Sixers add Sonny Weems, release Christian Wood

The Philadelphia 76ers announced Monday the team has claimed guard-forward Sonny Weems off of waivers.

Weems has appeared in 176 career games in four NBA seasons and has posted averages of seven points and two rebounds in 19 minutes per game.

Weems played overseas from 2011-2015, before returning the NBA this season with Phoenix where he appeared in 36 games and averaged three points in 12 minutes per game.

The Sixers were about $2.6 million below the salary-cap floor of $63 million and will get credit for taking on Weems' $2.8 million, full-season salary. They actually will have to pay only $660,000 of his salary. So the Sixers saved themselves $2 million with this cost-saving transaction.

In a related move, the team has released Christian Wood.