Jun 24, 2016; Philadelphia, PA, USA; Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations Bryan Colangelo during an introduction press conference at the Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

The Philadelphia 76ers may be quiet in the NBA free agency, but they just pulled of a coup by signing Euroleague’s top PG Sergio Rodriguez

“If the mountain won’t come to Muhammad, then Muhammed must go to the mountain.

And so, after four days of pursuing the NBA free agents with max dollar short-term deals, the Philadelphia 76ers restrategized. They took their cash and short-term contracts to the Euroleague, and may have landed one of the best basketball players available.

Euroleague star Sergio Rodriguez has agreed to a one-year, $8 million deal with the Philadelphia 76ers, league sources tell The Vertical. — Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) July 4, 2016

This is a coup. NBA Executives have considered Sergio Rodriguez a top point guard, even by NBA standards. He has previous NBA experience, once a first-round pick of the Portland Trail Blazers in 2006, having played four years in the NBA with the Trailblazers, Sacramento Kings, and New York Knicks. Unable to get his career on track, he joined Real Madrid of the Euroleague in 2010. Once there, he has developed his game to the point where many consider him on par with some of the best in the NBA.

He shoots 45.2 percent from the floor, with a 40.9 percent from the three-point range. He averages 10.9 points per game, 2.2 rebounds per game, 6.2 assists per game,

In the Euroleague playoffs, he scored a whopping 66.7% of his treys.

Some consider the translation from European basketball to the NBA to be a hurdle, but Rodriguez’s previous NBA experience should negate that immensely.

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The Philadelphia 76ers have been trying to attract talent to the team with high-dollar short-term contracts to no avail. This twist suggests that the Philadelphia 76ers are in fact more resourceful than we had thought. Bryan Colagenlo used international players to fill the roster of the Toronto Raptors when NBA players hesitated to go so far north to play basketball, a winter sport. It seems that experience has served him well this year.

Necessity is the mother of invention. Could the Philadelphia 76ers have hit the motherlode?