3:12pm: The Sixers have officially re-signed Randle, the team announced today in a press release. The club is now carrying 15 guaranteed contracts on its roster.
11:35am: After signing him to a pair of 10-day contracts, the Sixers will ink point guard Chasson Randle to a multiyear contract that locks him up for the rest of this season, and for two years after that, reports Shams Charania of The Vertical (via Twitter).
As Charania details, the three-year pact, which will be guaranteed for the rest of this season, will feature trigger dates for subsequent guarantees in years two and three. Based on Charania’s report, it sounds like the Sixers will probably have the option to waive Randle in either of the next two summers without taking on dead money. Bobby Marks of The Vertical (Twitter link) has the details on what Randle’s cap hits will look like, assuming the young guard signs a standard minimum salary contract.
Randle, who went undrafted in 2015, appeared headed toward a roster spot with the Knicks in October, but was waived after suffering an orbital bone fracture. He subsequently joined the Westchester Knicks in the D-League as an affiliate player and averaged 20.7 PPG to go along with a shooting line of .422/.402/.825 in 19 games.
That solid showing in the D-League earned Randle an audition with the Sixers, which in turn led to two 10-day contracts. With that second 10-day deal now expired, Philadelphia had to either sign the Stanford product for the rest of the season or let him return to free agency. The team opted to keep Randle around rather than opening up a spot on the 15-man roster.
Randle, who will turn 24 next week, has appeared in just four games during his time with the Sixers, averaging 4.0 PPG in 7.3 minutes per contest.
the sixers are probably going to try to trade Rodriguez’s expiring contract. they’ll need the depth behind Simmons and McConnell.