Andre Drummond will pay $10 million over two years to join the 76ers.

Andre Drummond will pay $10 million over two years to join the 76ers.

 

Multiple reports have confirmed that Andre Drummond will sign a two-year, $10 million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, according to sources who spoke with ESPN.

Drummond, who played with the 76ers for the first half of the 2021–22 season before being traded to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for James Harden during that February's trade deadline, is back with Philadelphia.

After playing for Nikola Vucevic in Chicago for the previous two seasons, Drummond provides Philadelphia with a top-tier backup option for former MVP Joel Embiid, who was sidelined for a significant portion of the previous campaign due to a knee ailment.

 According to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski, the 76ers are scheduled to meet with LA Clippers forward Paul George, the best available free agency, in an attempt to bolster their star player's starting lineup. Drummond, who turns 31 in August, started off as a great center for the Detroit Pistons before settling into a reliable backup role. He was still a very effective rebounder last season, averaging nine in little over seventeen minutes.

He averaged almost eighteen rebounds per game in his ten starts. Drummond recently inked a $6.6 million, two-year contract with the Bulls in 2022.