The Philadelphia 76ers continue to dream of returning to the NBA finals, once again after more than two decades of waiting. And there is little left until the moment of truth arrives, in the NBA playoffs.
A moment in which we dream of having the team in perfect condition and ready to face great challenges, in an Eastern conference full of teams with talent that allows them to present their candidacy to be in the NBA finals.
Waiting for Embiid’s recovery, for the crucial moment of the season, the truth is that the team has moved to strengthen us for the final stretch of the season. Reinforcements that arrive just before reaching the halfway point of the season, with the great joy of the appointment of Tyrese Maxey as an All-Star in 2024.
All this thanks to numbers that have given him great potential in the league and the status of being a cornerstone in these Sixers, who are trying to storm the championship ring of the best basketball league in the world.
So far in the league, Maxey has participated in almost fifty games, averaging an average of 37 minutes on the court per game. A presence on the court that is fundamental for the aspirations of the Sixers, and that has allowed him to accumulate a scoring average of more than 25 points per game, more than 6 assists, more than 3 rebounds and one assist per game.
Numbers that will allow him to be in his first All-Star Game, representing the Sixers, not only in the main event of the event that will be in Indiana, but also participating in the skills contest.
Great news that has been the prelude to the arrival of two tall reinforcements, to be able to break the barrier of the conference semifinals this year, and achieve once and for all something that has not been experienced in Philadelphia, since the Allen years Iverson with the Sixers.
Buddy Hield arrives from Indiana, as a luxury reinforcement to give the Sixers more ability to hit three-point shots and more scoring ability, at the crucial moment of the year.
It is true that the Sixers were already one of the best teams in success in three-point shots, but we were not one of the best in volume of attempts from the three-point line, so with the arrival of Hield, we intend to be much more aggressive in that facet of the game and thus be able to have more offensive variety, which can free up a little of the team’s interior game.
He arrives in Philadelphia with an average of more than fifteen points per game in his career, although this season he exceeds twelve points per game, with an average field goal success rate that exceeds 44 percent, and almost reaches 40 percent in three-point shots, this season, to which he adds more than three rebounds and almost 3 assists on average.
He also arrives in Philadelphia, from Milwaukee, another piece that will be key to the development of events in the postseason. It is key to reinforce the team’s second line and to that end, Cameron Payne arrives from the Bucks.
Cameron Payne after spending the last four seasons with the Phoenix Suns, signed with the Bucks in the offseason. He was a key player for the Suns’ 2021 NBA Finals team as Chris Paul’s primary backup and has established himself as one of the NBA’s reserve players.
This season, Payne is averaging over 6 points per game, 1 rebound and 2 assists while shooting 45.5% overall and 39.7% on three-pointers.
The icing on the cake has been provided by Kyle Lowry, a native of Philadelphia who, after breaking his relationship with the Charlotte Hornets, returns to the discipline of Nick Nurse, with whom he won a championship ring in 2019, when both were active in the Toronto Raptors team.
Although he no longer has the same offensive capacity as before, the truth is that his experience, quality and cerebral game are indisputable, so his arrival only adds to the great challenge of returning the glory of the NBA to the Sixers. the city of Philadelphia.
Without a doubt we reached the best part of the season, with the faith and hope of experiencing a historic year for our Sixers.
See you soon from Spain.
2024-02-15 05:08:04
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