It seems a bit unrealistic to rebuild a "Houston Rockets" in the Eastern Conference team Philadelphia 76ers , but in fact 76ers have been doing this. Last season, they traded Ben Simmons, Seth Curry, and Drummond to acquire the Nets' superstar combo guard Harden. And this offseason, the Philadelphia 76ers also have With some big moves, in addition to bringing in P.J. Tucker, a former Rockets player, they also brought in two former Rockets players, Melton and Quinn.
Although Melton has not played a regular season game for the Rockets, he has played for the Rockets in the summer league, and Melton was also a player selected by the Rockets with a second-round pick. Quinn was the owner of a two-way contract with the Rockets last season, but the Rockets had too many talents in the backcourt, so they did not renew his contract. In addition, former Rockets shooter house also successfully joined Philadelphia with a 2-year contract.
Gordon has also been the target of the 76ers. There is even news that the Rockets are negotiating with the 76ers. If the 76ers have the right chips, Gordon may rejoin Harden in Philadelphia. But is this small goal easy to achieve? Obviously some people don't think so. For example, former Philadelphia reporter Paul Hardrick doesn't think the deal between the two teams can be completed.
Hardrick revealed that sources revealed that the possibility of the 76ers wanting to acquire Rockets guard Gordon during this summer's offseason is "very low." what is the reason? The reason is that Gordon's salary is difficult to balance, so this is also the reason why the Rockets have been negotiating with the 76ers without any results! We know that Gordon's contract has two years left, with a salary of US$19.57 million next season and US$20.92 million the next season.
It is said that the 76ers want to trade Thybulle for Gordon, but Thybulle is still in the rookie contract, a 4-year contract of 12.51 million U.S. dollars. Last season, the annual salary was only 2.71 million U.S. dollars. How can he compare with Gordon's 19.57 million U.S. dollars salary? What about matching? Even if the 76ers are willing to trade T-Harris for Gordon, I'm sorry, but Harris' annual salary is too high.
Last season, Harris' annual salary reached 33.51 million U.S. dollars, and Gordon's annual salary was less than 20 million U.S. dollars. Therefore, the 76ers not only have to convince the Rockets to accept Harris' super premium contract, but also let the Rockets The team is looking for a player with an annual salary of around 10 million - who should they choose? The Rockets simply don't have such a player, unless Jaylen Green is included in the trade, but this is obviously 100% impossible.
Even if the 76ers are willing to send Thybulle, Niang, and Korkmaz as packages, do the Rockets need these role players? The Rockets haven't been able to allocate playing time to their own role players, let alone accept these role players from the 76ers. Therefore, the former Philadelphia reporter poured cold water on the 76ers, which also reflected the fact that it is very difficult to succeed in a transaction. The two-board teaming up may be wishful thinking. Don't blame the Rockets. They are also powerless. It's not that the Rockets don't want to send Gordon to the 76ers. There is really no reasonable plan to match the salary.
