Philadelphia 76ers roundtable: Final roster predictions for 2019-20 season

Lucas Johnson

• PG — Ben Simmons
• SG — J.J. Redick
• SF — Jimmy Butler
• PF — Tobias Harris
• C — Joel Embiid
• Bench — Quinn Cook, Kyle O’Quinn, Mike Scott, Zhaire Smith, Matisse Thybulle, Jonah Bolden, T.J. McConnell, Boban Marjanovic, Marial Shayok, Corey Brewer, Shake Milton (two-way), Christ Koumadje (two-way)

There’s no doubt that the Sixers will undergo massive changes this offseason. They already added Matisse Thybulle and Marial Shayok via the 2019 NBA Draft. The only players they have under contract are Ben Simmons, Joel Embiid, Zhaire Smith, Jonah Bolden and Shake Milton, who is on a two-way contract. Philly recently waived Haywood Highsmith who was on the other two-way contract.

Philly has three key free agents hitting the market in Jimmy Butler, Tobias Harris and J.J. Redick. I suspect that the Sixers retain all three players, which won’t allow them to have much wiggle room to add players outside of minimum contracts. Luckily with a core made up of those key free agents, along with Simmons and Embiid, it should attract valuable veterans to join on cheap deals.

Some of those veterans will come from the Sixers’ own free agents. Players like Mike Scott and T.J. McConnell could very well return on cheap deals. Working on the assumption that Harris re-signs, there’s a strong chance that Boban Marjanovic re-signs as well, those two appear to be a packaged deal.

Despite adding McConnell and Marjanonvic, both the point guard and center depth still need to be improved. Center Kyle O’Quinn and point guard Quinn Cook seem like ideal candidates that would be willing to come to a contender on a cheap deals. Adding a stout wing defender in Corey Brewer to round out that group would be a solid move. That only leaves one a two-way contract left and my suspicion is that they will use it to sign Christ Koumadje to a two-way deal.

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