UNITED STATES.-The Philadelphia 76ers They made a couple of changes with other contenders at the top of the standings. Eastern Conference In the final moments before NBA trade deadline on Thursday, sending to Patrick Beverley to the Milwaukee Bucks and Jaden Springer to the Boston Celtics for second-round picks, sources told Adrián Wojnarowski.
For Patrick Beverley The change means a reunion with coach Doc Rivers, with whom he spent several seasons as part of the LA Clippers.
Milwaukee, which has been looking for perimeter defensive help in the weeks leading up to the trade deadline, lands a player who strengthens a defensive unit that has struggled all season, entering Thursday’s action ranked 18th in defensive rating .
Patrick Beverly He averaged 6.3 points in 47 games with Philadelphia this season. The Bucks will be Beverly’s sixth team since the start of the 2020-21 season.
Philadelphia hosted Cameron Payne and a 2027 second-round pick from the Bucks in exchange for Beverly. Payne, 29, is averaging 6.2 points and shooting 39.7% from 3-point range, giving Philadelphia a second strong 3-point shooter on deadline day after acquiring Buddy Hield on Thursday.
The 76ers entered Thursday ranked among the bottom five teams in the league in three-point shooting.
In another move, the Bucks will trade Robin Lopez to the Sacramento Kings, sources told ESPN. Lopez is expected to be waived by the Kings and become a free agent, sources said.
Springer, 21, is a strong defensive guard who has struggled with his outside shot, making 21.6% of his 3-pointers this season. But for a Celtics team looking to develop cheap contributors on its roster, it’s a gamble to develop him as a talent for the future.
The Celtics also made another minor move just before the deadline, as sources said they moved Dalano Banton to the Portland Trail Blazers for a heavily protected future second-round pick.
Banton, 24, signed as a free agent after playing for his hometown Toronto Raptors last summer, and allows the Celtics to keep an open roster spot to add a potential player on the buyout market, or simply help reduce Boston’s healthy luxury tax bill.
Meanwhile, Philadelphia has opened up multiple roster spots on Thursday after moving on from Marcus Morris, Furkan Korkmaz, Danuel House and Springer in these deals, giving them three open roster spots to use in the buyout market, as well as for stay below the luxury tax.
A possible purchase option is Kyle Lowry, a Philadelphia native and future Hall of Famer, if Lowry, who was traded to Charlotte last month by the Miami Heat in exchange for Terry Rozier, is waived or bought out by the Hornets after the deadline.
2024-02-09 05:12:34
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