Veteran guard Eric Gordon is headed from Philadelphia to Memphis, along with a 2032 second-round pick swap.
That was originally reported by Shams Charania of ESPN on X.
A 18th-year NBA veteran, Gordon is averaging 5.5 points per game and shooting 57.1% overall this season as a seldom-used reserve for the 76ers. He last appeared in a game on Dec. 23 and is mostly a veteran voice for Philadelphia’s young star guards.
The trade moves Gordon from a Sixers team solidly in the playoff to a Memphis squad in need of answers to make the postseason. The Grizzlies will be his sixth NBA franchise.
Drafted by the LA Clippers with the seventh overall pick in the 2008 NBA Draft, Gordon holds career averages of 15.2 points (43.0 FG%, 37.3 3FG%, 80.9 FT%), 2.3 rebounds, and 2.7 assists in 931 career games (665 starts) across 18 NBA seasons with the Clippers, New Orleans, Houston, Phoenix, and Philadelphia.
Gordon is one of seven active NBA players to make 2,000 three-pointers while shooting at least 37.0-percent average from behind the arc.
Gordon was an early entry candidate for the 2008 NBA Draft following his freshman season at Indiana. As a freshman for the Hoosiers, Gordon averaged 20.9 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game.
He set the Hoosiers and conference all-time record for scoring as a freshman with 669 points and was named Big Ten Freshman of the Year and First Team All-Big Ten. Gordon earned Second Team All-America honors from the National Association of Basketball Coaches and Third Team distinction from The Associated Press.
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