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Could Derrick White be Plan B at trade deadline?

Could Derrick White be Plan B at trade deadline?

The Sixers are expected to be busy ahead of Thursday’s NBA trade deadline, with copious amounts of energy being spent on canvassing the ever-shifting Ben Simmons trade market. Whether Simmons is ultimately traded or not, however, Daryl Morey will need to be working the phone lines to try and better the roster around Joel Embiid.

Philadelphia’s trade dealings are made trickier by the unfortunate cap situation. There’s a lot of money tied up in Embiid, Simmons, and Tobias Harris, which can make it difficult to acquire good players on medium-level salaries. That said, names like Danny Green ($10 million), Furkan Korkmaz ($4.6 million), Georges Niang ($3.3 million), and Shake Milton ($1.8 million) are bound to be mentioned in the rumor/speculation mill.

That being said, there are players Philadelphia can pursue outside the context of a Simmons trade. One such player is Derrick White, who is currently starts next to Dejounte Murray in the San Antonio Spurs’ backcourt. Given the…

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