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Bryan Colangelo’s sad trade record as Philadelphia 76ers GM

By Stuart London

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 16: Bryan Colangelo of the Philadelphia 76ers has a conversation during the 2017 NBA Draft Lottery at the New York Hilton in New York, New York. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MAY 16: Bryan Colangelo of the Philadelphia 76ers has a conversation during the 2017 NBA Draft Lottery at the New York Hilton in New York, New York. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2017 NBAE (Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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Unclogging the middle

JUNE 28, 2017: Traded Shawn Long to the Houston Rockets for $100K cash.

Grade: Incomplete. Long is in Australia playing now and, well, money is money.

JULY 6, 2017: Traded Jawun Evans to the Los Angeles Clippers for $3.2M cash & traded Sterling Brown to the Milwaukee Bucks for $1.9M cash.

Grade: D. I would give it an ‘F’ but, hey, $5.1 million to Harris and the rest of the ownership’s pockets can’t be dismissed entirely. Evans has struggled but Brown, a 6-foot-6 shooting guard, would have been a nice depth piece for the Sixers this season. The Cash for Picks Era was over quickly. The Sixers before the 2018 draft made it clear they were either going to use or trade their second-rounders from now on.

DECEMBER 7, 2017: Traded Jahlil Okafor, Nik Stauskas and a 2019 2nd round draft pick to the Brooklyn Nets for Trevor Booker. (2019 2nd-rd pick is NYK pick)

Grade: F. Colangelo’s final trade was another stinker. He sent the Nets two players selected in the top eight of the NBA Draft for a role player (Booker) who was a bad fit style -wise and lasted a whole 40 games before being let go.

The cherry on top came at the end of the 2018-19 regular season. To get Brooklyn to take what the Sixers considered excess baggage, Colangelo threw in a 2019 second-round draft pick. But not the Sixers’ second-rounder, no one would care about that now. It was the rights to the Knicks that the Sixers had acquired.

Guess who has the first pick in the second-round this year? Yup, the Nets, courtesy of Colangelo.