The Philadelphia 76ers have acquired Nicolas Batum, Robert Covington, Kenyon Martin Jr., and Marcus Morris Sr., as a part of a seven-player, three-team cope with the LA Clippers and Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder that despatched James Harden to LA.
The 76ers despatched Harden, Filip Petrušev, and P.J. Tucker to the Clippers to finish the deal.
The 76ers obtained two first-round draft picks – an unprotected 2028 first-round choice from the Clippers, and a 2026 first-round choose from Oklahoma Metropolis (the least favorable 2026 first-round choose amongst (i) Houston (if not in High 4 picks), (ii) LA Clippers, and (iii) Oklahoma Metropolis) – along with the correct to swap 2029 first-round picks with LA (protected 1-3), two second-round picks from LA, and money issues.
As a part of the transaction, Philadelphia will obtain the extra favorable of (i) Toronto’s 2024 second-round choose and (ii) the extra favorable of (a) Indiana’s 2024 second-round choose and (b) the much less favorable of (1) Utah’s 2024 second-round choose and (2) Cleveland’s 2024 second-round choose. The 76ers will even purchase LA’s 2029 second-round choose.
“James is among the most prolific and environment friendly playmakers within the NBA,” mentioned Clippers president of basketball operations Lawrence Frank. “Together with his dimension and imaginative and prescient, he possesses a rare skill to create for himself and others. The Los Angeles space has produced so many elite gamers lately. With Kawhi, Paul, Russ and James, we’re excited to convey 4 of them collectively, and desperate to see what they’ll accomplish with the remainder of our group.”
Harden is a three-time NBA scoring champion (2018, 2019, 2020) and NBA MVP (2018) who has performed in 1,000 profession video games and holds averages of 24.7 factors, 5.6 rebounds, 7.0 assists and 1.5 steals. In his fifteenth NBA season, Harden is one among 4 gamers in league historical past to have averaged at the least 20 factors, 5 rebounds and 10 assists in three or extra seasons. The one different gamers to take action greater than as soon as are Russell Westbrook (5) and Corridor of Famers Oscar Robertson (5) and Magic Johnson (3). With the commerce, LAC turns into the Los Angeles native’s fifth NBA workforce, following stints in Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Houston and Oklahoma Metropolis.
