<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-news-paul-george-receives-encouraging-knee-injury-update-after-mri');   ga('set', 'title', 'Paul George receives encouraging knee injury update after MRI');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/76ers-Paul-George-2.jpg"></figure><h1>Paul George receives encouraging knee injury update after MRI</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-15T14:16:25-07:00">October 15th, 2:16pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-15T14:31:08-07:00">October 15th, 2:31pm</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Paul George received a positive update about his left knee injury. The Philadelphia 76ers’ new star will be out the rest of the preseason but, although he suffered a bone bruise, there was no structural damage revealed in an MRI. George <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-76ers-takeaways-from-preseason-vs-hawks">hyperextended his knee</a> in a preseason win over the Atlanta Hawks on Monday.</p><p>“An MRI completed today showed a bone bruise and no structural damage to Paul George’s left knee. He will be re-evaluated in approximately one week,” the Sixers <a href="https://x.com/BySamDiGiovanni/status/1846295401533788512" rel="noopener">said in an announcement</a>.</p><p>Nick Nurse told reporters after the 76ers’ practice on Tuesday that George <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-paul-george-okay-for-now-after-worrisome-knee-injury-per-nick-nurse" rel="noopener">was doing okay</a> after the initial examinations of his knee. The head coach also said that George and other veteran players will miss the team’s next preseason game, a matchup with the Brooklyn Nets at home on Wednesday night, which was a scheduled rest day for some of the team’s veterans. Philly’s final preseason game is on Friday against the Orlando Magic.</p><h2><b>Paul George avoids major damage to left knee</b></h2><p>The Sixers begin their season eight days from today. They will host the Milwaukee Bucks and hope that George is able to make his team debut, though they will surely play it safely if they feel he needs more time to recover. The 34-year-old is starting the season with a bone bruise to work through and will miss out on some time to mesh with his new teammates. Nonetheless, the fact that he avoided structural damage to his knee is good news.</p><p>Across the 38 minutes he played in two preseason games with the Sixers, George scored 31 points on 11-20 field-goal shooting and recorded eight rebounds, three assists and two steals. He shot the ball well and provided some value as a rebounder, defender and table-setter on offense.</p><p>Joel Embiid’s status for the season opener is not yet certain. The big man <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-why-joel-embiid-will-miss-rest-of-preseason-after-knee-evaluation">will not play in preseason</a>, instead undergoing a treatment plan for his left knee after dealing with a meniscus injury and undergoing surgery last season. While the 76ers may not know for sure when their new trio of Embiid, George and Tyrese Maxey will take the court together, they are erring on the side of caution when it comes to their stars’ health.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Paul George receives encouraging knee injury update after MRI

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-news-paul-george-okay-for-now-after-worrisome-knee-injury-per-nick-nurse');   ga('set', 'title', 'Paul George ‘okay for now’ after worrisome knee injury, per Nick Nurse');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/76ers-Paul-George-1.jpg"></figure><h1>Paul George ‘okay for now’ after worrisome knee injury, per Nick Nurse</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-15T10:37:54-07:00">October 15th, 10:37am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-15T10:47:51-07:00">October 15th, 10:47am</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Paul George is already on injury watch as the Philadelphia 76ers wrap up their preseason. The veteran star hyperextended his left knee in a preseason win over the Atlanta Hawks. Although he offered <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-paul-george-suffers-left-knee-injury-in-preseason-vs-hawks">a promising self-assessment</a> after the game, the Sixers have to observe him and make sure his condition doesn’t worsen.</p><p>George played 12 minutes in the Sixers’ 104-89 win over the Hawks on Monday, scoring eight points, before getting bumped by Jalen Johnson and buckling his knee. He was able to leave the court without any assistance but it was not how a knee should bend.</p><p>After the 76ers’ practice on Tuesday, Nick Nurse said that George is “okay for now” and that he will get further imaging done on his knee. Nurse also said that everything with PG has “checked out okay” so far and that he and other veterans did not participate in practice. George (and other veterans) will not play in the Sixers’ next preseason game on Wednesday against the Brooklyn Nets, though that was decided prior to his injury scare.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Sixers coach Nick Nurse gives an update on Paul George: <a href="https://t.co/yLLBclIcf6">pic.twitter.com/yLLBclIcf6</a></p><p>— Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) <a href="https://twitter.com/PompeyOnSixers/status/1846244092457472343?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Paul George working through knee injury ahead of regular season</b></h2><p>Joel Embiid has already been ruled <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-why-joel-embiid-will-miss-rest-of-preseason-after-knee-evaluation">out for the remainder of the preseason</a> and the 76ers could make a similar decision with George even if the results of his next examination are good. Embiid never played in any of the four games so far while George at least got to play 26 minutes in one of Philly’s prior preseason matches, a loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. He shot the ball beautifully, racking up 23 points on 8-15 shooting from the field.</p><p>Nurse and George both lamented the lost chances to familiarize the veteran star with his new team on the court. Although he and Embiid were never slated to play together until the regular season, there are a variety of new teammates to get acquainted with, namely co-star Tyrese Maxey. Nurse said that <a href="https://x.com/DerekBodnerNBA/status/1846241235473756555" rel="noopener">further imaging must be done</a> on George’s knee before a firm timetable is set for his return.</p><p>The 76ers’ first game of the regular season is Wednesday, October 23 against the Milwaukee Bucks. They’ll play their final two preseason games on Wednesday (at home against the Nets) and Friday (on the road against the Orlando Magic).</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Paul George ‘okay for now’ after worrisome knee injury, per Nick Nurse

