Daily News | Sources: Sixers pursuing P.J. Tucker; Matisse Thybulle and a pick being shopped to create cap space
Morey was the Rockets’ general manager for 13 seasons before being hired as the 76ers president of basketball operation in November 2020.
But it became public on Monday that Tucker would opt out of his $7.4 million player option for the 2022-23 season with the Miami Heat to become a free agent. Multiple sources have the Sixers intending to offer him a three-year, $30 million contract. Time will tell what will happen. But a source added that there’s mutual interest between Tucker, 37, and the Sixers.
But there has been league-wide chatter recently over the Sixers’ interest in Tucker even though a person close to the Sixers refutes what league sources are saying. The Sixers have said they want to keep their core players -- Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, Harris, and Harden -- intact. However, league sources are saying the team is looking for suitors for Harris, who has two years and $76.9 million remaining on his deal.
Following the Sixers’ second-round loss to the Heat, Embiid talked about his desire to play with someone like Tucker.