A 2024 Boston Celtics champion has found his next NBA home — with an Atlantic Division nemesis.
If that nemesis was having a better season, this move could be seen as more of a betrayal. But it's the Philadelphia 76ers, a team so bad it can't even overcome the lowly Chicago Bulls to secure the No. 10 seed in the Eastern Conference.
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Sources inform Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer that the 76ers are inking free agent combo forward Oshae Brissett to a 10-day deal. With injuries mounting, Philadelphia had been given a hardship exception to add supplemental pieces.
The Sixers are signing Oshae Brissett to a 10-day contract, according to sources. The Sixers were granted a roster hardship exception to sign an additional player to a 10-day contract.
— Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) March 14, 2025
After winning it all with Boston last summer, the 6-foot-7 vet declined his $2.5 million player option for the 2025-26 season to become an unrestricted free agent. He struggled to find a new NBA destination, however, eventually latching on with the Brooklyn Nets' G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets in January.
The 26-year-old will now join a 22-43 76ers club that sits a whopping 5.5 games behind the 28-38 Bulls for the 10th and final seed in the East — and 0.5 games behind the No. 11-seeded Toronto Raptors. Because the 76ers owe a top-6 protected first-round pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder, the underperforming team is now incentivized to tank down the home stretch of the 2024-25 season.
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The NBA's bottom three clubs — the 14-51 Washington Wizards, the 15-51 Utah Jazz, and the 16-49 Charlotte Hornets — are probably uncatchable for Philadelphia at this stage of the year, with just 17 games left. But the 18-49 New Orleans Pelicans and 22-44 Charlotte Hornets seem pretty attainable.
The 76ers made the news official after Pompey's report.
welcome to Philly, @Obrissy@FultonBank pic.twitter.com/lp7Na7ilZi
— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) March 14, 2025
With Philadelphia resting seven-time All-Star center Joel Embiid for the season with left knee inflammation, and seemingly looking to do the same with nine-time All-Star forward Paul George and perhaps even 2024 All-Star point guard Tyrese Maxey for the season's home stretch (and rookie shooting guard Jared McCain already out for the year with a left knee meniscus tear), the team needs healthy bodies.
Brissett didn't play much for a loaded Boston squad this year. In 55 bouts (one start), he logged 3.7 points, 2.9 rebounds, and 0.8 assists across 11.5 minutes per.
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