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/3-76ers-takeaways-from-preseason-vs-hawks');   ga('set', 'title', '3 76ers takeaways from preseason vs. Hawks');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Hawks-76ers-Jalen-Johnson-Trae-Young-Tyrese-Maxey-Paul-George.jpg"></figure><h1>3 76ers takeaways from preseason vs. Hawks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-14T19:27:33-07:00">October 14th, 7:27pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-14T19:28:34-07:00">October 14th, 7:28pm</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Philadelphia 76ers faced the Atlanta Hawks in the final stop of their multi-game road trip of the preseason. The Sixers pulled out a win, 104-89, in a game that featured rotations that more closely mirror the regular season.</p><p>Joel Embiid will officially not take the court for the Sixers until the regular season, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-why-joel-embiid-will-miss-rest-of-preseason-after-knee-evaluation">undergoing a treatment plan</a> while his team finishes out the preseason. After holding out a lot of their veterans on the second night of a back-to-back on Saturday, the rest of the roster was made available for this game, including Tyrese Maxey and Paul George.</p><p>The 76ers continued their streak of playing out-of-the-ordinary preseason games. From playing a team from another league, then playing without a real broadcast, then playing without most of their regular roster and now dealing with a shot-clock malfunction after five minutes of game time, this has been a wonky preseason for the Sixers. Here are three takeaways from their exhibition match with the Hawks.</p><h2><b>1. Paul George makes some more shots before exiting early</b></h2><p>After an <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-takeaways-from-preseason-vs-timberwolves">impressive first appearance</a> with the Sixers, George played his first game with his new team that was actually televised and not just made available on a terrible League Pass stream. In front of way more sets of eyeballs, PG-8 had a decent game, playing only in the first half, and then suffered a brutally unfortunate injury.</p><p>George stepped into a triple off a double drag screen for Philly’s first points of the night. He ran the offense here and there but also deferred to Maxey often. In his 12 minutes of action, he scored eight points on 3-5 shooting while adding two rebounds, an assist and a steal.</p><p>Unfortunately, George left this one early. After his left knee buckled too far on a defensive possession in the second quarter, he was subbed out, walking to the bench under his own power. The team said later that he had <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-paul-george-suffers-left-knee-injury-in-preseason-vs-hawks">suffered a hyperextension</a>.</p><p>In the story from ESPN’s Tim Bontemps that mentioned Embiid <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41782531/how-76ers-plan-get-joel-embiid-nba-finals" rel="noopener">doubting his availability for back-to-backs</a>, Daryl Morey added that George will also probably sit those out, too, and that the team will “be smart” about how it manages its veteran stars. Now that George is already dealing with something coming into the season, the Sixers will certainly be extra careful with the veteran forward.</p><h2><b>2. Tyrese Maxey stumbles out the gate, regains composure </b></h2><p>Dyson Daniels did a great job defensively against Maxey, staying in front of him and using his longer frame to disrupt whatever he tried to do. The Hawks also shrunk the floor against Maxey, whose solution was to target an inferior defender, Kobe Bufkin, which immediately resulted in six points, four of which came from close range. This helped get Philly rolling after scoring just three points in the opening five minutes.</p><p>Opposing teams are not only going to stick their best perimeter and/or guard defender on Maxey but implement game plans to neutralize him. He has to get a feel for what to do when the defense isn’t allowing him to do what he does best. The coaching staff helped free him up after seeing his early struggles, which corrected the pitiful course the Sixers started the game on.</p><p>Another important area to work on is passing, which he displayed on a lob to Andre Drummond, <a href="https://x.com/SixersNationCP/status/1845985621719896076" rel="noopener">timing it expertly</a> before he even began to leave the floor. Maxey was left to create mostly for himself after George was removed from the game in the second quarter.</p><p>The final stat line for Maxey in 27 minutes: 14 points, seven assists, two rebounds, two steals, 5-18 shooting from the field. It was far from his best game but he displayed an ability to adapt and refuse to be game-planned out.</p><h2><b>3. The Martins look good off the bench</b></h2><p>After starting two of the Sixers’ previous preseason games, Caleb Martin was brought off the bench in favor of Eric Gordon in this game. He was billed as Philadelphia’s starting power forward when the report broke of him joining the team, so it was a head-scratching move.</p><p>Martin was still in the first batch of substitutions (along with Kyle Lowry and Guerschon Yabusele). He got some chances to defend Trae Young and managed to draw an offensive foul for a stiff arm. The Sixers switched ball screens to keep someone in front of Young at all times but Martin, whenever they were both in the game, was his initial matchup.</p><p>Additionally, Martin hit two of his first three shots and created an open triple for Yabusele by getting into the paint and drawing another defender. He recorded seven points, four rebounds and two assists in 20 minutes.</p><p>Having a player like Martin off the bench would be huge for the 76ers. The problem is that it requires starting someone else, probably someone too flawed to be a starter throughout the season. If Gordon is the next man up, the Sixers will have better spacing on offense but not as much juice on defense. Wherever Caleb plays, though, he’s bound to have an impact.</p><p>KJ Martin, meanwhile, is almost certain to come off the bench for the 76ers. He showed that his defense and athleticism make him worth playing, staying down and disciplined his stance at all times and sticking by his man even through screens. He also finished a few lobs from Lowry in layup fashion, running the floor well.</p><p>The 76ers’ next game and final home matchup of the preseason is on Wednesday against the Brooklyn Nets.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

