Indiana Pacers: Possible Victor Oladipo trade packages

Philadelphia 76ers

The Philadelphia 76ers will likely be looking to make any sort of adjustments they can to get back on track. These talks would likely start with them trying to offload either Al Horford or Tobias Harris in this deal. Let’s start there before going with a more risk-averse approach.

Swapping Oladipo for Harris makes sense for both teams. Harris is tied up long term, alleviating some of the stress of losing one of the hubs of their offense in short order. In what was considered a down year for the newly-minted max player he was still more efficient than the former All-Star’s best season.

This ties their books up for the long term, but for a team that struggles to get free agents and wants to remain competitive, it is not the worst thing to do. They would have to attach the contract of Jeremy Lamb to make it work but the return for future stability may be worth it.

If they would rather go down a more depth intensive, short-term route the Sixers could send Mike Scott, Norvel Pelle and Josh Richardson to Indiana for Oladipo. Richardson could play a reasonable facsimile to the Victor Oladipo the Pacers saw this season and would not keep them cap-strapped for years to come. Assessing risk will be essential for the Pacers in weighing these options.