The 76ers completed the final piece of cap housekeeping from their LeBron James offseason on Monday, trading second-year big man Johni Broome and a 2027 second-round pick to the Clippers for cash considerations. Shams Charania of ESPN first reported the agreement, and the Clippers announced the deal Monday evening. Law Murray of The Athletic reports Los Angeles is sending $1 million to Philadelphia.
The move follows Saturday’s waiver of Dalen Terry, and together the two transactions solve the same problem: fitting both James and Kentavious Caldwell-Pope under the first-apron hard cap. Caldwell-Pope, who finalized his buyout with Memphis over the weekend, clears waivers Tuesday and can then sign his minimum-salary deal. Once both moves are official, Philadelphia will sit roughly $1.8 million below the hard cap with 14 players on standard contracts, per Hoops Rumors.
The choice of Broome as the outgoing salary is telling. Forward Jabari Walker was the only Sixer without a fully guaranteed contract, but the front office preferred to keep him and attach a pick to Broome instead — the second-most favorable of the three 2027 second-rounders Philadelphia controls, per Jake Fischer of The Stein Line. Walker’s minutes last season earned him the benefit of the doubt; Broome, the No. 35 pick in 2025, appeared in just 11 NBA games as a rookie, shooting 4-of-24 in 55 total minutes while a February meniscus surgery cut short a productive G League season (21.8 points and 8.3 rebounds per game for Delaware).
The cost of the sequence is depth behind Joel Embiid, where Adem Bona is now the only true backup center on the roster. Philadelphia will likely leave its 15th roster spot open into the season — the earliest it could add a body under the hard cap is December 4, per Yossi Gozlan of The Third Apron, and waiting until midseason is the more probable path. The Sixers also generate a trade exception worth Broome’s $2.15 million salary.
For fantasy purposes, Broome becomes a deep-dynasty flier in Los Angeles, where his non-guaranteed money makes him roster filler unless he cracks the frontcourt rotation. The more relevant effect is in Philadelphia: Bona is the only handcuff for Embiid drafters, and any Embiid absence funnels center minutes his way with no one else in line.