3 76ers takeaways from preseason vs. Hawks

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-news-paul-george-suffers-left-knee-injury-in-preseason-vs-hawks');   ga('set', 'title', 'Paul George suffers left knee injury in preseason vs. Hawks');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/76ers-Paul-George.jpg"></figure><h1>Paul George suffers left knee injury in preseason vs. Hawks</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-14T18:56:03-07:00">October 14th, 6:56pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-14T19:39:11-07:00">October 14th, 7:39pm</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Before even taking the court in the regular season for the Philadelphia 76ers, Paul George suffered a left knee injury that will complicate the beginning of his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-tyrese-maxey-honest-assessment-paul-george-after-preseason-debut" rel="noopener">tenure with his new team</a>.</p><p>During the second quarter of a preseason game against the Atlanta Hawks, George’s knee buckled after getting bumped and he was slow to get up. Although he was able to walk to the bench under his own power, he was subbed out at the next dead ball. The Sixers announced that George had suffered <a href="https://x.com/ginamizell/status/1846002003039997958" rel="noopener">a left knee hyperextension</a>, according to Gina Mizell of the Philadelphia Inquirer.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Doesn’t look great for Paul George <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sixers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#sixers</a> <a href="https://t.co/gG1M5SRm9E">pic.twitter.com/gG1M5SRm9E</a></p><p>— DC (@DC3_PHILLY) <a href="https://twitter.com/DC3_PHILLY/status/1845991150215163968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>76ers’ Paul George suffers left knee injury in preseason</b></h2><p>George played 12 minutes against the Hawks, scoring eight points on 3-5 shooting. He played in just one of the 76ers’ previous preseason games, performing well against the Minnesota Timberwolves with 23 points in 26 minutes.</p><p>Per Mizell, George had a sleeve on his knee after the game and said he was <a href="https://x.com/ginamizell/status/1846015953340973060" rel="noopener">“not too concerned.”</a></p><p>The 76ers said that Joel Embiid <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-why-joel-embiid-will-miss-rest-of-preseason-after-knee-evaluation">will not play in any preseason games</a> as he undergoes a treatment plan for his knee and ramps up for the regular season gradually. After tweaking his knee, it seems very likely that George will also be held out for the remainder of Philly’s preseason. Although hyperextension is not typically a hard diagnosis of an injury, as noted by certified athletic trainer Jeff Stotts, it’s not a great development for Philly to deal with.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Re: Paul George: The term hyperextension is more of a descriptor of what happened to the knee than an actual diagnosis. Expect more tests to come. Injuries labeled as "hyperextended knee" result in an average time lost of 6.4 days.</p><p>— Jeff Stotts (@InStreetClothes) <a href="https://twitter.com/InStreetClothes/status/1846007741438890007?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>George played in 74 regular-season games last season but has a history of injuries and is entering his age-34 season. The 76ers were going to play things cautiously with George already but now will be busy evaluating his knee further.</p><p>The Sixers host the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday and face the Orlando Magic on Friday. Their first game of the regular season is at home on Wednesday, October 23 against the Milwaukee Bucks.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Paul George suffers left knee injury in preseason vs. Hawks

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-news-joel-embiid-reveals-probably-never-play-back-to-backs-again');   ga('set', 'title', 'Joel Embiid reveals why he’ll ‘probably never’ play back-to-backs again');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/76ers-Joel-Embiid-4.jpg"></figure><h1>Joel Embiid reveals why he’ll ‘probably never’ play back-to-backs again</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-14T08:33:37-07:00">October 14th, 8:33am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-14T08:33:37-07:00">October 14th, 8:33am</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Philadelphia 76ers and Joel Embiid are taking the big man’s health more seriously than ever before.</p><p>Embiid is already slated to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-why-joel-embiid-will-miss-rest-of-preseason-after-knee-evaluation">miss the entire preseason</a> and undergo a treatment plan to get him ready for the regular season. The focus on his health for the postseason is taking center stage in a major way. With a roster that looks more capable of competing for a championship, the risk of an Embiid injury is being minimized in every possible way. In addition to missing all six of the Sixers’ preseason games, he told Tim Bontemps of ESPN that he <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/41782531/how-76ers-plan-get-joel-embiid-nba-finals" rel="noopener">doesn’t think he’ll play in back-to-backs</a> ever again.</p><p>“If I had to guess, I would probably never play back-to-backs the rest of my career,” Embiid told ESPN.</p><p>Last season, before injuring his meniscus in January, Embiid played in both games of a back-to-back a handful of times. Even for someone whose entire career has been defined by injuries, he has tried to be there for his team as often as possible. However, as he enters his 30s and comes off a season where he was available to play in less than half of the 76ers’ games, his tune is changing.</p><h2><b>Joel Embiid doesn’t anticipate playing back-to-backs for rest of career</b></h2><p>Aside from taking up the opportunity to play with Team USA in the Olympics — an opportunity that he may not have gotten again for the rest of his career — Embiid’s offseason has been about maximizing his ability to stay healthy. He said that he lost 25-to-30 pounds and that he and the franchise are <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-joel-embiid-makes-promise-on-balancing-play-vs-health">firmly on the same page</a> when it comes to his health.</p><p>“I still got a ways to go. [I] still want to lose more but it’s a process,” Embiid said at media day. Throughout media day and training camp, he swore to listen to the medical staff and maintain the long-term view.</p><p>While Embiid being held out of games will help him avoid injuries, it also deprives him of his best chances to stay in shape. The big fella often takes a few games to get into his best form, fighting through exhaustion a few times in performances that often turn out to be bad for his standards. Rest doesn’t hurt him but it takes longer for the massive seven-footer to ramp up.</p><p>Nonetheless, the 76ers clearly want Embiid to take the court only when he has ample time to prepare and recover. After so many injuries at the worst times, it’s understandable why the extra-safe route is the one Philly has selected.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Joel Embiid reveals why he’ll ‘probably never’ play back-to-backs again

