We have a juicy, must see TV double header tonight beginning (we hope) with a long awaited matchup between Joel Embiid vs. his former teammate on the Brooklyn Nets, Ben Simmons. James Harden Kyrie Irving, Seth Curry will suit up as well. Royce O’Neal, the player the Nets acquired using the Sixers 2023 pick will play. Kevin Durant will not, as he nurses his MCL sprain.
Following the blockbuster trade between Daryl Morey and Nets’ GM Sean Marks, Brooklyn opted to defer the pick option they acquired from 2022 to 2023.
So the Sixers were able to land De’Anthony Melton from Memphis by trading their own 2022 pick, along with Danny Green.