76ers Rumors: PHI Has Deals Lined Up to Flip Terance Mann If It Trades for Him

The Philadelphia 76ers desire guard Terance Mann in a potential James Harden trade with the Los Angeles Clippers, but it doesn't appear that the team has plans to make Mann a part of their future.

Sam Amick of The Athletic reported that the Sixers already have trades in place for Mann if they were to acquire him and the value brought back would be a first-round pick.

If the Clippers would put Mann in the deal while also giving up the unprotected first, the pick swap and matching salaries, Harden would have his wish, and the 76ers would then have a chance to pursue the sort of high-end player via trade that would keep them in title contention," Amick wrote. "Philadelphia is known to already have trades lined up in which it would receive a first-round pick in exchange for Mann."

Mann is entering his fifth season in the NBA and has career averages of 8.0 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists. He was a 2019 second-round pick and has played in 81 games in each of the past two seasons.

The Sixers desire an additional first-round pick and a pick swap in the deal, and the corresponding moving of Mann for a first-round pick could be involved in another deal for an impact player to keep Philadelphia in a contending position.

The issue of the deal comes with the Clippers not wanting to part ways with Mann, which is something that Sixers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey referred to as "unserious," per Amick.

Until something comes to fruition, Mann will continue with the Clippers and look to take another step for a team looking to contend in the Western Conference.