Who Should the 76ers Look to Buy Out in the Market?

While last year’s trade deadline was a rather quiet one for the Philadelphia 76ers, only making one move, this year’s was something different. Daryl Morey and the Sixers’ front office made four moves, which included the departures of Patrick Beverley, Jaden Springer, Marcus Morris, Furkan Korkmaz, and Danuel House Jr, and multiple draft picks in exchange for Buddy Hield, Cameron Payne, and several future picks.

While they brought in two players, they still have a few gaps left in their roster, which includes overall depth, which can be an issue when several players are out injured, as they are right now.

Another ongoing roster-related issue that the team faces is the lack of a great replacement for Joel Embiid, who will remain out for the foreseeable future after getting corrective surgery on the meniscus in his left leg. While the trade deadline is closed, there is another way for Philadelphia’s front office to fix their problems: the buyout market.

The buyout market isn’t anything new for the Sixers this season, as they’ve already been tied to Kyle Lowry, who is now a part of the Charlotte Hornets following a trade away from the Miami Heat in January. Apart from Lowry, here are a couple of players that the Sixers could target in the market:

Joe Harris was waived by the Detroit Pistons on Thursday afternoon.

Harris had only spent half a season in Detroit prior to the move, having only appeared in 16 games, in which he averaged two points on 33 percent shooting. But this isn’t anywhere near the level at which Harris is capable of playing, having averaged 26 minutes a game during his time with the Nets in which he would score 11 points per game on 48 accuracy from the field.

It wasn’t just his natural scoring ability that made Harris a household name; it was his work from beyond the arc, shooting with 44 percent accuracy over his seven-year stint, which includes two years of shooting with the highest accuracy from beyond the arc.

Another part of Harris’ acumen would be his ability to be flexed as both a shooting guard, as well as a forward, helping further fill out Philadelphia’s depth chart.

Another former Piston that Philadelphia could look at is a former Sixer, Mike Muscala. Muscala spent the first of half this season with both the Boston Celtics and Detroit, having been included in a trade back in mid-Janaury that sent him to the Motor City. Throughout his two stints this season, the veteran big man is averaging four points and three rebounds per game.

While Muscala isn’t the flashiest player, he would provide the Sixers with what they need the most, which is depth behind Joel Embiid, something that isn’t exactly in great quantity in the market at the moment. If the Sixers want to make any moves in the buyout market, they’ll have to do it before the March 1 deadline.