<!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', '/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-paul-george-compares-rookie-teammate-jimmy-butler');   ga('set', 'title', 'Paul George compares rookie 76ers teammate to Jimmy Butler');   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/2025/03/Baylor-Bears-guard-VJ-Edgecombe-7-drives-to-the-basket-around-Texas-Tech-Red-Raiders-guard-Kevin-Overton-1-during-the-second-half-at-T-Mobile-Center.jpg"><figcaption>William Purnell-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Paul George compares rookie 76ers teammate to Jimmy Butler</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-11T18:46:46-07:00">July 11th, 6:46pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-11T18:47:41-07:00">July 11th, 6:47pm</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a Senior Editor who specializes in NFL and WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, The Needle Drop, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After spending the spring and summer pushing to see Ace Bailey be drafted as high as possible in the 2025 NBA Draft, Paul George has a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/76ers-news-vj-edgecombe-miss-summer-league-game-injury-diagnosis">new teammate on the Philadelphia 76ers: VJ Edgecombe</a>.</p><p>That’s right, despite his heavy endorsements, Daryl Morey and company decided that Edgecombe was a better fit in Nick Nurse’s scheme than the pride of Rutgers, and in his first – and to this point only – Summer League game, that opinion was vindicated to the tune of a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/76ers-news-vj-edgecombe-joins-elite-club-victor-wembanyama-jayson-tatum">28-10 double-double against Bailey and the Utah Jazz</a>.</p><p>Could there be some hurt feelings in George over the 76ers taking things in a different direction? Maybe deep down, but on his namesake show, <i>Podcast P with Paul George</i>, the max contract player had some nice things to say about his new teammate, too, noting that Edgecombe <a href="https://Twitter.com/PodcastPShow/status/1943394907860750813" rel="noopener">looked every bit like a future star</a>.</p><p>“I thought he looked good. I thought he looked good on both ends of the floor. It’s dope to see the difference between college and NBA with spacing. Because, you know, he was able to get to his midi. He was able to see space on the floor. He was spacing behind the 3-point line. He was attacking in transition. Like there’s just so much space for guys when you cross over from college to the NBA,” George explained.</p><p>“And I thought he put it all out on display. He showed flashes of stardom. I love the poise and patience in the pick and roll. That’s not something that comes natural, especially for young guys that aren’t point guards. I saw him reading when to come off fast. Kind of hesi off of the pick and roll. Getting downhill, he’s got his little Patton one-two spin turnaround jumper. There was just a lot of poise-ness around him. I thought he had a great showing. Like enough for Philly to shut him down, the rest of the summer league.”</p><p>Pretty high praise, right? Well George wasn’t done. No, he took things a step forward, noting that Edgecombe has “that dog in him” in a way reminiscent of another 76ers legend: Jimmy Butler.</p><p>“He got that dog in him. Watching him, it was like watching a young Jimmy,” George declared. “He moves like Jimmy. Kind of has that mid-range tenacity. He’s kind of got a lot of the Jimmy likeness to him, so he’s definitely going to be good.”</p><p>While Edgecombe is a tad shorter than Butler, who stands 6-foot-7 to the rookie’s 6-foot-5, the duo are both hard-working overachievers who have done everything in their power to become NBA players despite their meager beginnings. If Edgecombe can develop his game in the same way Butler did before him, the future will be incredibly bright in Philadelphia.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"VJ showed flashes of stardom."</p><p>PG was impressed by new teammate VJ Edgecombe's Summer League debut  👀 <a href="https://t.co/O92IuasW03">pic.twitter.com/O92IuasW03</a></p><p>— Podcast P with Paul George (@PodcastPShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/PodcastPShow/status/1943394907860750813?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Paul George compares rookie 76ers teammate to Jimmy Butler

