Philadelphia 76ers: 3 potential trade targets at point guard 2020
Jevon Carter
Before getting into why the Philadelphia 76ers should potentially trade for Jevon Carter, I need to admitt that I’m little bias when it comes to the second year point guard. The reason being is I’m a huge fan of when he played for the West Virginia Mountaineers in college.
With that being said, there’s more than my personal bias driving my reasoning that Carter would be a good fit on the Sixers. The first being is that he’s one of the better defensive point guards in the league.
His 0.7 steals in 13.6 minutes a game is impressive and he would only add to the 76ers already elite perimeter defense lead by Simmons. Carter plays a similar style of physical defense that defensive stud Patrick Beverley does for the Los Angeles Clippers.
3 minor hypothetical trade packages. light. Must Read
Offensively, Carter still has his limitations as he’s only in his second season on a new team. For the year, he’s averaging 3.6 points and 1.4 assists, while making 37.6 percent of his field goals and 38.2 percent of his 3-pointers.
It should be noted that when he does get a bigger role, he tends to do well. For example, in October he averaged 8.0 points, 3.2 assists and 1.3 steals, while shooting 47.6 percent on 4.2 3-point attempts in 22.0 minutes per game.
Carter has the potential to be a positive on offense while being a great defensive player from the start. A deal to acquire the 24-year-old point guard might look like the hypothetical trade below.
The Suns already have three other young point guard prospects in Ty Jerome, Elie Okobo, and Jalen Lecque and need more depth at both power forward and center positions. Swapping big man Jonah Bolden for Carter helps both the 76ers and Suns fill holes on their roster. If the Phoenix really wants to the stingy, then Philly might have to through a future second rounder in the hypothetical deal, but the potential trade above is fair enough.