The Philadelphia Sixers have found a former All-Star to take over from Joel Embiid off the bench. DeAndre Jordancut by the Los Angeles Lakers, will end the season in Pennsylvania as an understudy for the Cameroonian.
Welcome to Philly, @DeAndre! 🔔 pic.twitter.com/hWKvlEQ3dy
— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) March 4, 2022
His arrival should not necessarily be a game-changer, but the 76rs found themselves without a real second pivot since the transfer fromAndre Drummond to the Brooklyn Nets. With DAJ, they have at least one other great capable of laying down pick-and-rolls for James Harden – in an obviously greatly reduced role compared to a superstar like Embiid.
Landed at the Lakers last summer, the 33-year-old did not have the expected impact, but it is above all a sign that the leaders overestimated the veteran. The Angelenos had a negative differential (10 more points) when DeAndre Jordan was on the field. And to think that he even started the meetings at the start of the season…
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