<!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', '/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-daryl-morey-breaks-silence-guerschon-yabusele-free-agency-loss');   ga('set', 'title', '76ers GM Daryl Morey breaks silence on Guerschon Yabusele free agency loss');   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/2024/12/Guerschon-Yabusele.jpg"><figcaption>Kyle Ross-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>76ers GM Daryl Morey breaks silence on Guerschon Yabusele free agency loss</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-11T14:31:04-07:00">July 11th, 2:31pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-11T14:31:04-07:00">July 11th, 2:31pm</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a Senior Editor who specializes in NFL and WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, The Needle Drop, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>When news broke that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/knicks-news-how-guerschon-yabusele-signing-help-add-another-player">Daryl Morey and the Philadelphia 76ers had lost power forward Guerschon Yabusele</a> to the New York Knicks in free agency, it hit fans <i>hard</i>.</p><p>Sure, the 76ers are notoriously trying to retain Quentin Grimes in restricted free agency, and that process has been incredibly slow for every player with a similar status this summer, but handing the “Dancing Bear” to a division rival? For the same taxpayer mid-level exception Philly had access to? Gosh, that sucked.</p><p>Well, as it turns out, it “<a href="https://sixerswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/sixers/2025/07/11/daryl-morey-addresses-sixers-losing-guerschon-yabusele-in-free-agency/84633309007/" rel="noopener">sucked</a>” for Morey too, as he told reporters in Las Vegas at Summer League.</p><p>“Yeah, that sucked. Again, we got several questions on restricted free agency, I do think that overall structure played into that,” Morey explained via Sixers Wire. “We offered him the most we could that wouldn’t limit us and our ability to retain Quentin. That was above minimum. I’ve seen reports saying that that wasn’t, but it was definitely below what he got ended up getting.”</p><p>How much over the minimum did the 76ers offer Yabu? Well, in the French forward’s own words, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/76ers-news-guerschon-yabusele-reveals-truth-philadelphias-free-agency-offer">it wasn’t much</a>, but then again, considering Philadelphia’s current cap situation, it makes sense that Morey was hesitant to go all-in on the $5.7 million taxpayer MLE, as it could have compromised retaining Grimes, which remains the team’s top priority.</p><p>“I think people have said like that created a challenge for us, and it’s true,” Morey added. “So we want to retain Quentin. We hope to work that out with his representation, and our focus was on making sure that happens. That did impact what we could offer Guerschon.”</p><p>Had the 76ers hard-capped themselves by giving Yabusele the max amount allowed by the cap, it would have opened them up to a potential sneak attack by a cap space team like the Brooklyn Nets – then – or the Utah Jazz now. While saying goodbye to a stretch four with backup five potential and a connection with Joel Embiid was certainly a tough pill to swallow, considering how Yabusele came to Philadelphia, who knows, maybe one of his replacements, Jabari Walker or Trendon Watford, will produce similar results.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

76ers GM Daryl Morey breaks silence on Guerschon Yabusele free agency loss

<!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', '/sneakers/76ers-tyrese-maxey-debuts-new-balance-signature-sneaker-pack');   ga('set', 'title', '76ers’ Tyrese Maxey debuts New Balance signature sneaker pack');   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/2025/07/76ers-Tyrese-Maxey-debuts-New-Balance-signature-sneaker-pack.jpg"></figure><h1>76ers’ Tyrese Maxey debuts New Balance signature sneaker pack</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-10T14:54:04-07:00">July 10th, 2:54pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-10T14:54:21-07:00">July 10th, 2:54pm</time><address><a>Dominik Zawartko</a>Dominik Zawartko is a Michigan State graduate with a degree in Political Science and English. Having previously worked in the nonprofit and legal sectors, he decided to pursue his true love of writing with ClutchPoints. Dominik's hobbies include painting, cooking food, training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and always having a laugh. His main focus areas are UFC coverage and all things sneakers.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Mini-Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>New Balance has been pushing the boundaries of styles and trends since its inception, but the last few years has really seen them go all-in on some of their performance brands. While <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sneakers/shohei-ohtani-releases-new-balance-footwear-collection">Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani headlines</a> their best-selling baseball and lifestyle lines, incoming <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/cooper-flaggs-new-balance-sneakers-for-2025-26-nba-season">Dallas Maverick Cooper Flagg</a> is also drawing eyes to NB in the basketball space. Veteran New Balance athlete 76ers’ Tyrese Maxey is another marquee star, taking his turn with an upcoming signature pack of sneakers.</p><p><i><b>Check our <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sneakers">Sneakers news</a> for more upcoming releases and breaking content!</b></i></p><p>Tyrese Maxey first signed to New Balance back in January 2023, joining athletes like Nuggets’ Jamal Murray and Kings’ Zach LaVine as the initial crop to make the switch over to New Balance. Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard led the charge in 2018 when he inked his deal, becoming the brand’s first big-name signee and releasing four signature models since.</p><p>While Maxey doesn’t have his own signature silhouette just yet, he’s been favoring the Hesi Low series over the last season. In addition to his own performance ensemble, the colorway will make a lifestyle jump to the 1906R as well.</p><h2>Tyrese Maxey x New Balance Hesi Low v2 / New Balance 1906R</h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">FIRST LOOK: Sixers star <a href="https://twitter.com/TyreseMaxey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TyreseMaxey</a> is getting his own New Balance Pack 🔔</p><p>🗓️ July 31st<br>📝 U1906RTM (1906); BBHSLMM2 (Hesi Low V2)<br>💵 $160 (1906); $120 (Hesi Low V2) <a href="https://t.co/ScyhL1OPwm">pic.twitter.com/ScyhL1OPwm</a></p><p>— Sole Retriever (@SoleRetriever) <a href="https://twitter.com/SoleRetriever/status/1942279465205391394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://instagram.com/embed.js"></script></p></figure><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">BREAKING; Tyrese Maxey is getting his own New Balance Pack, releasing on July 31st.</p><p>The 1906s (the left pic) will retail for $160. The Hesi Low V2s (on the right) will retail for $120. <a href="https://t.co/qVXyM5dUFn">pic.twitter.com/qVXyM5dUFn</a></p><p>— Harrison Grimm (@Harrison_Grimm) <a href="https://twitter.com/Harrison_Grimm/status/1942282618697048544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 7, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><br>The Hesi Low v2 is a performance basketball model based in a New Balance FuelCell midsole. The shoes are marketed for speed and explosiveness, much like Maxey’s skills as a player. The shoes are made from synthetic uppers and feature a TPU heel plate for support. The iridescent New Balance logo gives this clean white colorway an extra pop to accent the complimentary colors.</p></figure><p>The 1906R is more of a utility lifestyle sneaker, suitable for walking, hiking, and the outdoors. Based in NB’s treaded outsoles, the colorway is subtly placed over the white underlaying material, accented by yellow contrast stitching along the TPU panels. The shoes feature light blue hues on the lace stays and “N” logo, finishing another very clean look for this shoe.</p><p>The two-shoe pack is set to release July 31, 2025 with the Hesi Low v2 coming in at $120 and the 1906R at $160. The shoes will release alongside each other on <a href="https://www.newbalance.com/">New Balance</a> as well as select New Balance Basketball retailers.</p><p>Which shoe will you be looking to grab?</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

