NBA Trade Rumors: Philadelphia 76ers to waive JaKarr Sampson and bring in Joel Anthony (Photo : Facebook/Philadelphia 76ers)
The Philadelphia 76ers have gone for the 2017 second round pick from Houston. And they have acquired Joel Anthony (Detroit Pistons). Meanwhile, to create a spot for Anthony, the Sixers have waived JaKarr Sampson.
Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical tweeted about Samspons' waive and NBA reported about the same too. Anthony is cruising in his ninth season of NBA with 465 career games. The center has 110 starts and is averaging two points.
The Philadelphia 76ers are waiving JaKarr Sampson, league sources tell @TheVertical. The Sixers needed to create spot for Joel Anthony.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) February 18, 2016
Meanwhile, in other NBA trade rumors news, Marc Stein of ESPN stated that Milwaukee Bucks made an offer for Dwight Howard. However, talks could not move forward as "Howard wouldn't opt into final year of contract." Stein added that according to ESPN sources Milwaukee Bucks would only go for Howard trade if they knew that they can have him "beyond this season." However, it is clear that Howard has desires to be a free agent.
ESPN sources say Bucks would only consider Dwight Howard trade if they knew they had him beyond this season; Howard wants to be free agent — Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) February 18, 2016
Meanwhile, it is revealed that Houston talked Howard with Boston, Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Chicago and Miami. However, Howard is still a part of Houston and Ryan Anderson is in New Orleans, Kevin Love and Blake Griffin are also not moving and Jeff Teague is still a part of Atlanta.
Now, teams are set for summer as the teams will have cap space and they can sign one max-level athlete noted John Schuhmann of NBA. The free agents of 2016 are Al Horford, Dwayne Wade, Kevin Durant, Andre Drummond, LeBron James, Harrison Barnes, DeMar DeRozan and Mike Conley.
James talked about the trade. "For me, control what you can control and that's something none of us can control," James said.
"The trade deadline happens every year and there's teams that make moves, teams that don't make moves. We're all here to find out what happens and if there's nothing we'll be ready to go," he added.
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