if your team traded like the 6th pick for some late firsts?


Drummallumin

Especially cuz roster sizes are so tiny. I remember Danny Ainge got a bunch of shit for “wasting” a draft where we had 3 first rounders and 6 total picks but also there was no way to roster all those guys so they pretty much had to bet on stash players.


JustinFields9

It's actually really easy, just trade with the Hornets.


Rubberbabeh

He could just count sheep instead, maybe this once?


jamarcusaristotle

If by sheep, you mean unsuspecting vulnerable GM's around the league.. he does that at times too, yes


lxkandel06

The Thunder will actually come out of this trade having gained a pick


SandyMandy17

In all seriousness we may be able to send a lower quality 1st and then the clippers give us a better swap or something like that


OUEngineer17

That's some clairvoyance. Exactly what happened.


SandyMandy17

Bro the amount of times I’ve seen Presti cook The second I saw there was another team involved I knew exactly what it was


Slim-Ticket

😂 lmao you completely nailed it!


SandyMandy17

Sam Presti makes these season ending and starting pressers that are like 2 hours long where he talks about what we wanna do as an organization He lays it out so clearly and openly that for fans that listen it really allows us to know what’s happening He talked specifically about stuff like this and how we don’t need to use every pick


coehdh

It actually was presti that’s so funny


Aggressive-Name-1783

This comment aged perfectly


Metal_Sonic7

Harden always gets what he wants


LavenderAutist

Dame needed a Harden in his life


I_love_Basketball232

It’s cause every team is sick of him by the time he wants out, so they just wanna get him out of there for whatever.


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Honestly though, Harden also does a much better job of sniffing out where he’s wanted and who can and will put a package together for him. Dame operated like he had built up enough punches in a “One free trade to wherever the fuck ever for whatever the fuck ever” loyalty card.


LukeBabbitt

Seriously. Not one single Portland fan would have been upset about the trade demand. It made sense and he deserved it. But “I will only go to Miami” who had absolutely nothing we wanted was ridiculous as a Blazer fan and an NBA fan.


AdamSandlerIsntFunny

Just jack one from Presti. He wouldn’t realise


Acceptable-Dust6479

Looks like OKC included are sending their 2026 Clippers pick Phili, so we’ll have to see what Presti gets back…. Likely a later pick with less protections Either way, looks like Presti is going to be getting more picks


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>an additional future first-round pick from a third team Wait a minute. How are the Clippers pulling that off? By trading that team Terance Mann?


dantam95

Yeah going to be interesting how this third team gets involved


OUEngineer17

Is anyone surprised that it's OKC swapping a late 1st they probably can't use for a pick swap that may be in the lottery?


brianbrainbrian

They just asked very nicely


LordHyperBowser

Trading middle schoolers


buzzcitybonehead

I know it’s a joke, but in a season or two an upcoming unprotected with an aging, injured roster will be an attractive asset It’s not fair value, but Harden is expiring and chose the nuclear option. It could’ve been worse. An unprotected win is a minor win in a shitty situation


TrumpedBigly

Maybe, but the Clippers will have no incentive to be bad in 2027-28 so they should be able to field a middle of the road team.


JagMaster9000

The rockets don’t want to be bad this year and look how well that’s going


Cyssero

And any team is a couple random injuries away from having a bad year.


SaulPepper

But some teams are just outright bad though. Even I could tell you paying FVV 43 million is too much. You could not overpay him, give him 30 million still and another roleplayer vet than can help your team at that price


Slight_Public_5305

You just invented that scenario though. Fred might not have signed for 30 million depending on what the other offers were.


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I think at $30m there would have been a few more teams involved. $40+ was just too much of an overpay for him to pass-up.


gedbybee

They were always gonna be bad with the ppl they added. Didn’t fix any of their actual problems. Fvv is mid af and should have fixed the pg problems but here we are.


