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Potential Targets for Sixers: Paul George, Jimmy Butler and Brandon Ingram

Sixers Could Pursue Paul George, Jimmy Butler, Brandon Ingram


The Philadelphia 76ers have long been connected to a pursuit of Paul George this offseason.

“The player at the top of their list is Paul George,” said Brian Windhorst on Get Up on Friday morning. “His contract extension discussions with the Clippers have not led to an agreement. The Clippers are fighting for their playoff lives tonight in Dallas. They have not wanted to offer the max contract. They got Kawhi to accept an extension at less than a max, that has been the standard.

“I think Philly is going to come out with a max offer to Paul George. The Clippers are going to have to decide max or not. Paul George is going to have to decide ‘Do I want to stay here or not?’

“But you don’t just to have use cap space on free agents. You can use it in trade. This is where I think Daryl Morey is going to go to work. There’s going to be a number of names who are going to come up, but I’m going to give you two off the bat here. Both involve who can get extensions with their teams, but for various reasons will not.

“The first name to watch is Jimmy Butler from the Miami Heat. He has two years left on his contract. There is interest in him extending… If Jimmy Butler wants to extend and the Heat are not willing to do it facing heavy luxury tax penalties, is there a way to revisit that?

“Also, another player to watch is Brandon Ingram. He had a very poor playoff session for the Pelicans. He is due a contact extension. The Pelicans have never paid the tax in the history of their franchise. They are set to sign Trey Murphy as a big dollar player alongside Zion Williamson. This is a player who might be on the market and again, I don’t think even their No. 1 choice behind Paul George, but this type of player is who Philly can potentially look at to add firepower and offense to this team.