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alleniverson3 wrote:Arnett è infortunato

alleniverson3 wrote:Arnett è infortunato

serfi82 wrote:magari sarà un sign and trade quello di hawes.... (sperare nn costa nulla). Ma di Brand e Iguodala? nessuna ufficialità ne sul taglio ne su possibili rumors? Da questo mercato mi aspettavo almeno 1 Ala forte di tutto rispetto, ma ho già capito che rimarrò deluso

The Answer Palermitano wrote:oltre ad aver firmato Nick Young che è si giocherà il posto con Evan, ufficiale l'amnesty ad Elton Brand.

Rocky wrote:Spero che la mossa Brand sia stata fatta più che altro per i soldi di Young, ma ho TANTA paura di Humphries.

But let's get back to the Sixers, who amnestied Brand and announced they'd be parting ways with Lou Williams, then said they reached a one-year deal with Nick Young.

What, exactly, are they going for here? Even after the amnesty, Philly has just $7 million in cap room, which is perhaps enough to put in a bid for the likes of Ersan Ilyasova or Kris Humphries, but if you're going to do that, you might as well ride out another year with Brand, right?

Even more puzzling is the timing. If Philly had determined to amnesty Brand a week ago and not bothered with Young or the recent two-year, $13 million deal with Spencer Hawes, the Sixers were looking at max cap space and the chance to lure a top free agent. Not a great chance, perhaps, but a chance.

(One other thing: If Philly hadn't lazily given Lavoy Allen a one-year deal rather than a team option for the second and third years, like virtually every other team does with every second-round pick, they wouldn't be in this pickle. Philly had to re-sign Allen with its midlevel exception, which meant it had to sign Nick Young with cap space, which meant it had to amnesty Brand once the Sixers decided they liked Young better than Lou Williams. This, ladies and gentlemen, is a front office flying by the seat of its pants.)

Now? Best-case scenario, they're looking at signing somebody almost as good as Brand. One wonders if another move is waiting around the corner -- an Andre Iguodala trade, perhaps, or some other move that will allow us to make sense of all of this.

Certainly, there is a financial component. The 76ers still have to pay Brand's salary, but only the part that isn't picked up in amnesty auction. With Dallas still hungry to spend some of its free-agent money without tying itself up for another dip in the pond next year, the Mavs are a prime candidate to bid high on Brand; this perhaps will save Philly as much as half its wage bill for his salary.

But in the longer term, it's not clear how these moves help unless the Sixers trade Iggy and angle to become a player in the 2013 free-agent market. If they deal him for expiring contracts, they could make a run at Dwight Howard or Chris Paul -- unlikely, but worth a shot, right? -- and would have max-ish cap space even with the cap hold on Jrue Holiday.

Alternatively, in the short term, perhaps they can interest the Magic in a Holiday-Young-Iguodala trade package for Howard and gamble that he likes cheesesteaks.

Again, I'm trying to make sense out of the senseless; I see no obvious endgame for the Sixers out of this, and am equally puzzled by the timing, but perhaps there's one that eludes my reasoning here.