Sixers NBA Trade Deadline Tracker: Rumors, Targets, and Updates

Two days before this year's NBA trade deadline, the league went completely off the rails.

The Utah Jazz traded three first-round picks for a package headlined by Jaren Jackson Jr. The Cleveland Cavaliers and Los Angeles Clippers effectively swapped Darius Garland and James Harden. Jaden Ivey and Mike Conley are now on the Chicago Bulls. And the Boston Celtics landed Nikola Vučević while moving closer to ducking the luxury tax.

One day later, the Sixers joined the fray.

We'll be updating this throughout the day Wednesday and Thursday as new Sixers rumors emerge. Below that, we've highlighted a few of our favorite trade targets.

Sixers trade Eric Gordon to Grizzlies

The Sixers already ducked the luxury tax by trading Jared McCain to the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday. They weren't done with trades there, though.

The Philadelphia 76ers are trading Eric Gordon and a 2032 second-round pick swap to the Memphis Grizzlies, sources tell ESPN. This gives the 76ers the flexibility to complete conversion of two-way Dominick Barlow.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 5, 2026

The Sixers are now roughly $5.1 million under the tax, so they have plenty of space to convert Dominick Barlow and Jabari Walker from two-way deals to standard contracts. In fact, they're far enough under the first apron ($7.3 million) that they could feasibly use a portion of their mid-level exception to sign Barlow to a contract worth more than the rest-of-season minimum amount (roughly $884,000 as of today).

Sixers still willing to trade Drummond?

Gordon isn't the only Sixer who might be on his way out of Philadelphia in the next few hours.

"Multiple sources insist that the Sixers are still willing to trade reserve center Andre Drummond," Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer wrote Thursday.

Adem Bona has already supplanted Drummond as the Sixers' primary backup to Joel Embiid. Drummond basically only plays on nights where Embiid is out. With that said, Embiid still has yet to be cleared for back-to-backs, so the Sixers do need a third center just for those games alone.

If the Sixers do trade Drummond, they should either try to acquire another center via trade or convert Charles Bassey to a rest-of-season contract. Jock Landale, whom the Atlanta Hawks just acquired from the Utah Jazz for cash considerations, would be an ideal target.

Sixers trade McCain to Thunder

I hate everything and everyone.

BREAKING: The Philadelphia 76ers are trading guard Jared McCain to the Oklahoma City Thunder for a 2026 Rockets first-round pick and three second-round picks, sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/0wGXxzPURG
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 4, 2026

Read our full analysis of the trade here. The TL;DR version: THEY DUCKED THE TAX AGAIN, HANG THE BANNER

Sixers might not be done?

There's a chance that the McCain trade isn't the only thing that the Sixers do between now and 3 p.m. ET Thursday.

Tony Jones and David Aldridge of The Athletic reported they are "still exploring additional trade options" ahead of the trade deadline.

Hearing that a front office is continuing to evaluate trade possibilities leading up to the deadline hardly qualifies as breaking news. Every front office in the league should be doing the same right now. But the rationale behind the McCain trade would be a lot easier to understand if there was a follow-up move.

Otherwise, it just looks like a tax dump disguised in a handful of draft picks.

Sixers still out on Giannis?

Last week, longtime NBA insider Jake Fischer reported that the prospect of teaming up with Tyrese Maxey did have the Sixers on Giannis Antetokounmpo's radar. However, he added that the Sixers had not contacted the Milwaukee Bucks about a potential deal.

One week later, nothing appears to have changed on that front.

"There have been rumors, such as the Sixers attempting to enter the Giannis Antetokounmpo sweepstakes," Tony Jones of The Athletic . "But, indications are that all is quiet on that front from Philadelphia’s perspective."

We covered last week why the Sixers would be wise to sit out of the bidding war for the Greek Freak. The Bucks would almost certainly demand VJ Edgecombe, who is fresh off a 25-7-7 night against the Golden State Warriors in the absence of George and Joel Embiid. As tempting as it might be to assemble a big three of Maxey, Embiid and Antetokounmpo, trading Edgecombe to double down on the Embiid era would be an enormous risk.

The Bucks should embrace tanking if they trade Antetokounmpo, so in that sense, George's suspension would actually help them. However, they'd likely have little interest in the two years and $110-plus million left on his contract after this season. The Sixers might need to throw in additional compensation to convince them to take him as the main salary match.

The Sixers figure to do something at the deadline, if only to sneak under the luxury-tax line (as usual). But a big blockbuster involving Giannis or another star doesn't appear to be in the cards.

Top Sixers trade targets

Before news of George's suspension broke, we published a big board with our top seven Sixers trade targets. Two of the seven (Keon Ellis and Jock Landale) have already been traded—twice, in Landale's case!—although the Hawks could always move Landale again before the deadline.

Our top target was New Orleans Pelicans forward Saddiq Bey. The Villanova product is averaging a career-high 16.3 points to go with 5.8 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.8 threes in only 30.3 minutes per game this year.

Bey is earning only $6.1 million this season and $6.4 million next year. If the Sixers traded Andre Drummond ($5.0 million) and Eric Gordon ($2.3 million) while bringing back Bey, they'd land even further below the luxury-tax line.

With George suspended until late March, the Sixers badly need additional wing depth. Bey might be the best discount option available.

Houston Rockets forward Tari Eason was our No. 2 target, although longtime NBA insider Marc Stein recently reported that he "is not available to interested teams." Eason was more of a pie-in-the-sky idea than a realistic trade target, although an Eason-for-Quentin Grimes swap would make some sense for both sides. (Well, it would have before the McCain trade, at least.)

Chicago Bulls guard Ayo Dosunmu was No. 3. The Bulls' roster currently consists of roughly 13 guards and two forwards/bigs and they've begun a long-overdue teardown, so Dosunmu very well could be available. The Sixers would almost have to move off Quentin Grimes' $8.7 million contract to take back Dosunmu's $7.5 million deal.

The Sixers' top-heavy salary structure is among the reasons why they aren't popping up in a flurry of trade rumors leading up to the deadline. Unless they move off George or Joel Embiid, they're fairly limited in terms of the size of contracts they can take back in a trade.

Still, given their proximity to the tax line in the wake of George's suspension, the Sixers' Fourth Annual Tax Duck was the biggest lock of the trade deadline. Now it's just a question of whether they have something else up their sleeve.

Unless otherwise noted, all stats via NBA.com, PBPStats, Cleaning the Glass or Basketball Reference. All salary information via Spotrac and salary-cap information via RealGM.

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