Daily News | Four Sixers who have a lot to prove in training camp and not much time to do it
A familiar but forgotten face provided one of the more thought-provoking moments to come out of the
Here’s the thought-provoking part: Is Milton even going to be a part of the second unit? A lot has changed since the playoffs, when he averaged 13 minutes per game. Even more has changed since last October, when he started four of seven games in one early-season stretch. While P.J. Tucker has earned plenty of headlines, the Sixers’ acquisitions of De’Anthony Melton and Danuel House Jr. could have an even bigger impact on Doc Rivers’ rotation.
The big question now is what happens to the players who tried and failed to fill that role last year. Milton, Matisse Thybulle, Georges Niang, Furkan Korkmaz — all of them are still on the roster. That wasn’t a given at the start of the offseason, even less so once the Sixers traded a first-round pick for Melton and signed House to a two-year, $8.5 million contract.
They also represent a significant challenge for anybody else who wants minutes. Again, we’ve identified nine clear roles without mentioning any of Milton, Thybulle, Niang or Korkmaz. Of that group, Thybulle enters the camp with the most to gain. The prospect of teaming him with Melton on the defensive end is a tantalizing one: last year, they finished first and second in the NBA in steal percentage and first and third in deflections per minute.
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