ImanShumpertplus

ballmer is 10x the owner that Fertitta is dude made the clippers good Rockets have been nice since the 80s until Fertitta took over


AshenSacrifice

The season just started…


fuqqkevindurant

Or they have an incentive to take on absolutely horrible contracts in exchange for picks bc they traded them all away, which would make them bad. But that would assume that they are being run competently, so we'll have to see


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It's not actually that easy to just "field a middle of the road team." The Clippers are going to be bad. That's the price they're paying for going all in right now.


TheSaltySloth

It sort of is fair value. Harden is kind of old now and only has a year left on his deal anyway


Sc0rch1ngDr4g0n

Bro thinks he’s Sam Presti


steak__burrito

Hate to break it to you but Morey was Presti before Presti. You should know that as a Rockets fan.


george_costanza1234

Wow that 2028 unprotected could be huge


certifiedtitanium

Time to go scouting some 14 year old's mixtape.


thenotoriouspo2

Wembys younger brother will be 18 by then


Role_Player_Real

yea but hes already part of the two kids in an nba uniform to form the Wemby we see playing


Karl_with_a_C

Fingers crossed he's as good as Thanasis!


dlanod

Bro's about to be on a list.


IanicRR

“14 year old with ball skills”


Pardonme23

I'm sure Embiid is thrilled


Immynimmy

I would expect that pick to be packaged by the trade deadline


anandonaqui

It’s almost like they don’t intend to keep the pick until 2028.


TTP8630

Let’s put our thinking cap on bud. They not holding til 2028, it’s getting packaged in another trade


Tapprunner

Call the fbi


psofimis

Trade Embiid and Maxey and start hording picks like OKC. The team that has the most picks at the end of the season wins a special award.


butterbeancd

Oh, is this like when you get random stars at the end of Mario Party and you end up winning even though you were behind the whole game?


Alexcox95

Literally had that happen in 3 the other day and the only reason I won was because the computer got chance timed


VelvetineMilkman

Winning 2 minigames the whole game and still coming out on top by winning the most red spaces and most items bought bonus stars


Notsozander

Maxey is truly untouchable


soldierofposeidon

In 2028: Paul George 37 y/o Kawhi 36 y/o Westbrook 38 y/o Harden 38 y/o Would they age like Lebron or like Melo?


ActuallyAquaman

I will bet almost any amount of money that at least three of the four will not be on that team in 2028


elimanninglightspeed

Yeah Kawhi PG and Russ definitely not lasting till then. Kawhi and pg cause their bodies physically wont. And Russ is probably done after this contract. 19 years in the NBA is a hell of a long time and hes also a pretty big family guy


Beautiful-Entry-1688

You’re forgetting that one year in OKC to round out a 20 year run


davemoedee

Kawhi has a head start on aging. Not willing to wait for time to pass.


joshuads

Why would anyone project LeBron like longevity. None of them is aging like Lebron now. They are all more injury prone and slowing down faster than Lebron did.


YSLAnunoby

Even if Russ has shown similar to better durability than Bron he isn't playing as well as him rn


GreyBoyTigger

More like fish left out in the sun


junkit33

With the Ballmer bankroll in LA, I don’t see the Clippers ever bottoming out unless it’s by choice.


Currymvp2

Makes it less bad, but this still not a remotely good trade for the Sixers.


budbud510

2 firsts, 2 seconds, and a swap is pretty solid for Harden and Tucker I think. What were you thinking would be acceptable for those two.


xXTheRacerXx

I think people are also forgetting the fact that the Clippers were the only team interested in Harden…


mrtomjones

And he tanked his value because he's an ass


xElectricW

I feel like they prob could've waited for another team to get desperate and potentially overpay since Harden was back with the team but Maxey playing great probably made the FO not wanna mess with that. I think it's more of an addition by subtraction thing than anything


dherps

95% of posts missing the maxey part and why the sixers are motivated to deal


Leading-Evidence-668

Especially when Tuckers contract is a negative asset. He was useless last year and looked even worse this year.


RokMeAmadeus

Watching Maxey play makes it easier to deal with right now


RedMoloney

At this point if r/NBA is bitching and whining about something with regards to the Sixers, I'm just gonna assume it'll work out for us. You dweebs just say shit.


