It's a small year for the draft, but next year's draft is a big year, and many of the most talented players will be participating in the draft.

Everyone is waiting for next summer's draft.

Some teams are even willing to trade some quality players for next year's draft picks in order to stock up on next summer's draft picks and rebuild smoothly.

That gave the 76ers an opportunity to trade for a quality player.

Although trading this year's or next year's draft contract is a very big bet on the future of the 76ers, as long as they can keep Zhang Zifeng, the 76ers will feel that it is a good deal.

Of course, it would be best if they could keep the draft pick, so the 76ers were hoping to reach a deal with becoming a full free agent this summer.

To show his sincerity, Sam Kimchi personally asked a few free agents.

A few seasons ago, the 76ers began to rebuild, slowly clearing out big contracts,

In the 14-15 season, the 76ers didn't even have a big contract, and in terms of total salary, the 76ers' entire salary at that time was only $34.32 million.

According to league rules, starting with the 2014-15 season, each team's salary bill should reach 90% of the salary cap, which was $10,000 for that season, so the 76ers' total salary should be at least $56.75 million in order to meet the league's minimum requirements.

Last season, the 76ers kept eating garbage contracts from Randle and others at the last minute to make up the difference.

New season because Landry and Josh. Smith and the others are gone, and now the 76ers have a huge salary space.

As long as there are powerful players to come, the 76ers will not hesitate to offer high salaries, or even top salaries to them!

At first, Sam Kimchi approached Eagles center Al Hoford and offered him a four-year, $118 million contract.

I thought I could sign Al Hoford, a free agent, but the reality was to give Sam Kimchi a blow to the head.

In addition to wanting a maximum salary, Al Hoford also wants to go to a team that has the quality to win the championship.

Even if the 76ers offer the highest contract in the league, Al Horford is reluctant to go to the 76ers.

Al Hoford was unsuccessful, and Sam Kimchi invited several free agents such as Pau Gasol and Hassan Whiteside to the 76ers, but all of them declined.

Amid a lot of unsuccessful invitations, the 2016 draft began.

On June 24, the 2016 draft was held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

The Lakers selected Ben Simmons with the No. 1 pick, the Boston Celtics selected Brandon Ingram with the No. 1 pick, the Phoenix Suns selected Dragan Bender with the pick, and the Minnesota Timberwolves selected Jaylen Brown with the fourth pick......

Just as fan reporters speculate about who the 76ers will draft with the No. 15 pick?

The latest news came from the scene: the 76ers and Thunder reached an agreement, and the 76ers sent Robert Covington, this year's No. 15 draft pick and next year's first-round unprotected draft pick, and traded Serge Ibaka.

"There is no doubt that the 76ers are betting on the future in order to keep Zhang Zifeng!" Seeing this deal, basically all journalists thought so.

When the news reached Philadelphia, the 76ers' official website immediately caused a heated discussion.

There are those who agree and those who oppose it, and all kinds of voices of support and opposition fill the forum.

After a string of rejections, the trade was finally successful today, in exchange for a good power forward, not only to make up for Josh. The vacancy of Smith's departure has even strengthened the power forward.

Thinking about Embiid's return from injury, he and Sergi Ibaka partnered to form the twin towers on the inside, how wonderful that scene was.

Sam Kimchi's heart suddenly relaxed a lot, and he didn't care about the doubts and ridicule from the outside world.

"You're going to laugh at me, but it's because you're jealous that we have Zhang Zifeng. When your team has Zhang Zifeng, you will definitely be willing to keep Zhang Zifeng like me and pay any price! ”

Just like the Rockets back then, in '06, the Rockets weren't unaware that No. 8 rookie Rudy Gay had a lot of potential to become a superstar in the future.

But in order to keep Yao Ming, the Rockets are also willing to trade the future for the immediate combat power Sean Battier.

Sent this year's first-round pick No. 15, this year's 76ers still have two first-round picks, but both are at the bottom of the 24th pick and the other is the 26th pick.

In the end, Sam Kimchi used these two draft picks to select forward swingman Timo Telluwau and power forward Bryce Johnson.

After the draft, the media in Philadelphia was also eagerly talking about the 76ers' trade in this year's draft.

"The 76ers bet on the future now!" That's what USA Today's NBA columnist Jones said about the 76ers trading this year's and next year's draft picks for Serge Ibaka.

"Serge Ibaka is one of the best defensive players in the league, and his presence will help the 76ers strengthen their interior defense. But whether it is a good deal to trade next year's first-round pick for Ibaka is not a good deal for the time being. Because it depends on whether Embiid can pay healthy this season, it depends on whether the 76ers can successfully hit the championship in recent years, if not, it can only be said that the 76ers lost the bet. The 76ers' choice is to bet on the future now! ”

And this report basically represents the attitude of the American media!

Just when fans and reporters were discussing whether Ibaka's deal was worth it, on July 1, 2016, Adrian Wokinaloski, a reporter from Super Whistleblower Fox Sports, broke a bombshell news!

The 76ers signed free agent point guard Rajon Rondo in a 2-year, 30 million 1+1 model.

As soon as this news was released, it naturally caused the whole city of Philadelphia to shake.

Wokinaloski has many informants on various NBA teams and at the top of the league, and the accuracy of the breaking news is convincing, and basically as long as he broke it, no one doubts the accuracy of the news.

As a member of the 2008 NBA championship team, 3-time NBA League Assist Champion (2012-13; 2016), 2-time NBA All-Defensive Team (2010-11); 2nd Second Formation (2009; 2012), Rajon Rondo's quality as a point guard is absolutely top-notch.

Although everyone knows that Rajon Rondo has personality problems, he is only 30 years old now, and he still averaged a double-double of 11.9 points and 11.7 assists per game with the Kings last season, which is still extremely high.

His arrival will undoubtedly solve the 76ers' point guard playmaking and defensive shortcomings, and most importantly, Rajon Rondo's passing can maximize Zhang's scoring ability.

It was almost the moment the news broke.

Countless fans who had previously questioned the 76ers' management for trading next year's draft picks for too risky ones changed their tune in an instant.

"No wonder the 76ers would trade Serge Ibaka for next year's draft pick, it's worth it!"

Think point guard: Rajon Rondo, shooting guard: Zhang Zifeng, small forward: Grant, playing forward: Sergi Ibaka, center: Embiid.

Thinking of this starting lineup, coupled with a good one-shot bench, 76ers fans were very excited, and some fans even shouted directly, "Our goal in the new season is to win the championship!" ”