AUGUST 9: The Sixers have officially re-signed Korkmaz, the team announced today in a press release.
AUGUST 2: The Sixers have agreed to re-sign wing Furkan Korkmaz on a three-year, $15MM contract, agents Mike Lindeman and Jeff Schwartz told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (Twitter link). It’s a fully guaranteed deal, per Derek Bodner of The Athletic (Twitter link).
Philadelphia has full Bird rights on Korkmaz, which will allow the team to ink him without cutting into its mid-level exception, ESPN’s Bobby Marks tweets.
Korkmaz was a late first-round pick in 2016 and joined Philadelphia the following season. Last season, he appeared in 55 games, including 11 starts, and averaged 9.1 PPG. He’s a career 37.7% 3-point shooter and he’s taken 786 of his 1,260 career shot attempts from beyond the arc.
He’ll once again add depth at the small forward spot for an organization angling to make deeper playoff runs.
Good deal for the sixers
Well there goes my biggest hope for the offseason.
That the best sixers can do,
What the Furk!!!!
Is someone watching the site? 10 deals just agreed to and no updates??
This is a nice deal for the 76ers. He has upside and he will help them.
While I think Korkmaz could do a whole lot as a 6th Man type, the fact that this is the biggest deal to this point is truly sad…