[Pompey] Kelly Oubre Jr.has contributed to the Sixers because he’s been good and has positional flexibility. However, his name keeps coming up as someone to possibly move before the trade deadline as his expiring contract would help them gain salary cap relief and avoid the luxury tax.
He’s an asset to the Sixers because he can play shooting guard, small forward, and small-ball power forward. However, his name keeps coming up as someone the Sixers could possibly move before the Feb. 5 trade deadline because his expiring \(8.3 million contract would help them gain salary cap relief and avoid the luxury tax. The squad is currently more than \)7 million over the luxury-tax threshold.
The Sixers could also get salary cap relief by moving the expiring contracts of Andre Drummond (\(5.0 million) and Eric Gordon (\)3.6 million with a dead cap hit of $2.2 million). Letting Drummond and Gordon go would be viewed as a softer blow than trading Oubre.