To assume there have been folks that had been really upset when the Sixers introduced in Kelly Oubre, Jr. on a minimal deal.
Now the veteran wing has earned himself a elevate. Oubre will re-sign with the Sixers on a two-year, $16.3 million take care of a participant choice for 2025-26, a supply confirms to Liberty Ballers. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski was the primary to report the information.
Oubre’s deal will seemingly fall below the Sixers’ room mid-level exception, that means it gained’t eat into the group’s wage cap house. A our Bryan Toporek laid out, Oubre might be taking much less cash now to make sure an even bigger payday with the Sixers subsequent offseason — just like what occurred with Bobby Portis and the Bucks.
A curler coaster has much less twists and turns than the final 12 months for Oubre. After his market dried up final summer season, he selected to signal with the Sixers on the veteran’s minimal. He parted methods with agent Torrel Harris and appeared to benefit from his new alternative in Philly.
And he did simply that.
Oubre went from form of an afterthought signing to an integral cog within the Sixers’ rotation. There have been incidents alongside the best way — when Oubre fractured a rib when he was struck by a automotive again in November or when he totaled his Lamborghini after a playoff recreation — however he finally confirmed his worth to the group. With Joel Embiid out and Tobias Harris struggling, Oubre proved to be the Sixers’ second-best participant behind Tyrese Maxey to shut the common season.
The 28-year-old acquitted himself fairly effectively in his first postseason look since 2018. He performed terrific protection in opposition to All-Star guard Jalen Brunson, who probed and prodded himself away from Oubre in all six video games of the Sixers-Knicks first-round sequence. Oubre was additionally the group’s third-leading scorer in opposition to New York behind Embiid and Maxey.
Oubre was open about his want to begin final season. It is going to be attention-grabbing to see the place he slides into the rotation when the Sixers end all their free company enterprise. Woj particularly referring to Oubre as “the Sixers’ beginning two-guard” feels purposeful.
After the Sixers’ Recreation 6 loss to the Knicks, Oubre gushed over head coach Nick Nurse and his total time in Philly.
“On the finish of the day, I wish to go to someplace the place they respect they usually love me,” Oubre stated on the time. “It’s been nothing however love right here, after all. So on the finish of the day, I really feel as if there’s unfinished enterprise and loads of issues to be performed — and loads of work to get higher and to get us again right here previous this level and this threshold that Sixers followers have been desirous to get previous for thus lengthy. I really feel as if I form of failed as a result of we didn’t get previous that. I’ve obtained to simply replicate, discuss to my household, and sit down and work on the following steps right here.”
Unfinished enterprise gave the impression to be a theme with the Sixers. Now, Oubre has an opportunity to complete what he began to construct in Philly.