Philadelphia traded Johni Broome and the second-most favorable of its three 2027 second-round picks to the Clippers for cash considerations on July 28 because it needed Broome’s salary off its books. The removal kept the 76ers below both the first and second aprons after signing LeBron James and while adding Kentavious Caldwell-Pope. The extra pick was part of the price of creating that room.

Los Angeles could take Broome without sending back matching salary because it had the $2.3 million trade exception created by its Chris Paul trade. The exception supplied the mechanism; the player and pick supplied the value.

Broome was the No. 35 pick in the 2025 draft. He played 11 regular-season NBA games as a rookie and spent most of the season with the Delaware Blue Coats. His reported two-year contract includes a team option in the final season, leaving the Clippers in control of that later contract decision. They also received Philadelphia’s specified 2027 second-round pick.

The deal does not establish a Clippers development plan or a final Philadelphia verdict on Broome. It records two narrower decisions: the 76ers prioritized staying below both aprons while completing their veteran additions, and the Clippers used an existing exception to acquire a recent draft pick under team-option control plus another second-round asset. Philadelphia got the flexibility it needed, but only after paying for it.