The Philadelphia 76ers caught a lot of fire in free agency when the front office made the haphazard decision to bring Kyle Lowry for another go-round with the franchise. This should be far from unexpected, as Daryl Morey himself made an earlier pronouncement right after their miserable 2024-25 campaign ended that the team will prioritize getting younger players in the offseason, and adding the veteran into the mix anew is a blatant deception.
But as the saying goes, misery loves company, right?
Well, the 76ers could actually find themselves eventually getting off the hook with their Lowry signing, which is touted as among the worst — if not the worst — move in the 2025 offseason. One team in particular is closing in on a patently disastrous move, and if it pushes through, Philadelphia will easily get rid of its possible tag as the team that pulled off the biggest disaster in free agency.
Given their recurrence on this end, a guessing game may not even be necessary. As you might have already predicted, the Sacramento Kings are on the brink of another misstep in free agency, as rumored strongly indicate that they are seeking to snag Russell Westbrook off the open market.
The Kings could outdo the 76ers for worst move of the offseason
As reported by Kings insider Matt George, Sacramento’s front office is looking to sign Westbrook to a deal to improve the team’s point guard rotation, but not before moving Malik Monk or Devin Carter to another team to avoid a logjam in the backcourt and to free up some more cap flexibility.
Is anyone willing to give the Kings some enlightenment on the sheer amount of teams the former MVP has played for in recent years?
Not that the 76ers can dip their fingers into this one, but Sacramento going to such lengths just to add a steeply declining Westbrook to a nucleus that is already flawed and severely limited ceiling-wise definitely beats out re-signing Lowry, who is only projected to play very little next season.
Westbrook, whose game has aged poorly in today’s game, is easy to envision as a poor fit next to Domantas Sabonis, DeMar DeRozan, and Zach LaVine due to his lack of a perimeter game and off-ball utility. There is a reason why the Nuggets were so amenable to parting with him even though he had a slew of good moments for them last season.
Anyway, Philadelphia stands to benefit from this budding disaster if this pushes through, at least from an optics standpoint. While that is too eerie of a proposition for the fans in Sac-Town, they only have their own front office to blame.
The 76ers have not been had the best summer, but at least the Kings came up clutch once more.