NBA rumors: The teams expect 76s with Kevin Durant as a potential goal to consider trading with No. 3,

The Philadelphia 76ers had just stuck to the first round for a few months. If the choice had landed outside the top 6, he would have gone to the Oklahoma City Thunder, so that the 76s spent the second half of last season to keep them.

Last week this selection officially landed in third place, and now that The 76 actually secured itYou have to decide what to do with it.

According to the NBA design of the draft truck, Daryl Morey, Top 76ers Manager, said that the “plan” to keep the choice “. However, the rest of the league does not seem to trust him. Jonathan Givony from ESPN reports that” some teams expect the Sixers to be active in trade talks “because they know where they choose. Two names Givony mentioned as candidates? Kevin Durant and Lauri Markkanes.

Daryl Morey is about as aggressive as in the NBA. He got his husband last summer when he landed Paul George because of a four-year maximum salary-free agent contract. This deal has so far been poorly aged. George declined due to age and troubled to stay healthy. In a season, this contributed to the Philadelphia tank, which began with the ambitions of the championship.

These ambitions of the championship are probably not completely disappeared. Trading with the choice could do two important things for the 76. The first would be obvious to put this team back on the dispute next season by exchanging the declining George for an upgrade. The second and more important part would come from George's contract from the past three years before it becomes too tedious to move.

Of course, this would not clean up your books. Durant will be 37 on the opening evening and will probably wish for a contract extension. Markkanen is still in the books for four years, one more than George, at Max Money. Every player that the 76s take back in a George deal becomes expensive. He only would have to justify this financial investment.

The upward trend to only use the selection at No. 3 would be that the player there would be relatively cheap. The first round's picks are team control at the age of four. If the 76s land the right player in this slot, they would add young people along younger core such as Tyrese Maxey and Jared McCain and, thanks to this cost control, they would possibly create a sufficient surplus value to compensate for the overpayment of George and Joel Embiid.

If you pay maximum money, it helps to split a young star into a cheap offer.

Of course, that means designing a young star. This is not a guarantee of No. 3, so Morey would not do his job if he hadn't at least examined what was out there for his choice on the trading market. At the moment it has optionality. If he believes that Embiid is able to stay healthy in four Playoff rounds, this selection could bring him the last piece he needs to claim him. If he doesn't, the choice is his best chance to find Maxey for the next era of 76ers basketball a long-term co-star. His choice will probably depend on how much commercial value that takes up to take.