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He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Joel Embiid was held out of the Philadelphia 76ers’ first three games of the 2024 preseason as he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-joel-embiid-makes-promise-on-balancing-play-vs-health">prepares for the 2024-25 season</a>. After an evaluation of his left knee, the team said that the superstar center will not play in Philly’s final three preseason contests.</p><p>The 76ers’ <a href="https://x.com/BySamDiGiovanni/status/1845549783257379217" rel="noopener">announcement</a> reads as follows: “As part of his left knee management, Joel Embiid was assessed by doctors on Thursday. Embiid is progressing well and will continue to take part in an individual treatment plan designed to best support his health and wellness for the 2024-25 season. He will not play in this week’s preseason games. Further updates will be provided as appropriate.”</p><p>Embiid injured the meniscus in his left knee this past January and missed 29 straight games, returning in April and playing the remainder of the season, save for two regular-season games. After playing in the Paris Olympics with Team USA this summer, the 76ers are easing the big man into action as their season approaches.</p><h2><b>Joel Embiid will not play in preseason after undergoing knee assessment</b></h2><p>During the Sixers’ training camp in The Bahamas, Embiid did not participate in the team’s scrimmages. In the lead-up to the 2024-25 season, the big man has stressed a desire to take better care of his body and listen better to the team’s medical staff.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Joel Embiid on balancing his desire to play with managing his workload:</p><p>“They know that if they have to punch me and slap me or take my stuff away from me for me not to get on that court, they’re gonna have to do it.”</p><p>Tyrese Maxey interjects: “Oh yeah, that’s me. My job.” <a href="https://t.co/HTXUKZ1PtD">pic.twitter.com/HTXUKZ1PtD</a></p><p>— Sam DiGiovanni (@BySamDiGiovanni) <a href="https://twitter.com/BySamDiGiovanni/status/1841884669379305964?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“They know that if they have to punch me and slap me or take my stuff away from me for me not to get on that court, they’re gonna have to do it,” Embiid said during training camp. “I might get mad and I might curse people out. But it’s a relationship. We’ve been working together for years now. Now, I look at the big picture. I’ve always listened to them. But I think now it’s more of the time to actually listen to them and see what they have to say.”</p><p>The 76ers started preseason by defeating the NBL’s New Zealand Breakers and then lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves and Boston Celtics <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-76ers-takeaways-from-preseason-vs-celtics">on consecutive nights</a>. They will play the Atlanta Hawks on Monday, the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday and the Orlando Magic on Friday before hosting the Milwaukee Bucks for their regular-season opener on Wednesday, October 23.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Joel Embiid will miss rest of 76ers’ preseason after knee evaluation

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/celtics-news-jaylen-brown-bittersweet-reaction-guerschon-yabusele-76ers-return');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jaylen Brown’s ‘bittersweet’ reaction to Guerschon Yabusele’s 76ers return');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Jaylen-Browns-bittersweet-reaction-to-Guerschon-Yabuseles-76ers-return.jpg"></figure><h1>Jaylen Brown’s ‘bittersweet’ reaction to Guerschon Yabusele’s 76ers return</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-13T06:35:51-07:00">October 13th, 6:35am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-13T06:38:33-07:00">October 13th, 6:38am</time><address><a>Daniel Donabedian</a>Daniel Donabedian is a beat reporter for ClutchPoints covering the Boston Celtics. He's also covered Villanova men's basketball and Big East basketball, building a strong reputation in the northeast.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>BOSTON — Boston Celtics star Jaylen Brown entered the NBA in 2016 alongside Philadelphia 76ers big man Guerschon Yabusele. Although they both find themselves in the league eight years later, their journeys to the 2024-25 season have been very different.</p><p>Brown is currently the longest-tenured Celtic and one of the team’s most vocal leaders. He’s also a three-time All-Star who helped guide the C’s to their 18th title in franchise history during the 2024 NBA Finals, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-jaylen-brown-secures-nba-finals-mvp-vs-mavericks">becoming Finals MVP</a> in the process.</p><p>Meanwhile, Yabusele — selected 16th overall in the 2016 NBA Draft (13 picks after Brown) — struggled to find his footing in The Association. The Frenchman barely averaged over seven minutes per game in his rookie year and saw that playing time shrink to 6.1 minutes per game in his sophomore season. He never shot better than 32.5% from deep and averaged about 2.3 points through 74 games in the 2017-18 and 2018-19 regular seasons.</p><p>Despite these underwhelming statistics, Yabusele battled his way back to the biggest stage in basketball and signed <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-sign-breakout-olympics-star">a one-year, $2.1 million deal</a> with the Sixers in August. Following a five-year absence from the NBA, the former Celtic reunited with Brown on Saturday night <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-76ers-takeaways-from-preseason-vs-celtics">during a preseason matchup</a> between the Green Team and the 76ers.</p><p>“It’s great, you know,” Brown said of Yabusele’s return. “We got a chance to talk before the game. [Yabusele] is one of my good friends. We kind of came into the organization together, so to see him back in the NBA — he’s been playing well overseas.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I asked Jaylen Brown about how it felt to see Yabusele, who was drafted with him in 2016, back in the NBA.</p><p>“He had a great Olympic run, and it kind of led to him being here. Even though he's on the Sixers, it’s all good still. It’s still bittersweet.”<br> <a href="https://t.co/AMSRprGmcj">pic.twitter.com/AMSRprGmcj</a></p><p>— Daniel Donabedian (@danield1214) <a href="https://twitter.com/danield1214/status/1845299516401979879?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Celtics welcomed “The Dancing Bear” back to Beantown by demolishing his new squad by 50 points, 139-89. Brown notched a team-high 18 points in just 23 minutes of play, draining seven of his 12 shots from the floor. Yabusele didn’t have as strong an outing, managing eight points in 20 minutes as part of Philadelphia’s starting lineup.</p><p>Boston played most of their regular starters while the 76ers didn’t play any of their key guys, with center Joel Embiid, point guard Tyrese Maxey, and nine-time All-Star Paul George all out. That partially explains why the reigning champions dominated their longtime foes and dropped a whopping 71 points in the first half. Brown made sure to mention the Eastern Conference rivalry after the blowout victory.</p><p>“Even though [Yabusele is] on the Sixers, it’s all good,” Brown joked. “It’s still bittersweet.”</p><h2><b>How did Guerschon Yabusele get back to the NBA?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Guerschon-Yabusele.jpg"><figcaption>Kyle Terada-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Given Guerschon Yabusele’s disappointing stint with the Celtics and his multiple seasons overseas, some might wonder how his NBA homecoming happened. Brown provided a clear explanation to reporters.</p><p>“Thought he had a great Olympic run and it kind of led to him being here,” he stated.</p><p>This summer, Yabusele shined in the 2024 Paris Olympics. The former EuroLeague champion was arguably France’s best player, averaging 14 points on 51.9% shooting from the floor. That’s an especially impressive accomplishment because Les Bleus rostered NBA stars like San Antonio Spurs phenom Victor Wembanyama and Minnesota Timberwolves center Rudy Gobert.</p><p>In the gold medal game against Team USA, Yabusele notched 20 points in 31 minutes and notably dunked on Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Guerschon Yabusele puts a brutal dunk on Lebron James….</p><p> 🎥 <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBCOlympics</a> <a href="https://t.co/AdDunya3mZ">pic.twitter.com/AdDunya3mZ</a></p><p>— The Athletic (@TheAthletic) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheAthletic/status/1822370060863668440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 10, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The United States still defeated France, 98-87, securing their fifth straight Olympic gold medal. But Yabusele left with a silver medal, a viral highlight, and tons of praise for excelling in the Summer Games. His international heroics caught the attention of NBA executives and allowed him to take his skills back to America.</p><p>The two-time silver medalist landed in the City of Brotherly Love, however, <a href="https://x.com/GwashburnGlobe/status/1821613276171784249">he wasn’t shy</a> about <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/celtics-news-french-olympic-hero-pleads-comeback">his affinity for Boston</a>, per Gary Washburn of The Boston Globe.</p><p>“You gotta tell [the Celtics] to bring me back,” Yabusele told Washburn during the Olympics.</p><p>Even though that comment was likely in jest, Guerschon Yabusele’s return to the league came to fruition. Whether or not he receives significant minutes with the star-studded Sixers remains to be seen.</p><p>As for the Celtics, they’ll look to stay undefeated in the preseason, as they host the Toronto Raptors on Sunday night at TD Garden.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jaylen Brown’s ‘bittersweet’ reaction to Guerschon Yabusele’s 76ers return

