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Sixers Notes

11-19-2017

PHILADELPHIA- The Sixers start slow each season, but this year has not boded well for Philly fans. Even if a 3-4 start isn’t the end of the world, the Sixers are not only beset by a multitude of injuries, but are playing uninspired basketball. They are letting other teams score too much. They are turning over the ball. There is no sense of unity.

Injuries are the biggest and easiest thing to blame. Star Kawhi Leonard has yet to suit up this season and his return date is still unknown. His right quad tendinopathy is not responding well to treatment, according to team doctors, who refuse to give a specific return date. All GM VT is willing to tell the press is “sooner rather than later.”

Big man Rudy Gobert, who is tearing it up with 17.4 points per game and 14.4 rebounds per game, will join Leonard on the shelf next week. He suffered a bone bruise in his right knee this week, the same knee that kept him out part of last season. He is expected to miss four to six weeks.

In the meantime, Ed Davis and Richaun Holmes will both likely get their shot starting at the five. Davis provides more defense, which the team needs, but isn’t as explosively offensive as Holmes, who is coming back after fracturing his wrist.

Help is on the horizon, however. The Sixers completed a deal with the Sacramento Kings that saw Darren Collison go to Sacto for power forward James Johnson. The scrappy forward is what the Sixers have been lacking and could help push the team back onto track while Gobert and Leonard convalesce.

“While it’s sad to see Darren go (again), we needed a starting-quality power forward more than a starting-quality point guard,” VT said. “Darren will get more minutes and a better opportunity in Sacramento.”

The deal also includes a swap of the recently signed Mike Muscala for Jose Barea, but the team needs to wait for some paperwork to pass before the deal goes through.