This is how the NBA has decided after violating the rules regarding negotiations with PJ Tucker and Danuel House
The 76ers began negotiations with the players before free agency opened.
The Philadelphia 76ers they lost their two second-round picks in the 2023 and 2024 draft on Monday for violating the rules regarding negotiations with free agents, in particular PJ Tucker and Daniel House, by decision of the NBA.
The 76ers began negotiations with Tucker and House, who are part of his current staff, before free agency openedreported the NBA in an official statement.
The American league opened an investigation into this case last July, which also studied, at that time, possible irregularities in the negotiations that led to the renewal of the contract of james harden.
The former of the Houston Rockets and of the Brooklyn Nets he voluntarily gave up a $47.4 million player option this summer and renewed weeks later for about $33 million.
The objective of the investigation was to clarify whether there was a verbal agreement between the two parties that guaranteed Harden getting a new contract offer despite his previous player option waiver, something that is prohibited by American league code.
According to the US media, this waiver of nearly 14 million dollars allowed the 76ers have more financial availability to hire PJ Tucker already Daniel House.