Paul Reed isn't a bad player. He did a good job in place of Embiid in Philadelphia. He averaged 7 ppg, 6 rpg, and a 1 block in 20 minutes for the season. He also shot well from deep, 36.8% from 3. Definitely worth kicking the tires on. He's shot 36.4% from 3 this year so he hasn't regressed. I wonder what the issue is. Has to be some guarantee salary issue.
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Paul Reed isn't a bad player. He did a good job in place of Embiid in Philadelphia. He averaged 7 ppg, 6 rpg, and a 1 block in 20 minutes for the season. He also shot well from deep, 36.8% from 3. Definitely worth kicking the tires on. He's shot 36.4% from 3 this year so he hasn't regressed. I wonder what the issue is. Has to be some guarantee salary issue.
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Yeah I haven't seen or followed him for awhile now but if he's not lost anything he'd be a decent addition (if it's possible).
That's all well and good in theory but isn't entirely practical. There's a reason some of us, myself included, have no confidence in James Jones being the GM of a rebuild. That's based on his past as a GM. Any move he makes will draw skepticism. Any move a fan calls for doesn't exist in a vacuum. If we know that same fan was in favor of the move that put us in this no man's land, I feel it's entirely fair to mention that as a reason why they need to present a very strong argument as to why this new plan should be the path forward. That hasn't been done. Repeating we're in no man's land isn't justification for a move either. Some of us have been saying for almost 2 years now, since a certain trade was made, and dismissed for saying that. Well we've learned that's where it led and now there's no clear path forward other than taking our lumps. That was part of the cost of the trade initially. Good or bad, it was all in. We can't get a mulligan or a safety net to save us already.
It appears he was on a non-guaranteed deal. This is apparently a move made by Detroit to free up cap space before tomorrow when signed players can be dealt, where they'll be active, and waiving Reed will give them around $8 million in extra space. He's likely to clear waivers because there's more money beyond this year and I doubt anyone wants to pay all that.
Should the Sixers consider a reunion with Paul Reed?
Former Sixers big man Paul Reed has been placed on waives. Despite the fond memories and Joel Embiid's latest injuries, a reunion is unwise.
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Well, one thing that should be noted is that this conversation is pointless. There is no chance, zero, none whatsoever, that they blow the team up this year.
1: It would be virtually impossible.
2: there is no way Ishbia pulls the plug this quick and opens himself up to the humiliation of officially having made the worst trade in NBA history mere hours after he bought a franchise.
Maaaaaaaybe during the Summer when guys are easier to move, more teams have space and assets are more fluid... and even then it would be contingent on KD forcing the issue (which isn't out of the question).