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/3-76ers-takeaways-from-preseason-vs-celtics');   ga('set', 'title', '3 76ers takeaways from preseason vs. Celtics');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/76ers-Celtics-Jaylen-Brown-Jayson-Tatum-Ricky-Council-IV-Jared-McCain.jpg"></figure><h1>3 76ers takeaways from preseason vs. Celtics</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-12T19:05:49-07:00">October 12th, 7:05pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-12T19:07:08-07:00">October 12th, 7:07pm</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Philadelphia 76ers continued their preseason with a matchup against the defending champions, the Boston Celtics. Most of the veteran players rested on the second night of a back-to-back and it showed. Boston went up by 22 early on and, unsurprisingly, never looked back. Final score: 139-89.</p><p>Paul George repped his Sixers threads in a real game for the first time yesterday night in a loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. He <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-tyrese-maxey-honest-assessment-paul-george-after-preseason-debut">played very well</a>, though Philly’s porous defense in the first half laid the foundation for a defeat. George, Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, Caleb Martin, Kelly Oubre Jr., Kyle Lowry, Andre Drummond, Eric Gordon and Reggie Jackson were kept out but Boston, who hasn’t played since Sunday, had most of its key players on deck, leading to significantly unbalanced lineups. At least Kristaps Porzingis and Al Horford were also out and the broadcast didn’t lag out numerous times.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Starting lineups</p><p>Sixers:<br>Jeff Dowtin Jr<br>Jared McCain<br>Ricky Council IV<br>KJ Martin<br>Guerschon Yabusele</p><p>Celtics:<br>Derrick White<br>Jrue Holiday<br>Jaylen Brown<br>Jayson Tatum<br>Luke Kornet</p><p>— Sam DiGiovanni (@BySamDiGiovanni) <a href="https://twitter.com/BySamDiGiovanni/status/1845245969526366456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Having a back-to-back in the preseason is extra wild but the Sixers still had one all the same. Here are three takeaways from their matchup with the Celtics.</p><h2><b>1. Jared McCain looks like he belongs</b></h2><p>McCain had free reign to take control of this game with so many players above him in the pecking order sitting out. He did that on offense but continued to play hard in all facets of the game. On the list of reasons for Sixers fans to keep watching this game, the rookie occupied the top 10 spots on the list — and legitimately looked really good.</p><p>The Sixers’ first-round pick fought on rebounds, snagging one away on the defensive end from Jaylen Brown early in the game. He boxed out and scrapped for every miss that came his way. He defended as best he could, generating a few takeaways, and never let the scoreboard diminish his effort.</p><p>McCain missed most of his first few looks and shot poorly from deep but he made some nifty buckets in the early goings. He froze Luke Kornet in his shoes to <a href="https://x.com/sixers/status/1845258321332240738" rel="noopener">scoop a layup underneath him</a> and then pivoted around Derrick White to score with his left hand. In the second quarter, serving as the lead guard without Jeff Dowtin Jr. by his side, he got a righty layup from high off the glass to fall.</p><p>The Sixers were obviously under-equipped for this game but even still, they made it very tough for McCain to get anything going. Dowtin did the best job of getting things organized and no one else around McCain looked super composed going at the defense. McCain, with an array of crafty moves, overcame his lack of explosive athleticism and hit some nice shots over the most imposing perimeter defense in the NBA. Despite being hounded by White, one of the best defenders in the sport, he never shied away.</p><p>The final stat line for McCain in 32 minutes: 20 points, three rebounds, three assists, three steals, 9-21 field-goal shooting, 1-8 three-point shooting.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Jared McCain with the crossover plus the TOUGH bucket 😤<a href="https://t.co/BOM9WL9Uy9">pic.twitter.com/BOM9WL9Uy9</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1845276008217444646?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 13, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p> </p><h2><b>2. Guerschon Yabusele will have to get minutes at PF, right?</b></h2><p>Through the first three preseason games, Yabusele has played center. He has been the primary option behind Drummond and started at the five in this game. Nick Nurse has mentioned his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-nick-nurse-gets-real-on-joel-embiids-new-backup-options">positional flexibility</a> before but he said that he was mostly suited to be a power forward. So far, he hasn’t played at that spot this preseason.</p><p>It would have been harder to get Yabusele minutes at the four with the 76ers’ first- and second-string center out but not impossible. Playing him next to KJ Martin, who has also occasionally served as a small-ball five, doesn’t count. Adem Bona was still active for this game. The chance to overlap their minutes for even a little bit was passed by, as was rolling Yabusele out with Max Fiedler.</p><p>Although Yabu’s floor spacing was valuable at center and he played hard, he doesn’t appear to be vertically imposing enough to be a center for long stretches. Everything about this game was made extra difficult for the Sixers, so no takeaways from this game are immensely meaningful. But even going against a third-string center in Kornet, the Philly defense was very vulnerable down low.</p><p>Against his former NBA team, Yabusele scored eight points and made two of his four three-point tries. After an ugly miss, he came back down and made his next two looks. He makes passes quickly, keeping the ball moving and only looking to get something for himself if he’s in or close to the paint. His performance was decent even if his candidacy to be a small-ball five is becoming flimsier.</p><h2><b>3. Preseason scheduling is so silly sometimes</b></h2><p>NBA teams craft their own preseason schedules in a way that The Athletic’s Mike Vorkunov broke down in depth and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5812418/2024/10/10/nba-preseason-schedule-details-process/" rel="noopener">compared to college football</a>. The main question on everyone’s mind coming into this game was raised abundantly after Boston’s starters mowed down Philly’s third-stringers and fringe NBA guys: why would the Sixers schedule a back-to-back in the preseason?</p><p>Not only was this a back-to-back but one that started in Des Moines and culminated in Boston. This road trip also includes a game in Atlanta two days later. That’s a lot of miles in a short time span for even a regular-season game. But Philly <i>chose</i> this schedule.</p><p>The Celtics (and the Denver Nuggets) opened up the preseason in Abu Dhabi before everyone else, so they didn’t want to come right back home and play again. They understandably wanted to reacclimate to the time zone and take a break after the trip. But waiting almost a week for their next game feels like a lot.</p><p>Joe Mazzulla playing his starters into the second half, even with the insurmountable lead, made sense. The Celtics want to ramp them up for the regular season and playing them just one shift might not have sufficed. The team probably didn’t want its players inactive for over a week, so getting in reps against a glorified G League roster was preferable to ramping them back up after so much time off.</p><p>The Sixers played the Timberwolves in the home of their G League affiliate, the Iowa Wolves, which was a homecoming for head coach Nick Nurse. They understandably wouldn’t want their key players playing on the second night of a back-to-back in the preseason. Even if more veterans rested for this game than previously anticipated, Philly intentionally left itself without most of its rotation players. Some new players got the chance to play together but plenty of others watched from the bench in street clothes.</p><p>The most realistic assumption is that Philly wanted a longer look at its fringe players. It wanted to give McCain and other young guys a chance to play significant minutes against NBA competition — the best the league has to offer, at that. In doing so, they got to walk in the shoes of the New Zealand Breakers for a night, watching as the Celtics <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-takeaways-from-preseason-opener-vs-breakers" rel="noopener">ran up the score in no time</a>. That’s basketball, Suzyn.</p><p>Next up for the 76ers’ preseason is a Monday game against the Atlanta Hawks.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