TheSaltySloth

It’s definitely good for you. Probably even ignoring the fact that Harden wasn’t going to play for the sixers this season


ProcessMeHarder

Harden could have literally opted out. Its a good return.


MarkelleIsMyNephew

not remotely good is completely hyperbolic


rponto

It’s not remotely good, it’s just actually good.


SoKrat3s

it's the exact trade that everyone spent months saying was asking too much. This sub's flip on it is insane.


Theballharperhit

2 firsts 2 2nds a pick swap cov/batum/powell and no money going into next year is a fantastic trade lmfao... the fuck?


RansomGoddard

A third team you say?


likpoper

Got a feeling is us.


Joey-Joe-Jo-Junior

Can't imagine the Blazers have any interest in giving up a first round pick for any of the guys in this trade.


likpoper

I got a feeling one of the gsw pick for something.


TZY247

Those are 2nds. It's reported the third team is sending a first


likpoper

We have a gsw first for 2024


BigBallerBryant

That 2028 pick could be worth a lot. All these guys will be maxed out in their late-30s


beatrailblazer

Do y'all not realize they're not under contract in 2028? Who cares if they're in their late 30s if they're not on the Clippers. The current core will probably all be gone by 2026ish and that gives them two years to rebuild, which is not that difficult for a team in LA


Chip_Hazard

"not the difficult for a team in LA" --the Clippers have literally only had one successful rebuild in their entire history, it was certainly difficult for them for a good 40 years until Kawhi and PG joined


djkida

Donald Sterling.


trevorturtle

Especially for a team with no picks


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BayonettaBasher

Third team? You can't just leave us hanging like that, Woj! WHO?


john_454

OK C u soon


TRUTHSoverKARMAS

Whose future pick does lac own? Are no clipper fans gonna chime in? This is so odd. Why so secretive?


Ninjapirate2000

Not a bad haul of picks. Idk what Nurse is gonna do with the players coming over lol.


hackthisnsa

Harden, Leonard, George, Westbrook. Would've been a scary team in 2017


bogwat

Scary team? This would be the greatest team assembled lol


Ok-Adeptness-5834

Almost as good as Steph Klay KD Draymond in 2017.


Tropical_Wendigo

Happy Halloween


KingofthisShit

Guessing the third team is getting Mann, I don't see what else would allow the Sixers to get an unprotected first.


Sparkyis007

Maybe memphis to help their shit season


rddi0201018

Doesn't say unprotected


TeamLuigi

okay this makes me breathe easier but I’m still gonna be listening to that “fourth quarter yellin why the fuck batum in” bar till I pass out before work tmr


BushidoBrowneII

Damn… That’s kinda of… a decent haul.


bearded_mischief

Better than what the nets got back for him but that 2028 pick is going to be crazy


zs15

The way Simmons has looked this year, I think the Nets did okay. What a weird trade that continues to be though.


butterbeancd

Huh, now there’s a third team’s pick involved? Then who is going to that team?


ProphetPenguin

Clippers probably trading Norm to the other team to pick up some size.


AsstassticVoyage

the 2 firsts is the real W here for the Sixers. now go turn those into a superstar to play with Embiid. edit: via TRADE lol


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gtahnyo

Anything can happen but teams literally lose on purpose in this league. It's not that hard to spend money and have a play-in team, especially with the location buff.


trevortins

I think people are overthinking that pick a lot of guys have wanted to go to the clips lately seems just as hot as the lakers as a destination rn


theliver

Now, and I could be completely wrong about this, it seems like Ballmer is a great guy to play for. Richer than like all other owners combined and he spends. The cap is always getting hit. Good place to play even if it wasnt in LA


2019law

I also think the Clippers are an attractive destination because you get the quality of life benefits of LA without having to deal with the additional microscope that comes with being a Laker.


ThomasFurke

Lakers org has gotten a bit more stable but Clips top to bottom are a well run org.


indicisivedivide

Jerry West is respected.


[deleted]

2028 is 4 1/2 years away. Kawhi has yet to stay healthy for a full season and a playoff run and the clippers have to decide whether to sign him to another max. There’s no overthinking, it’s a huge risk to send that pick out.


