As we all twiddle our thumbs and doomscroll awaiting the inevitable James Harden trade, the Sixers came up in another context in the slop mill this week.
On Wednesday, Shams Charania of The Athletic reported that Buddy Hield and the Indiana Pacers had “started a dialogue to work on finding a potential trade with another team” after contract extension talks stalled out. One day later, Charania mentioned the Sixers as being among the teams that had expressed interest Hield in recent months.
While it might only feel right to turn longtime Future Sixer Buddy Hield into Actual Sixer Buddy Hield, one immediate and one long-term obstacle could stand in the way of that.