Two of the more interesting developments of the 76ers' offseason occurred within an hour of each other. First, news broke that backup four man Ersan Ilyasova was leaving town for a three-year, $21 million contract with the Milwaukee Bucks. Then came word that fellow reserve Marco Belinelli had agreed to a two-year, $12 million deal with the San Antonio Spurs.
Together, the two signings offered a quantitative measure of the value that the Sixers reaped throughout last year's stretch run after signing the two players to league-minimum deals following their buyouts from the Atlanta Hawks. For less than $1 million in salary-cap space, the Sixers enjoyed production that the market ultimately valued at a total of $13 million per season.