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The Philadelphia 76ers are headed into free agency with a few things on their mind, among them is filling out their depth chart. Entering Tuesday night, Philadelphia only has 11 players on their books, with its power forward department lacking, as only Dominick Barlow, Justin Edwards, and Jabari Walker currently occupy that spot. While it sounds like a fairly standard pool, for some of them, it’s not their natural position or doesn’t best suit their playstyles.
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This task could lead the Sixers’ new President of Basketball Operations, Mike Gansey, to look towards a familiar place to fill the void: the Cleveland Cavaliers, and more specifically, Dean Wade. Wade was among the players drafted under Gansey’s tutelage in Cleveland, and has had a solid career with the Cavaliers thus far, averaging 5,3 points and 3.6 rebounds across his 342 appearances in the NBA.
These numbers might not sound impressive, but given that he’s had to share the floor with the likes of Donovan Mitchell, James Harden, Evan Mobley, Darius Garland, and other lethal scorers, the rock usually isn’t in his hands. Despite Cleveland making an Eastern Conference Finals run, falling short in a series sweep to the eventual league winners, the New York Knicks, it’s beginning to appear that Wade isn’t entirely set on a return to the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse.
