The deal wipes Springer's salary off the books for next season, making Joel Embiid the only player on the current roster guaranteed to be under contract heading into the summer of 2024.
The Sixers were the first team to get on the board on trade deadline day, swinging a deal to acquire sharpshooter Buddy Hield from the Indiana Pacers on Thursday morning.
Cobbling together a couple of role players who can each do one or two things quite well is a reasonable way to find the light at the end of Philadelphia's tunnel.
To best understand the injury in general terms, 97.3 talked to Dr. John Salvo, MD. Dr. Salvo is a Sports Medicine Surgeon at Rothman Orthopaedic Institute. He's also one of Rothman's team physicians for the Philadelphia Eagles.