“ The way things normally go is you're a freshman, you have almost no chance (to play). » This speech is that of Daryl Morey targeting Ricky Council IV, rookie with the Sixers this season, who had the distinction of not having been drafted.
Despite this basic posture, the young player managed to show himself enough to obtain a classic NBA contract after starting under the status of “two-way contract”. The Council IV example still says a lot about the philosophy of the Sixers in relation to the young arrivals.
The Philadelphia franchise is not counting on the Draft, where they will have the 16th choice this year, to strengthen themselves. “ Immediate help probably never comes in the Draft. There are really only less than 10 good players in year one. That said, we're not really focusing on the Draft at the moment », admits the manager who announced, during the same press conference, big changes to come in the team.
“ I really like this 16th pick. It was said that this Draft was less good. That's not my opinion at all. I'm actually very excited to see who will be in 16th place. That said, as you might expect, we have all options on the table: trade in the future to keep more options available for future trades. », aims Daryl Morey.
A team of veterans under construction
The latter knows the history of the Sixers in terms of Draft. Since “The Process” which led the franchise to collect very high Draft choices (Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, Markelle Fultz, etc.), Philadelphia has further strengthened itself through exchanges. Of all the players drafted in recent years, Tyrese Maxey is the only one to have exploded, despite his modest positioning (21st choice in 2020).
“ If we choose someone, I can't wait to find out who. We could make a trade and take a player. I like having a good core of young players. I have the impression that this is what we are developing with Paul (Reed) and Ricky Council. Whether with the 16th pick or any other, we want to have some young people who push our veterans », Defends the manager.
But the latter clearly shows that experience will take precedence: “ We are mainly going to be a team of veterans after an offseason where there will be a lot of changes. With the exception of Nick Nurse, Joel (Embiid), Tyrese, Paul and Ricky, we don't know for sure who will be back next year. »
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Joel Embiid | 39 | 33.6 | 52.9 | 38.8 | 88.3 | 2.4 | 8.6 | 11.0 | 5.6 | 3.8 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.9 | 34.7 |
| Tyrese Maxey | 70 | 37.5 | 45.0 | 37.3 | 86.8 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 6.2 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 2.2 | 25.9 |
| Tobias Harris | 70 | 33.8 | 48.7 | 35.3 | 87.8 | 1.1 | 5.3 | 6.5 | 3.1 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 17.2 |
| Kelly Oubre, Jr. | 68 | 30.2 | 44.1 | 31.1 | 75.0 | 1.4 | 3.6 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 2.9 | 15.4 |
| Buddy Hield | 32 | 25.8 | 42.6 | 38.9 | 92.3 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 12.2 |
| De'anthony Melton | 38 | 26.9 | 38.6 | 36.0 | 83.5 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 11.1 |
| Cameron Payne | 31 | 19.4 | 41.3 | 38.2 | 91.3 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 9.3 |
| Kyle Lowry | 23 | 28.4 | 44.4 | 40.4 | 84.8 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 8.0 |
| Paul Reed, Jr. | 82 | 19.4 | 54.0 | 36.8 | 71.8 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 6.0 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 7.3 |
| Marcus Morris | 37 | 17.2 | 43.9 | 40.0 | 86.1 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 6.7 |
| Patrick Beverly | 47 | 19.6 | 43.2 | 32.1 | 81.0 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 6.3 |
| Nicolas Batum | 57 | 25.9 | 45.6 | 39.9 | 71.4 | 1.2 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 5.5 |
| Ricky Council IV | 32 | 9.0 | 48.2 | 37.5 | 74.6 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 5.4 |
| DJ Wilson | 2 | 7.7 | 66.7 | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 5.0 |
| Robert Covington | 26 | 16.1 | 44.9 | 35.4 | 87.5 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.9 | 4.5 |
| Mohamed Bamba | 57 | 13.0 | 49.0 | 39.1 | 68.0 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 4.4 |
| Jeff Dowtin | 12 | 11.8 | 55.6 | 47.4 | 75.0 | 0.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 4.3 |
| Daniel House | 34 | 15.0 | 44.8 | 30.0 | 76.1 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 4.2 |
| Jaden Springer | 32 | 11.8 | 39.0 | 21.6 | 82.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 4.0 |
| Kj Martin | 58 | 12.3 | 54.4 | 30.4 | 53.8 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.2 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 3.7 |
| Terquavion Smith | 16 | 5.3 | 39.1 | 37.1 | 60.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 3.3 |
| Furkan Korkmaz | 35 | 8.6 | 39.5 | 35.0 | 70.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| 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 |
| Kenny Lofton, Jr. | 2 | 4.4 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| 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 |
| Darius Bazley | 3 | 3.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 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 |
| Javonte Smart | 1 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