3 76ers takeaways from preseason vs. Celtics

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-news-paul-george-shares-aggressive-mindset-philadelphia-preseason-debut');   ga('set', 'title', 'Paul George shares ‘aggressive’ mindset that led to strong 76ers preseason debut');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/76ers-news-Paul-George-shares-aggressive-mindset-that-led-to-strong-Philadelphia-preseason-debut.jpg"><figcaption>ClutchPoints</figcaption></figure><h1>Paul George shares ‘aggressive’ mindset that led to strong 76ers preseason debut</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-12T09:15:56-07:00">October 12th, 9:15am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-12T09:15:56-07:00">October 12th, 9:15am</time><address><a>Julian Ojeda</a>Julian Ojeda is an Orlando-based sports journalist with 3 years of professional writing under his belt, specializing in both NBA and NFL coverage. A devoted Orlando Magic fan, he deftly balances fervent fandom with insightful reporting, possessing a keen eye for compelling narratives.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Paul George wasted no time establishing his presence in his preseason debut with the Philadelphia 76ers. Despite the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-tyrese-maxey-honest-assessment-paul-george-after-preseason-debut">76ers’ 121-111 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves</a> Friday night, George stood out as the game’s leading scorer, finishing with 23 points, six rebounds, two assists, and one steal. The veteran forward shot an impressive 53.3% from the field and 44.4% from beyond the arc in 26 minutes across three quarters of play.</p><p>Following the game, George <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/sixers/sixers-paul-george-timberwolves-tyrese-maxey-nba-preseason-20241012.html#loaded" rel="noopener">shared his mindset</a> going into the contest, emphasizing his intention to set the tone early for the upcoming season. “I felt good,” George told Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer. “I think the main thing for me was to get my wind up and try to just find some rhythm.”</p><p>George also discussed the importance of playing aggressively, even in a preseason game. “I got to be aggressive,” he said, reflecting on his strong performance. “Regardless if it’s preseason or not, I’m trying to just build habits. These guys have to get used to me. I got to get used to them.”</p><h2><b>Paul George and Tyrese Maxey shine in preseason debut as 76ers focus on building chemistry</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Paul-George-8-scores-a-basket-against-the-Minnesota-Timberwolves.jpg"><figcaption>© Reese Strickland-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Furthermore, his assertive playmaking and scoring ability were on full display as he demonstrated a seamless fit with his new teammates. George’s effort on both ends of the floor suggested he is already finding his rhythm within the 76ers’ system, a promising sign for the team as they prepare for the regular season.</p><p>Tyrese Maxey also impressed for the 76ers, contributing 21 points, two assists, and one steal. Maxey shot 50% from the field and an even more efficient 57.1% from three-point range, offering a strong complement to George’s scoring effort.</p><p>George acknowledged the importance of the team’s chemistry, noting that each player must play their own game for the unit to gel effectively. “So I think I had to be myself,” George added. “You know everybody has to be themselves for this to work.”</p><p>While the preseason loss to the Timberwolves may not have been the ideal start for Philadelphia, George’s standout performance hinted at <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-tyrese-maxey-teases-paul-george-of-joel-embiid-possibilities-after-philly-move">what he could bring to the 76ers as the season unfolds</a>. His aggressive mindset and ability to take charge on the floor will be key factors as the team aims to build cohesion and compete at a high level.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Paul George shares ‘aggressive’ mindset that led to strong 76ers preseason debut

