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Bryan Colangelo, Honeymoon Is Over

By Bret Stuter

Jun 24, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations Bryan Colangelo during an introduction press conference at the Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
Jun 24, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations Bryan Colangelo during an introduction press conference at the Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports /
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Philadelphia 76ers NBA Fire Sale

Event IV: Trading Ersan Ilyasova

It was the classic conflict: something for nothing or let it ride?  Ersan Ilyasova arrived in the trade from the Oklahoma City Thunder.  He had few words, but let his play as the starting power forward for the team do his talking.  He quickly gained support as he played.  On one hand, he knew how to space the floor.  On the other hand, he knew how to score from three-point range.

And the team began to win.

But he arrived in the final year of his current contract, and as a veteran he like viewed the Philadelphia 76ers as a team on the rise, but not at their peak.  And so, the team and the player’s agents began a cat-and-mouse game of committing to one another.  In summary, Bryan Colangelo did not feel the team would succeed in retaining Ilyasova in free agency.  And so he traded the veteran for center Tiago Splitter and a second round pick, and the rights to swap a 2017 second with that of the Atlanta Hawks (2nd).  Keep in mind, the team acquired two picks for Kendall Marshall.

Trading Noel

Event V: Trading Nerlens Noel

Nerlens Noel was a lightning rod of controversy, and so it’s fitting that his trade would epitomize the angst over his career with the Philadelphia 76ers. Nerlens Noel’s contributions and productions, his voice and his opinions were well documented.  And even so, as a result, the Philadelphia 76ers traded all that, and his potential, to the Dallas Mavericks for center Andrew Bogut, small forward/shooting guard Justin Anderson, and two second round picks. As a matter of fact, the two picks happen in 2017 and 2020.  Keep in mind that the team consented to absorb Andrew Bogut’s overpriced contract.

In the end, Nerlens Noel was worth less than Kendall Marshall.