As you all know by now, it was an underwhelming trade deadline for the Sixers.
They traded second-year guard Jared McCain to the Oklahoma City Thunder for draft capital and veteran guard Eric Gordon to the Memphis Grizzlies in what amounts to a salary dump. The positive is Dominick Barlow was rewarded for his strong play with a standard contract. They did some roster housekeeping, with some more surely coming.
Here’s a summary of where things stand for the team after the NBA trade deadline:
The picks and players the Sixers acquired:
- Luxury tax savings
- 2026 first-round pick (HOU)
- 2027 second-round pick (most favorable OKC, HOU, IND, MIA)
- 2028 second-round pick (OKC)
- 2028 second-round pick (MIL)
- Converted Dominick Barlow to standard deal
- Draft rights to Justinian Jessup
- Signed Charles Bassey (10-day)
- Signed Patrick Baldwin (10-day)
The picks and players the Sixers sent out:
- Jared McCain
- Eric Gordon
- 2032 second-round pick swap
The new, full Sixers roster
- Tyrese Maxey
- Joel Embiid
- Paul George
- VJ Edgecombe
- Kelly Oubre Jr.
- Quentin Grimes
- Andre Drummond
- Dominick Barlow
- Trendon Watford
- Adem Bona
- Justin Edwards
- Kyle Lowry
- Johni Broome
- Charles Bassey (10-day)
- Patrick Baldwin (10-day)
- Jabari Walker (two-way)
- MarJon Beauchamp (two-way)
Sixers draft picks remaining
First rounders:
- 2026 own (protected 1-4)
- 2026 HOU
- 2027 own
- 2028 own (if 1-8 or if 2026 first-round pick is 1-4)
- 2028 LAC (fully unprotected)
- 2029 own (rights to pick swap with LAC)
- 2030 own
- 2031 own
- 2032 own
Second-rounders:
- 2027 own
- 2027 GSW/PHX (more favorable)
- 2027 OKC/HOU/IND/MIA (more favorable)
- 2028 own
- 2028 DET (protected 31-55)
- 2028 GSW
- 2028 MIL
- 2028 OKC
- 2029 PHI
- 2030 PHX/POR (more favorable)
- 2030 WAS
- 2031 PHI
- 2032 PHI/MEM (least favorable)
While ducking the tax doesn’t help all that much with team building, the draft capital the team received for McCain could be very useful as the team looks to build long-term around Maxey and Edgecombe. Overall, the Sixers have a decent amount of draft assets while having a good amount of talent already in place. Again, that does little for the 2025-26 Sixers, but could help Daryl Morey and company take big swings in the future.
What are your thoughts on the deadline? Who would you like to see the team target on the buyout market? Drop your thoughts in the comments.













