The idea here, was that the team could get out of paying a few of the money that Jason Thompson is owed over the next two years. He became a Sixer, technically, July 9, along with Nik Stauskas and Carl Landry in a complicated trade that sent prospects Arturas Gudaitis and Luca Mitrovic to the Kings.
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The Sixers have made it a priority to acquire assets and the draft considerations and cash in this trade symbolize that. He averaged 1.1 points and 1.8 rebounds while shooting 41.2% from the floor in 8.9 minutes per game.
Thompson was on Rider’s campus earlier this week for the groundbreaking ceremony on the new basketball facility, which will bear his name after the former MAAC Player of the Year donated to the project.
Why would the Sixers trade for a a 14-year veteran? The 6-foot-7 small forward played 32 games for the Boston Celtics last season, coming off the bench for all of them and averaging less than a bucket per game.
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Wallace has averaged 12 points and six rebounds in his 832-game National Basketball Association career. In 2010, the Alabama product was an National Basketball Association All-Star. The closest he came was this season, when three different coaches called the plays for Sacramento, bringing the team to a. 354 win percentage, giving them only 11 more wins than the lowly Sixers. Lee is entering the final year of his contract and will make $15.5 million this season. He provides good defense for the Philadelphia 76ers, but will cost just over $10.1 million for the 2015-16 National Basketball Association season.
