Austin Krell

Two Guards Will Control the Fate of the Sixers' Season Maxey is now sidelined for at least the next two games with a sprained right fifth finger. The Sixers say he will undergo additional testing and consultation in

Tyrese Maxey is down for at least the next 2 games, but there are those who believe one Sixer has the goods to be a lead ballhandler.

"We ran everything through him."

New @sixersonsi.bsky.social on the challenge ahead:

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Two Guards Will Control the Fate of the Sixers' Season Maxey is now sidelined for at least the next two games with a sprained right fifth finger. The Sixers say he will undergo additional testing and consultation in

When Mikel Brown—a projected lottery pick in this summer's draft—went down with injury, Anthony Ricks trusted VJ Edgecombe to lead their AAU program.

"We ran everything through him," Ricks told me.

Edgecombe is about to face a similar challenge @sixersonsi.bsky.social:

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NEWS: Tyrese Maxey suffered a sprain of the right fifth finger. He will undergo additional testing and consultation in the coming days to determine a treatment plan. He is OUT for the next two games and further updates will be provided after the back-to-back.

He was pretty good at the start! The decline has been a major story.

In Loss to Hawks, One Decision Could Leave Sixers With Big Regrets The season is suddenly in peril.

I wrote about a Sixers season suddenly in grave danger and how one decision stood out as Tyrese Maxey rolled on the court, clutching his right hand in pain on Saturday night @sixersonsi.bsky.social

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Cam being a real Payne in the Hawks' ass.

Jonathan Kuminga has been ruled out for tonight's game between Sixers and Hawks.

The Sixers' Season Is at an Inflection Point. Here's the One Saving Grace. Just when things began to get comfortable, the basketball gods decided that enough was enough.

The Sixers’ season is at an inflection point.

There is one piece of grace that might just save them from the Play-In tournament @sixersonsi.bsky.social:

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You guys gotta watch 56 Days on Prime.

I'm not saying don't be mad. I encouraged it multiple times in what I wrote. My point is that the conversation has morphed into this daily outrage that is akin to the Doncic trade. Someone said yesterday choosing Maxey over McCain was like choosing Monta Ellis over Steph Curry. It's gone too far.

Now would I be in the business of re-signing Grimes over keeping McCain? No.

But I can only go off what the current reality is.

That’s just a snippet of the bigger column. My angle is he very clearly had a limited ceiling here with Edgecombe’s ascendance and unless Grimes is gone (which, they’ve claimed publicly they want to re-sign him), there was no foreseeable path to him having a big role here.

@austinkrell.bsky.social argues the #Sixers fandom's anger toward the Jared McCain trade has gone too far in the grand scheme of things.

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Damn, I got got.

Thanks! I actually used total miles instead of any per metrics for the reasons you said.

Why the Dialogue Around the Jared McCain Trade Has Gone Too Far The Sixers can either let that day change their season or they can continue to pursue a goal that is bigger than that move.

The trade deadline was a month ago. Yet you don't have to go far to find outrage that burns intensely over every moment Jared McCain has been on the court in Oklahoma City.

A column on a local dialogue that has gone beyond reason @sixersonsi.bsky.social:

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The Sixers are going to survive. Philadelphia sat in zone with Keyonte George sitting on 30 points and 5 made threes for reasons I do not understand.

It did not matter. Important win by the skin of their teeth. The Sixers are 34-28.

In the span of 24 hours, Andre Drummond has chosen to get into a three-point shootout with Victor Wembayama, which sparked a run that put the Sixers in their grave for the night, and lost 3 defensive rebounds (by my count) to Mo Bamba.

No one is moving on offense. The Sixers are Sixering to start the third.

Sixers starters:

Tyrese Maxey
Quentin Grimes
Trendon Watford
Dominick Barlow
Adem Bona

Asked about Andre Drummond, Nurse says that Drummond will continue to be an option for the team and that team needs him.

Nick Nurse says the imaging on VJ Edgecombe's MRI came back good and Edgecombe has said "He's OK". Will be re-evaluated in the coming days.

Paul George has further embraced a mentorship role for the #Sixers during his 25-game suspension.

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To make matters worse, Kelly Oubre Jr. remains out tonight with an illness.

An MRI confirmed today that VJ Edgecombe suffered a lumbar contusion.

Edgecombe is out for tonight’s game against Utah and will be reevaluated ahead of the team’s next game at Atlanta.

What Paul George Is Doing Behind the Scenes During His Suspension PHILADELPHIA — Look across the gym at the Sixers' practice facility in Camden and you might see Paul George running from one baseline to the other with a team s

A little more than halfway through his 25-game suspension, Paul George has taken on two roles for the Sixers.

How George has used the time to stay productive, for himself, his teammates, and his coaches @sixersonsi.bsky.social:

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No update on VJ Edgecombe yet, per Nick Nurse.

He'll get checked out and an update will be provided then.

Sixers ruled VJ Edgecombe out for the rest of the game with low back soreness.

Short of an outrageous 3p shooting half, can't think of many ways this game was ever going to play out differently down 2 starting wings and your primary center. Spurs are damn good. Sixers just overwhelmed and undermanned.