Overview
- The team has an exclusive negotiating window to discuss new contracts with nine players who hold expiring deals or 2026–27 team options.
- Paul George is now extension-eligible but is considered unlikely to re-sign before his current contract expires because his large salary, paired with Joel Embiid’s, constrains cap space.
- Dominick Barlow, who rose from a two-way deal to a regular starter in 2025–26, is widely expected to return either through his team option or a new long-term contract.
- Full Bird free agents Quentin Grimes and Kelly Oubre Jr. face uncertain futures with the Sixers, with Grimes blocked in the backcourt rotation and Oubre saying he wants a stable, welcoming situation for his family.
- Decisions on team options, two-way conversions and use of the midlevel exception will determine whether Philadelphia leans on cost-controlled young players, trades veterans or absorbs extra luxury-tax risk.