{"id":473687,"date":"2026-02-17T10:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/473687\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T10:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:52:08","slug":"sixers-to-sign-jabari-walker-to-two-year-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/473687\/","title":{"rendered":"Sixers To Sign Jabari Walker To Two-Year Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sixers are signing forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/w\/walkeja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-16_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jabari Walker<\/a> to a two-year deal, Shams Charania reports for ESPN (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/2023535009982763032?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">via Twitter<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-464790\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Jabari-Walker-Sixers-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\"  \/>Earlier this month, Walker became the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/02\/sixers-walker-first-two-way-player-to-reach-active-game-limit.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">first player<\/a> on a two-way contract to reach his 50-game active game limit, which forced him to miss Philadelphia\u2019s last four games heading into the All-Star break.<\/p>\n<p>By <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/02\/sixers-notes-mccain-trade-draft-assets-roster-spots-barlow.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">trading<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mccaija01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-16_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jared McCain<\/a> for a draft pick and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gordoer01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-16_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eric Gordon<\/a> for the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/02\/grizzlies-to-acquire-eric-gordon-from-sixers.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">draft rights<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jessuju01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-16_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Justinian Jessup<\/a>, the Sixers opened up spots to convert both Walker and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/barlodo01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-16_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dominick Barlow<\/a> to standard contracts. Barlow <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/02\/sixers-promote-dominick-barlow-to-standard-contract.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">signed<\/a> a two-year deal with a team option on February 5.<\/p>\n<p>After spending his first three seasons with the Blazers, Walker joined the Sixers on a two-way contract and quickly won a bench role in coach Nick Nurse\u2018s rotation.<\/p>\n<p>Still just 23 years old, Walker brings defensive versatility and intensity on the wing, though he has struggled with his shot, hitting just 27.0% of his threes this season.<\/p>\n<p>The Sixers are also <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hoopsrumors.com\/2026\/02\/cameron-payne-to-sign-with-sixers.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">signing<\/a> veteran point guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/p\/payneca01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.hoopsrumors.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-02-16_bbr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Cameron Payne<\/a> to their 15-man roster. He and Walker will fill Philadelphia\u2019s 14th and 15th roster spots, but the team will have enough room below the luxury tax line after finalizing those contracts to make another roster move at the end of the season if necessary, notes Yossi Gozlan of The Third Apron (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/YossiGozlan\/status\/2023541051064291766?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">via Twitter<\/a>).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sixers are signing forward Jabari Walker to a two-year deal, Shams Charania reports for ESPN (via Twitter).&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":473688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[133770,385,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-473687","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nhl","8":"tag-jabari-walker","9":"tag-nhl","10":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=473687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/473687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/473688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=473687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=473687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=473687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}