One free agent the 76ers should sign from each West playoff team

After listing the potential free agency targets for the Philadelphia 76ers from each East playoff team, we move to the teams that made the playoffs out West.

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6. Josh Okogie will be one of the best under-the-radar defenders available

The Phoenix Suns definitely turned in quite the memorable season for themselves. After forming a vaunted Big Three filled with three of the most lethal individual scorers in the NBA, the Timberwolves’ stingy defense ensured that their star-studded team will be an early bird in the loser’s lane, sending them packing int he first-round via a clean sweep.

Heck, the Suns are already on the verge of hitting the panic button, with whispers of Kevin Durant not being happy already commencing. That being said, a roster turnover will definitely be on the works, especially on the margins where Phoenix simply looked too shallow to be a consistent threat.

Enter Josh Okogie, who somehow fell out of former coach Frank Vogel’s favor despite a great start to the season as their designated backcourt defender. Okogie is someone the 76ers could really have a use for as he could fill in the defensive hole that could be left by the potentially outgoing De’Anthony Melton for only a fraction of his price tag.

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