Forget Center, Philadelphia 76ers Logjam Is Roster Wide Now
By Bret Stuter
With everyone’s focus on the center position, the Philadelphia 76ers quietly addressed the roster this off-season. However, now the perceived logjam is team wide.
Dario Saric has come to the NBA to play basketball. His natural position is power forward, which just so happens to be the natural position of first year rookie sensation Ben Simmons. But that’s okay. We can slide on of them to small forward. But that is where Team USA Select Jerami Grant and swiss army knife Robert Covington will play. No matter, slide Covington to shooting guard. But that’s where the team is projecting newly sign Gerald Henderson, returning veterans Nik Stauskas and Hollis Thompson, and perhaps rookie Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot. Perhaps one can slide to point guard? Not if the team is committed to returning T.J. McConnell, Sergio Rodriguez, or Jerryd Bayless.
It becomes apparent as the team continued to sign players for pre-season:
Sources: 76ers and Boise State's James Webb III have agreed to a partially guaranteed two-year deal, with chance to compete for roster spot.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 24, 2016
Plus
Louisiana-Lafayette forward Shawn Long has agreed to a partially guaranteed two-year deal with the 76ers, league sources tell The Vertical.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) June 24, 2016
as well as:
Brandon Paul's 2-yr min deal w/ Philadelphia 76ers (as originally reported by @AlexKennedyNBA ) is $155k guaranteed for 16/17 - TO for 17/18
— Eric Pincus (@EricPincus) July 25, 2016
And then one more:
The team roster is now at 21, even after considering the fact that shooting guard Furkan Korkmaz will remain overseas to play for Dario Saric’s former team – Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Super Basketball League.
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