PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia 76ers have agreed to a $39 million, four-year deal with veteran forward Dean Wade, a person with knowledge of the deal said on Tuesday night.
The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal cannot be signed yet.
Wade is the first big offseason deal made by new 76ers president of basketball operations Mike Gansey. Gansey joined the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2011 and worked as their general manager since 2022 before he left for Philadelphia and long championed Wade, who went undrafted in 2019 out of Kansas State.
The 6-foot-9 Wade spent his entire seven-year NBA career with the Cavaliers. He's never averaged more than 6.0 points in a season and is expected to become a key rotation player in Philadelphia.
The 29-year-old Wade has played 32 career playoff games.
He could slot in at forward and join a starting rotation that includes aging Joel Embiid and Paul George while the Sixers try to build around Tyrese Maxey and VJ Edgecombe.
The Sixers went 45-37 last season and were swept in the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs by the eventual NBA champion New York Knicks. Daryl Morey was fired in the aftermath of the sweep and replaced by Gansey — who now made his stamp on the Sixers by bringing in a familiar face from Cleveland.
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FILE - Cleveland Cavaliers forward Dean Wade (32) goes to the basket against Oklahoma City Thunder center Chet Holmgren in the first half of an NBA basketball game, Jan. 19, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Dermer, File)
Win-or-go-home matches continue Tuesday at the World Cup in the round of 32.
Kylian Mbappé put France ahead in the 45th minute and added a second-half goal to set a World Cup knockout round scoring record, and Les Bleus beat Sweden 3-0 to set up a round of 16 match against Paraguay.
Erling Haaland scored the deciding goal in the 86th minute and Norway won a World Cup knockout game for the first time, advancing to the last 16 with a 2-1 victory over Ivory Coast.
Later Tuesday, co-host Mexico takes on Ecuador.
Mexico's Julián Quiñones and Raul Jiménez could test Ecuador as each team seeks to keep its World Cup hopes alive.
This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
Mexico fans cheer at Shell Energy Stadium, home of the MLS soccer club Houston Dynamo, as they watch a live broadcast in Houston, of a World Cup soccer round of 32 match between Mexico and Ecuador, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Norway's Erling Haaland (9) celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026.(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Norway goalkeeper Oerjan Nyland (1) and Norway's Kristoffer Ajer (3) react during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Norway's Erling Haaland (9) scores their second goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Norway's Antonio Nusa (20) celebrates after scoring during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessica Tobias)
France's Kylian Mbappe (10) celebrates scoring their third goal with Michael Olise (11) during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
France's Kylian Mbappe (10) celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's third goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
France's Kylian Mbappe (10) celebrates scoring their third goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
Mexico fan Ray Mysterio poses in Houston before a live broadcast of a World Cup soccer round of 32 match between Mexico and Ecuador, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Ecuador's Nilson Angulo (20) battles for the ball with Mexico's Jorge Sanchez (2) during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Mexico and Ecuador in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Mexico's Raul Jimenez (9) celebrates with teammate Julian Quinones (16) after scoring his team's second goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Mexico and Ecuador in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Mexico's Julian Quinones, left, scores his side's opening goal past Ecuador's Willian Pacho during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
Mexico's Raul Jimenez (9), right, vies for the ball with Ecuador's Moises Caicedo (23) during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Mexico and Ecuador in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Mexico's Raul Jimenez, center, scores his side's second goal past Ecuador's Pedro Vite, second from left, during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
Mexico's Johan Vasquez, top left, celebrates with teammates after Raul Jimenez scored his side's second goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match against Ecuador in Mexico City, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
Norwegian fans celebrate after victory in the round of 16 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway during the 2026 World Cup, in Oslo, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (Cornelius Poppe/NTB via AP)
Norway's fans watch the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
France's Kylian Mbappe (10) celebrates scoring their first goal with head coach Didier Deschamps during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
France's Kylian Mbappe runs with the ball against Sweden during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Sweden's Viktor Gyokeres (17) and France's William Saliba (17) battle for the ball during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
France's Michael Olise (11) makes an overhead kick next to Sweden's Gabriel Gudmundsson (5) during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
France's Kylian Mbappe reacts after scoring his side's opening goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
-France's Kylian Mbappe (10) celebrates their first goal with Ousmane Dembele, left, during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
France's Kylian Mbappe (10) shoots during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Sweden's Viktor Gyokeres (17) reacts after taking hit to the face as he battles for the ball with France's Dayot Upamecano, left, and William Saliba, right, during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
France's Bradley Barcola celebrates scoring their second goal with teammates during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
Sweden's Jacob Widell Zetterström cannot stop a goal by France's Bradley Barcola during a World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
France's Kylian Mbappe (10) scores their first goal past Sweden's Gustaf Lagerbielke (2) during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)
France's Kylian Mbappe (10) celebrates scoring their third goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between France and Sweden in East Rutherford, N.J., near New York, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)
Norway's Erling Haaland (9) shakes hands with the fans after the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026.(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Norway players perform a viking boat row after the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessica Tobias)
Norway's Erling Haaland (9) poses after the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessica Tobias)
Norway's David Moeller Wolfe (5) and Torbjoern Heggem (17) celebrate as Ivory Coast players lie on the pitch, after the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Norway goalkeeper Oerjan Nyland (1) reacts after Erling Haaland (9) scored his side's second goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Norway players celebrate after scoring second goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessica Tobias)
Norway's Erling Haaland (9), left, scores during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessica Tobias)
Ivory Coast's Amad Diallo (15) celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's opening goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Ivory Coast's Amad Diallo (15) celebrates after scoring his side's opening goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Ivory Coast's Amad Diallo (15), right, scores his side's first goal during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026.(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Ivory Coast's Emmanuel Agbadou (20) and Norway's Oscar Bobb (22) jump for the ball during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessica Tobias)
Norway's Kristoffer Ajer (3) argues with referee Jesus Valenzuela Saez, of Venezuela, during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Norway's Alexander Soerloth (7) heads the ball during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026.(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
France fans watch the World Cup Group I soccer match between Norway and France in Foxborough, Mass., near Boston, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Norway's Erling Haaland (9), right, gets the ball past Ivory Coast's Ibrahim Sangare (18) during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Norway's Antonio Nusa (20), top, celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal of his team during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026.(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Norway's Antonio Nusa (20) center, celebrate with teammates after scoring the opening goal during the FIFA World Cup Round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026.(AP Photo/Gareth Patterson)
Norway's Antonio Nusa (20) scores their opening goal past Ivory Coast goalkeeper Yahia Fofana (1) during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Ivory Coast's Guela Doue (17), left, challenges Norway's Antonio Nusa (20) during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Norwegian players huddle during a warm up before the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessica Tobias)
Norway's Erling Haaland (9) kicks the ball past Ivory Coast's Ibrahim Sangare (18) during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Norway players enter the pitch before the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026.(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
Norway's Erling Haaland (9) is shown on the big screen during teams presentation before the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Jessica Tobias)
Norway's Antonio Nusa (20) celebrates after scoring the opening goal of his team during the World Cup round of 32 soccer match between Ivory Coast and Norway in Arlington, Texas, near Dallas, Tuesday, June 30, 2026.(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
