In today's episode of The Sixers Beat, Rich and I preview Thursday's NBA trade deadline,

recapping the latest reports and intel and going over potential acquisitions like Kyle Lowry,

Norman Powell, Lanzo Ball, George Hill, and more.

What would it cost to acquire them?

Should the Sixers be interested in those trades?

Who would raise their championship odds the most?

And where they should pivot to if those trades don't materialize?

Enjoy the podcast. All right, welcome everybody. This is Derek Bodner, joined by Rich Hoffman on the Sixers Beat, part of the Athletics Podcast Network.

We are recording this on the afternoon before the trade deadline.

We're recording us on Wednesday afternoon.

We have the trade deadline is 3 p.m. on Thursday.

So this podcast will be primarily about what's being discussed, what the possibilities are in terms of the trade deadline.

But before we get into, and by the way, the Sixers won another game, which is the only thing they do without you all and beat apparently now. But how are you doing, Rich? I'm good, man. I'm excited

for this podcast. I'm excited for the trade deadline. The Sixers seem like they have at least a

chance to be players. We'll see if that actually happens.

But, you know, the trade week's always pretty hectic, but I'm excited for some fireworks around the week.

Yeah.

And there's a lot of rumors out there connected to the Sixers.

A lot of them, I think, have the real chance to help the team in the short term.

They come with some concerns in terms of the next contract that a lot of these players

will receive.

By the way, let's just start there.

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