The 2017 NBA Draft isn't the only order of business for the Sixers and general manager Bryan Colangelo this summer.

Armed with over $40M in salary cap space, Philadelphia could be a big player in free agency if the right player, fit and deal comes along. While rumors have already connected the Sixers to point guard Kyle Lowry and shooting guard J.J. Redick, both are on the wrong side of the age of 30.

Emerging Wizards star Otto Porter is only 23--making him a fascinating free agent addition to imagine Philadelphia adding to youngsters like Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons.

According to Sean Deveney of Sporting News, that trio could come together this summer.

The Nets have long been rumored to be willing to pay up for Porter. The Wizards caught a break when the Mavericks traded for Nerlens Noel, another restricted free agent, because Dallas intends to make him an offer in the max range -- the Mavs had intended to pursue Porter. League sources suggest the Magic and Sixers will also consider making offers for Porter.

As for the cost to attempt to pry away Porter from the Wizards? The bidding could reach triple digits. Yes--as in $100M on the open market.

But, though Porter went to college at Georgetown and is comfortable in Washington, he has no incentive to give the Wizards a hometown discount.

"If his situation goes past the first couple of days of free agency," one general manager told Sporting News, "it will cost them because some of these teams that have space and miss out on the players they have in mind to start with are going to move quickly to the restricted (free agents). And Otto Porter is going to be at the top of that list, even at $100 million."

With John Wall and Bradley Beal set to become very expensive in the next few years, a team offering that kind of deal could give the Wizards pause--and allow the Sixers to steal a rising player.

Porter averaged 13.4 points (including a 43.4 percent shooting mark from three-point range) and 6.4 rebounds per game during the 2016-2017 season. If the Sixers signed him, the draft strategy and No. 3 overall could shift to the backcourt rather than a forward like Kansas' Josh Jackson.

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