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-news-tyrese-maxey-honest-assessment-paul-george-after-preseason-debut');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tyrese Maxey’s honest assessment of Paul George after 76ers preseason debut');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/76ers-Tyrese-Maxey-Paul-George.jpg"></figure><h1>Tyrese Maxey’s honest assessment of Paul George after 76ers preseason debut</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-12T08:37:33-07:00">October 12th, 8:37am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-12T08:37:33-07:00">October 12th, 8:37am</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Paul George made his first appearance for the Philadelphia 76ers in a preseason defeat at the hands of the Minnesota Timberwolves. Although the Sixers lost 121-111 and were outscored during the portion of the game that featured starters and key bench players, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-takeaways-from-preseason-vs-timberwolves">George looked great</a> in his first time playing for Philly.</p><p>PG-8 dazzled with his ability to shoot threes off the bounce and set the table for the offense. In 26 minutes across the first three quarters, he scored a game-high 23 points and also recorded six rebounds and two assists while shooting 8-15 from the field and 4-9 from deep.</p><p>Joel Embiid was inactive for this game but Tyrese Maxey got the chance to play with his new co-star for the first time. The All-Star guard was pleased with what he saw.</p><p>“Good at basketball. He’s pretty good,” Maxey told reporters. “He’s pretty good, was comfortable and did a good job.”</p><p>Maxey, who had 21 points on 7-14 shooting in 26 minutes, wanted to make George’s transition to his new team as seamless as he could. But George was able to do some of that himself, taking the ball up and running the offense from time to time.</p><p>“My goal today was to try to see how I can make him as comfortable as possible, at least in the first half, call stuff for him,” Maxey said. “He kinda just got things in a flow, though. [I] got to sit back, watch that and see how I can fit in and how I can make sure that he fits in and other guys around that. It was pretty good.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Paul George put forth a strong outing in his <a href="https://twitter.com/sixers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sixers</a>  debut!</p><p>23 PTS (53.3 FG%)<br>6 REB<br>4 3PM <a href="https://t.co/gCsyKpB3iz">pic.twitter.com/gCsyKpB3iz</a></p><p>— NBA (@NBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBA/status/1844914682278314423?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Paul George makes good first impression in 76ers preseason debut </b></h2><p>Nick Nurse also said that George looked good. The first thing he thought when George landed in Philly was<a href="https://x.com/sixers/status/1844882485160837228" rel="noopener"> how good of a scorer</a> he was. That skill was fully on display in the exhibition match in Iowa.</p><p>“I thought he was moving great, created some shots on his own, et cetera,” the 76ers head coach told reporters. “Thought he competed — he was on the glass. He would have had a lot more rebounds if [Andre Drummond] wasn’t grabbing a lot of those but those two guys were up there on the glass, going at it. Certainly had a good game and looked really good out there.”</p><p>Nurse said he wants to make things easier for George, setting him up for shots rather than making him do it himself all the time. While some of that was because of the team’s “clunkiness and newness,” as Nurse put it, it was also because the superstar big man wasn’t in action. With Embiid in the fold, George should feast on catch-and-shoot looks.</p><p>After losing to the Timberwolves on Friday, the Sixers are back in action on Saturday against the Boston Celtics. It wouldn’t be surprising for George and other starters to sit out the back-to-back. Still, Philly will have plenty of chances <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-paul-george-signing-receives-huge-acclaim-from-nba-gm-survey">to get George acclimated</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Philadelphia 76ers faced the Minnesota Timberwolves in their second game of the 2024 preseason. After a tune-up game against the NBL’s New Zealand Breakers in which they <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-takeaways-from-preseason-opener-vs-breakers">dominated throughout</a>, the Sixers fell behind early and never recovered, losing 121-111.</p><p>Paul George made his first appearance as a Sixer while Anthony Edwards made his preseason debut. Although All-Star bigs Joel Embiid, Rudy Gobert and Julius Randle were out, this was a good chance for two of the titans of their respective conferences to square off.</p><p>Here are three takeaways from the Sixers and Wolves’ showdown in Iowa, a game that was not publicly televised and was only watchable through an abysmal stream on League Pass. Most of the first half was interrupted by technical difficulties but the show, as they say, must go on. NBA action, it’s FANtastic!