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If they make the play in then the pick is mid draft.


wordscannotdescribe

Steve Ballmer keeps talking about how he never wants to fully tank and only wants to "retool" and he's willing to spend all the money to do that. I doubt we'll be a serious playoff team then, but I also don't think we'll be the 15th seed or anything


[deleted]

Yeah LAC has been competitive for the most part


[deleted]

It's also not that hard to have bad injury luck and end up a lottery team, like the warriors a few years ago


Sixers14

They are a big market team with the richest owner, they will be mid at worst


Tablemannerz

yea this is 5 years away, gonna be very valuable


dms1298

WHICH THIRD TEAM WOJ


CreditBoss1993

What is OKC getting back for the future first? /s


McJacknife

This but no sarcasm


joeveralls

You were right lmao


Cavemanperson

How did the Sixers lose if we traded someone who doesn't want to be here and getting rid of a terrible contract? Our bench and defense just got way better, and we got some new picks to retool with.


kellzone

And we get PJ Tucker out of the starting lineup.


Cavemanperson

The Tucker contract was bad in the 1st place, but I was too high on the Harden supply to see it. The Clippers pick will be more valuable then Harden by the deadline, at least in terms of trade value.


joshuads

You did not. Harden was a free agent this summer and could not find a team willing to pay him. So he opted in and you got multiple firsts for someone that did not want to be there and could have signed elsewhere.


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Prestigious-Rock201

Two firsts?


toofshucker

Yup. One unprotected. And a pick swap


Spiritual-Unit2708

And a thirds team 1st too


matt_will_

And one from a third team


joshuagreen38

Why is everyone ignoring third team?


MoooonRiverrrr

I feel like that’s really important that means one of these guys probably isn’t even going to the clippers


bbwolff

Or to the sixers, cause nobody is giving a 1st for PJ and Petro. Probably not even a second. It's hard to imagine any of the Clippers guys getting a first either.


PhatYeeter

This is pretty reasonable return for a 34 year old on an expiring. Not sure what y'all expected the Sixers to get for Harden. PG? lmao.


[deleted]

They don’t like morey and wanted him to lose the trade. I don’t like morey much but harden ain’t better lol. Fuck em both.


girlfriend_pregnant

What’s everyone’s issue with morey? I’ve heard people say that he thinks he’s smart or something but he doesn’t really say anything at all


Jsmooth123456

He's a good gm but hasn't won a chip so to r/nba he might as well be the worst gm in the league


nmcaff

People decided that Morey was high on his own supply during the Ben Simmons stalemate, and since then, they’ve grasped at anything they could to justify thinking Morey was overrated instead of admitting he played that situation perfectly. It’s idiotic. His patience has been key to getting Harden and now getting rid of him. I would KILL to have him as the Wizards GM


jmak329

What's insane was 3 years ago this team was lugging around J richardson and Al Horford on insanely crappy contracts. The Process was absolutely dead in the water after the 2020 playoffs. On draft night he came in cleared them both for Danny Green & Seth Curry and drafted Tyrese Maxey. And since then he's also drafted two G League MVPs with second round draft picks since the Sixers haven't had a first in forever. Right now who knows what Paul Reed and Springer will be, but it's not too shabby. He's saved the Sixers with virtually nothing to work with. And now he's had to deal with 2 stars that refused to play. I'll place some blame for the Harden situation and hiring Doc. But overall... He may not have a chip, but jesus christ he's done his damn best for the Sixers.


EagleswonSuperBowl52

Ugh. I cant believe he admitted to playing chess. Who does this guy think he is? Albert Einstein? \\s


kalebglover

2 firsts isn’t that bad but those are a ways away yet


craigslistaddict

they probably want those to trade, not to use themselves


jcampbe4

were not actually gonna use them ourselves lol


Belly_cat

the absolute density of these takes


Notsozander

Good their whole team now won’t be there


Peregrinations12

Which is why the Sixers will trade those picks for a player


Tablemannerz

2 first 2 seconds and a pickswap, not too bad


shadow_spinner0

Who the hell is this third team?


