Comparing the Philadelphia 76ers’ Rebuild to the Nets’ Rebuild

What If the Sixers Copied the Nets’ Rebuild Part 4

Using this list of 2013 offseason transactions and combining it with the Sixers adapting the Nets’ rebuilding plan, the Sixers make their biggest free agent signing since signing Elton Brand in 2008 by signing Josh Smith and adding much needed scoring by signing O.J. Mayo. Smith signed a four-year $54 million contract with the Detroit Pistons who had 29 wins and 53 losses in the 2012-13 season and Mayo signed a three-year $24 million contract with the Milwaukee Bucks who had 38 wins and 44 losses that season.

Only the upcoming year on the contract is factored into the payroll for the $58.679 million salary cap for the 2013-14 season. Smith made $13,500,000 in the 2013-14 season and Mayo made $8,000,000 in the 2013-14 season. Since the Sixers had a better record than the Pistons the previous season, Smith signs with Sixers for the exact same amount he would of signed with the Pistons, but the Sixers must give Mayo another one million dollars the first year to out bid the Bucks who where the better team the previous season. Smith and Mayo’s contracts would count $22,500,000 against the cap, so the Sixers would need to do a trade to clear enough cap room to sign them.

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