They will be one of the five worst teams in the league next year, add another Top 5 pick in the 2015 draft, then bring that player plus Embiid the following year in 2015/16.

That team will make the playoffs, bring Saric over that summer and possibly add some key free agents if they feel close enough to go without sacrificing their future in 2016/2017.

That's the deal.

They are actively trying not to make the playoffs next season, in fact if they do they lose a first-rounder from the awful Moultrie trade with Miami made by the prior regime.

If they miss the playoffs again the pick becomes a second rounder in the following year's draft which will be nearly worthless.

They will not be sniffing an eight seed even in the East.