Krejčí would certainly not have been a “needle-mover” – he was not a playoff rotation player for Portland – but he would have represented a new lever Nurse could pull. He would have given the Sixers a bit more optionality on the wing and some much-needed three-point shooting. But the Sixers misread Krejčí’s market and, in turn, mistimed their efforts to acquire him, the source said. When the deadline came and went without the Sixers adding a single player to their roster, that relatively minor miscue probably stung more than it typically might.
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