Time to Walk Away
In fact, the entire off-season has swirled with stories of the Philadelphia 76ers being a very active team, but generating virtually no results when the dust settles. The perception seemingly among the NBA teams waxed into the mirage of a Sixers team desperate to do something, anything to get one of the three centers off the roster.
Perhaps there was even whispers that if no deal was struck, however the terms might be unfriendly to the Philadelphia 76ers, that the team would be forced to cut one of their three centers.
In any case, the value of the Philadelphia 76ers was clearly set on more than just the potential of the player. Each of the two centers is young, NBA ready, and can start for most NBA team. Each center is currently playing for a very reasonable price relative to the NBA free agency runaway freight train of cash giveaways.
The value of the Philadelphia 76ers centers seemed to fall as the perception that anyone could have them easily. They were no longer a rare and hard to acquire asset. just pick up the phone and offer something ridiculously undervalued and eventually, the Philadelphia 76ers would be forced to trade one to the highest, but extremely undervalued, offer.
There is only one way to reset the market price of the centers on the roster. Stop taking offers. Centers are a rare commodity in the NBA, and the Philadelphia 76ers have three of the better centers in the game today. Sitting on the three will drive the price back up and give the Sixers a distinct advantage at the next likely trade date, the 2017 NBA trade deadline.
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