Now that the James Harden page is definitively turned and the recruits are well integrated, the Sixers can finally show their true face for this 2023/24 exercise. In any case, things seem pretty clear for Nick Nurse.
The latter aligns the following major five: De'Anthony Melton, Tyrese Maxey, Nicolas Batum, Tobias Harris and Joel Embiid. Even if, as he says, “nothing is set in stone”.
For the moment, Nick Nurse uses ten players
“I think we can say, without taking too many risks, that the five major is well established”begins the Philadelphia coach for Sixers Wire. “I think it's safe to say that Paul Reed will be in the rotation, as a backup center. It's probably safe to say that Kelly Oubre Jr. is in the rotation with what he brings on both ends of the court. Patrick Beverley is our backup playmaker. Afterwards, there are many things that I like in others. »
The others are Marcus Morris, Robert Covington, Mo Bamba, Furkan Korkmaz and KJ Martin. Everyone has NBA references but, faced with a rotation limited to ten players, there is obviously no room for all five…
“We have to ask ourselves if we are playing with ten. This is the case for now. We're trying to find out what Marcus brings, what Covington brings.” explains Nick Nurse. “They can all make their contribution, all of them, down to the 15th man. Jaden Springer and Danuel House as well. But there are not many places, only two in reality, so little chance for the players. »
A casting in the form of training matches
How then to choose the 9th and 10th man? By organizing matches at the end of training. “We can only base ourselves on what we evaluate and we try to do it as best as possible in training. We play a lot in training”delivers the coach.
Helmed by Joel Embiid and Paul Reed, Mo Bamba is part of this group, and he has hardly any minutes to express himself this season. Only 6 per match…
“We are not a young team so we know that we are not going to play with 12. The rotation will be limited to 9-10 players”notes the former Orlando pivot for Sixers Wire. “The training matches are very competitive. We try to win every game. Even if this doesn't translate into playing time, it's clearly a step in the right direction. »
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Joel Embiid | 18 | 34.8 | 51.0 | 32.2 | 87.5 | 3.4 | 8.1 | 11.5 | 6.4 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 33.3 |
| Tyrese Maxey | 20 | 38.4 | 46.5 | 39.9 | 89.6 | 0.6 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 6.7 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 2.0 | 27.1 |
| Tobias Harris | 21 | 35.1 | 51.1 | 31.3 | 89.0 | 1.0 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 17.2 |
| Kelly Oubre, Jr. | 10 | 27.5 | 50.5 | 36.4 | 75.8 | 1.4 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 15.3 |
| De'anthony Melton | 21 | 30.3 | 40.5 | 39.4 | 80.0 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 13.2 |
| Nicolas Batum | 12 | 26.3 | 60.4 | 55.3 | 63.6 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 7.2 |
| Robert Covington | 17 | 17.1 | 45.6 | 39.5 | 89.5 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 5.5 |
| Paul Reed, Jr. | 21 | 14.1 | 58.5 | 40.0 | 75.0 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 2.1 | 5.0 |
| Marcus Morris | 14 | 12.6 | 44.6 | 48.0 | 100.0 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 2.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 4.8 |
| Patrick Beverly | 21 | 18.3 | 42.4 | 27.3 | 70.6 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 4.6 |
| Daniel House | 10 | 12.7 | 41.9 | 25.0 | 80.0 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 3.8 |
| Mohamed Bamba | 10 | 6.2 | 52.0 | 42.9 | 75.0 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 3.5 |
| Jaden Springer | 11 | 11.6 | 35.1 | 25.0 | 75.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 3.2 |
| Furkan Korkmaz | 14 | 7.4 | 36.7 | 26.7 | 71.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.2 |
| Pj Tucker | 3 | 22.1 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| Kj Martin | 9 | 6.0 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
| Danny Green | 2 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Philip Petrusev | 1 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
