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There’s only been one preseason game and there’s already a laundry list of injuries. Sixers basketball could not be more back.
While Ariel Hukporti’s achilles injury is the only ailment that poses long-term problems for the Sixers, Nick Nurse had an update on three other players who’ve picked up bumps and bruises so far this preseason.
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Dominick Barlow is still not practicing with what has been described as a back issue. Anfernee Simons was a partial participant with hamstring tightness. A hamstring issue is never what you want to hear, but at least it’s not related to the hand injury that plagued Simons last season.
Adem Bona seems to be progressing as the team had hoped. He is back on the court doing work as well as they get closer to the two weeks into training camp timeline the team gave when his injury was first announced. Unsurprisingly, all three players have already been ruled out for Thursday’s preseason game against the Brooklyn Nets.
While the Sixers wait for them to get back on the floor, especially the two guys in the front court, it appears to be all hands on deck to fill those backup center minutes. Nurse basically said that every front court player on the roster — even LeBron James — could be an option to play backup center minutes behind Joel Embiid.
“Dean [Wade] would be another candidate, I guess,” Nurse said. “If you call him a small five — he’s pretty good sized. I think LeBron is another candidate. I think he’s played some small-ball five as well. How many is that? That’s like four or five guys. So I think that we know probably go with that crew, unless something else emerges.”
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While they try to figure out the backup center position on the fly, it looks like most of the big names will be available for Thursday’s game. Nurse said he’s hoping to get majority of their guys on the floor. It sounds like it could be the first (preseason) basketball game LeBron James plays for the Philadelphia 76ers.
“We should be able to get a majority of the guys out there tomorrow,” Nurse said. “Again, we’ll see. Was a pretty rough and physical today practice, so see how everybody…
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