The Sixers entered last offseason with the ability to create more than $60 million in salary-cap space. This offseason, they’re far more limited in what they can do.
After signing Paul George and Tyrese Maxey to max contracts last summer, the Sixers effectively locked themselves into being an over-the-cap team for the next few years. Those two, Joel Embiid and Jared McCain alone will earn roughly $149.1 million in 2025-26, which is only $5.5 million less than the projected $154.6 million salary cap.
Rather than making to look a major free-agent splash, the Sixers’ top priorities this offseason will likely be retaining their own free agents.