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Sixers trade Kendall Marshall to Jazz

    by Bob Cooney
    Published 

IN A MOVE that has become very familiar to 76ers fans over the past few years, the team traded a marginal player for a pair of second-round picks and picked up a player to help another team unload some salary.


Guard Kendall Marshall was sent to the Utah Jazz for two future second-rounders and center Tibor Pleiss. The trade was first reported Friday by Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo  Sports.


Marshall's $2 million contract was due to become guaranteed Saturday, and reports are that the Jazz will release him before then.


With an abundance of big men already on the Sixers' roster, it seems doubtful they will retain the 7-3 Pleiss, a 26-year-old German who had 24 points and 15 rebounds in 11 games for the Jazz last season.


Marshall, 25, entered last season still recovering from ACL surgery and never seemed to gain his normal speed or quickness. The 13th overall pick in 2012 (Phoenix) appeared in only 30 games for the Sixers and averaged 3.7 points.