</p><h2><b>1. Paul George does his thing</b></h2><p>Under the cover of broadcast darkness, George took his first spin with his new team. He scored his first bucket off a drive, <a href="https://x.com/sixers/status/1844882485160837228" rel="noopener">slithering through the defense</a> after getting a high screen. Throughout his minutes, he created plenty of offense, looking every bit like the star the 76ers waited for.</p><p>Andre Drummond got to work setting screens for George, who stayed patient and worked the Minnesota defense. Any sliver of space was an invitation to pull up from deep but he kept his head up and swung it to an open teammate when he was met at the level of the screen. He had 13 points in the second quarter, including eight straight for Philly.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">fancy footwork by Mr. George. <a href="https://t.co/QTbFbRENqp">pic.twitter.com/QTbFbRENqp</a></p><p>— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) <a href="https://twitter.com/sixers/status/1844894172353831188?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 12, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Having George run the offense benefited everyone, especially Maxey, who won’t be the only legitimate source of offense when Embiid sits out. George getting the defense to buckle opened space for Maxey to cook, punishing defenders off the dribble for a mini-individual run in the third quarter. Even if it wasn’t No. 8 directly making plays for No. 0, his presence was hugely helpful. The defense respects him at all times and the Sixers should find it easy to get good looks.</p><p>George’s final stat line in 26 minutes: 23 points, six rebounds, two assists, one steal, 8-15 from the field, 4-9 from deep. Good stuff!</p><h2><b>2. Defense experiences its own difficulties</b></h2><p>Even with the caveats that the 76ers were missing their best defender and were implementing a new star player, their defensive performance was really bad. The Wolves led the Sixers 70-53 at halftime. Edwards caught fire at the end of the half but that only explains part of it.</p><p>All but four of Minnesota’s first-half two-pointers came outside of the paint. Most of those came within five feet of the hoop and the Wolves, of course, shot really well on those looks. The spacing from Naz Reid opened up the floor in the halfcourt and the Wolves also pushed the ball up and got great looks (based on what little footage at-home viewers could see). There were multiple instances where the Wolves scored on three or more consecutive possessions.</p><p>It’s tough to diagnose the problems on defense with so many new parts — oh, and because the broadcast pooped its pants for the first 30ish minutes — but 70 points in a half for a rotation of mostly starters and rotation players is not good.</p><p>The starters began the second half and played aggressively, forcing back-to-back-to-back turnovers to ignite a 10-2 run. By the time the backups and young guys came in, the game was back into single digits. It was good to see Philly turn its intensity up when it’s backed into a corner. However, it should focus on not getting cornered next time out.</p><h2><b>3. Andre Drummond rebounds the heck out of the ball</b></h2><p>With five minutes left in the third quarter, Drummond had 15 of the Sixers’ 33 rebounds. Seven of them were offensive boards and three of them turned into second-chance points for the big man. He said he was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-andre-drummond-honest-take-being-back-home-philly">the best ever</a> in this area of the game and goes out and reinforces his case just about every single time.</p><p>Drummond shot 4-9 from the field, all of which were shots in the paint. He got three of his misses out of the way in the first two minutes — wise to get your mistakes in when the broadcast goes haywire — but shooting efficiency that poor on that type of shot diet must improve. His playmaking was seen on a great backdoor feed to Jared McCain that led to free throws for the rookie. Still, he also only had a single assist.</p><p>On defense, Drummond flashed quick hands, notching two steals in his 24 minutes, and held his ground well on defensive boards. He wasn’t amazing down low (at least from the parts of the game that were visible) and he’s going to be even more vulnerable when he has to step out and guard a stretch big like Reid. If his rebounding and ball skills make up for his defensive deficiencies, the Sixers could be in good shape whenever Embiid has to rest.</p><p>The 76ers have a back-to-back on deck as they face the Boston Celtics in TD Garden on Saturday at 8:00 P.M. EST.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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Paul George receives encouraging knee injury update after MRI

Paul George ‘okay for now’ after worrisome knee injury, per Nick Nurse

3 76ers takeaways from preseason vs. Hawks

Paul George suffers left knee injury in preseason vs. Hawks

Joel Embiid reveals why he’ll ‘probably never’ play back-to-backs again

1 fatal flaw each NBA team must fix heading into 2024-25 season

Joel Embiid will miss rest of 76ers’ preseason after knee evaluation

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• 3 76ers takeaways from preseason vs. Celtics

• Paul George shares ‘aggressive’ mindset that led to strong 76ers preseason debut

• Tyrese Maxey’s honest assessment of Paul George after 76ers preseason debut

• 3 76ers takeaways from preseason vs. Timberwolves

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