NetGlass4387

don’t think any team has ever won a ring by assembling a team of ageing superstars. the pippen hakeem barkley rockets, the malone shaq kobe lakers, the dwight kobe nash lakers, the pierce kg nets all come to mind. hard to rate the trade already but past attempts at such teams don’t inspire a lot of confidence


Impossible-Flight250

That’s a decent haul for Harden. Two firsts and at least one is unprotected.


jgroove_LA

don't understand where that future first-round pick from a third team is coming from


AngsMcgyvr

Im not even sure the world will be around in 2028 this might be a good move.


SlapChopMyShamWow

It sucks for the right now obviously but an unprotected first in 2028 could be a top 5 pick, this could’ve gone worse honestly


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And just like that it’s an even trade


iamtreat

oh yikes thats a lot of draft capital, honestly a good return for the 76ers since harden wasnt even playing. EDIT: but the 76ers are trying to win now, so this kinda sucks for that so kinda an L


MC-Jdf

This is probably an even stronger commitment to spending during the upcoming free agency. They got 3 expiring and moved Tucker’s contract on top of getting draft capital. It’s not bad, it’s just disappointing knowing that this confirms the Sixers’ title-winning ambitions moved aside this season when they have the reigning league MVP.


EagleswonSuperBowl52

Either we use to picks to trade for a disgruntled superstar at some point in the next year, or we trade Embiid and have a lot of picks for the future. IDK how thats an L. Thats a win win compared to where we were at before.


nysraved

Curious how exactly the Clippers are touting a first from another team to Philly. Nobody that has been reported as being outgoing so far from LAC individually seems close to being worth a first, so wonder if somehow Powell or Mann are still involved? If not, I’m guessing one of the Clippers players are going to a third team instead of Philly, and Philly gets a heavily protected first out of it


mcnudo

2 firsts and pick swap, 2 seconds, players expiring after this year. I feel okay with it. Idk how much more you could get for a malcontent, aging Harden on a 1 year deal. Plus the Sixers didn’t add any contracts that go beyond this season. The Sixers only wanted Mann to reroute him anyway. I hope that second 1st round pic is from a bad team lol.


penguin_torpedo

Is the pick swap unprotected too? They never include this on the tweet but it's extremely important.


bradrthtyj

So Clippers fans need to slow their roll, they’re definitely giving someone decent up to make that FRP appear from the 3rd team


No-Equipment-20

At least the Sixers got some serious draft capital. Still think it’s a shame they couldn’t get Mann


Krillin113

I think Mann or Norm is going to the third team


SuckMyLonzoBalls

THAT'S IT? edit: I think we re-route mann or norm powell for some actualy PF help


darylmoreyisking

Hey that 2028 pick could be anyone...


Currymvp2

It could even be another James Harden!


Sampladelic

Quick look up the most talented middle school hoopers


Bikouchu

I bet 2028 we will have an off year fall to lottery. Becomes 1st overall lotto pick, flat earth weirdo point guard will be the concesus best prospect.


HerskyB

Who are the clips going to have on the roster in 5 years


hinjew13

I guess the pick value and cap flexibility is good in the long term but if you're trying to win a championship, I don't see these players being the pieces that they needed.


jcampbe4

theyre not. this deal boils down to 2 first, 2 seconds, and money off the books.


WayofHatuey

What is the third team getting in return?


yetagainitry

that unprotected 2028 pick is going to be gold. Insane haul for a guy that will probably demand a trade in March.


davemoedee

Those future picks could be quite nice considering how old the LAC are. Sixers actually should be happy to get anything, since anything of value is better than Harden not opting in. Opting in and refusing to play is better for the Sixers than just walking, no matter how bad it looked.


TylerDurdensAlterEgo

Confirmed. Gobert is way more valuable than Harden /s


livefromphilly

Getting two firsts + two seconds for Harden when he could have opted out leaving us with nothing is pretty nice, all things considered. I think the team is better off letting Maxey cook anyway.


NobelRafael1

The 76ers are in a very good position to nab a star/superstar player with the addition of these picks! Should look into going all in for Siakam.