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Sixers were targeted to help facilitate trade between Heat, Grizzlies

Published Nov. 11, 2015 5:19 p.m. ET

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The Heat and the Grizzlies completed a four-player trade on Tuesday, but they had attempted to get a third team involved.

Memphis needed immediate help after getting off to a rocky start, which included suffering an embarrassing 50-point loss at the hands of the defending champion Warriors. So they sent Beno Udrih and Jarnell Stokes to Miami in exchange for Mario Chalmers and James Ennis.

But Miami won't necessarily keep those players, as ESPN's Marc Stein notes, so a third team would have helped make everyone happy -- and the Philadelphia 76ers are usually the first ones to be called when these types of situations arise. 

Philadelphia is usually barely meeting the league's minimum salary requirement, and knows that winning isn't in the cards for the immediate future. The 76ers are happy to take on contracts or lackluster talent if the price is right, which usually means landing a draft pick in exchange for their services.

Evidently, there were none to be had in this particular situation, so the Sixers decided to pass.

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