76ers’ Tyrese Maxey debuts New Balance signature sneaker pack

<!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', '/nba/brooklyn-nets/nets-news-brooklyns-group-2025-emirates-cup-revealed');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nets’ group for 2025 Emirates NBA Cup, revealed');   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/2025/07/USATSI_24874518.jpg"><figcaption>Nov 29, 2024; Brooklyn, New York, USA;  The Brooklyn Nets NBA Cup logo at center court before tip-off against the Orlando Magic at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Nets’ group for 2025 Emirates NBA Cup, revealed</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-10T06:32:37-07:00">July 10th, 6:32am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-10T06:36:19-07:00">July 10th, 6:36am</time><address><a>Erik Slater</a>Erik Slater is the credentialed Brooklyn Nets beat reporter for ClutchPoints. He's a graduate of Lehigh University and the Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University, as well as a Lehigh Football and Syracuse Football alum.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Boston Celtics</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/nba-news-watch-blake-griffin-hilariously-nba-cup-announcement">NBA revealed its groups</a> for the 2025-26 Emirates Cup, also known as the in-season tournament, on Wednesday. There will be no shortage of competition for the Brooklyn Nets during this year’s tournament. The Nets <a href="https://www.nba.com/news/emirates-nba-cup-2025-preview-first-look-groups" rel="noopener">will compete</a> in East Group B alongside the Boston Celtics, Philadelphia 76ers, Detroit Pistons and Orlando Magic.</p><p>The Nets’ group is one of six that make up the annual tournament. Each group consists of five teams from the same conference, randomly selected based on their win-loss records from the 2024-25 season. Brooklyn will face each team in its group once.</p><p>Teams that finish with the best record in each group automatically qualify for the knockout round. The best second-place team in group play from each conference will also advance to the knockout round as wild cards.</p><h2>NBA reveals Nets’ group for 2025 Emirates Cup</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/USATSI_25841143_215a3e.jpg"><figcaption>Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>East Group B presents one of the most difficult in this year’s in-season tournament. While they lost Jayson Tatum to an achilles tear, the Celtics boast a high-level roster stacked with experienced veterans. Meanwhile, the Magic and Pistons are up-and-coming teams who have added to their rosters over the last calendar year. The 76ers are coming off an injury-ravaged season but have a star-studded roster and just welcomed a dynamic rookie in VJ Edgecombe.</p><p>The Nets failed to advance past group play in the NBA’s first two in-season tournaments. Still in the early stages of a rebuild, they could have trouble stacking up with the rest of their group again this year.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/brooklyn-nets/nets-news-where-first-nba-win-totals-projects-brooklyn-finish-next-season">FanDuel Sportsbook set Brooklyn’s initial over/under win total</a> at 20.5, the second-lowest in the NBA. The Nets parted with veterans Cam Johnson and D’Angelo Russell this summer and welcomed Michael Porter Jr. and Terance Mann via trades. They will have an influx of inexperienced rookies after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/brooklyn-nets/nets-news-sean-marks-reveals-brooklyn-nba-record-five-first-round-picks">making an NBA-record five first-round selections</a> in the 2025 draft.</p><p>This year’s Emirates NBA Cup will tip-off on Oct. 31.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nets’ group for 2025 Emirates NBA Cup, revealed

<!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', '/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-joel-embiid-shares-heartfelt-moment-son-arthur');   ga('set', 'title', '76ers’ Joel Embiid shares heartfelt moment with son Arthur');   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/2025/07/Arthur-and-Joel-Embiid.jpg"><figcaption>Eric Hartline-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>76ers’ Joel Embiid shares heartfelt moment with son Arthur</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-09T21:12:51-07:00">July 9th, 9:12pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-09T21:13:18-07:00">July 9th, 9:13pm</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a Senior Editor who specializes in NFL and WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, The Needle Drop, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Though he’s currently spending his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/76ers-news-joel-embiid-hit-with-worrisome-second-knee-surgery-update" rel="noopener">summer recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery</a>, that hasn’t stopped Joel Embiid from spending some time passing along his love of the game to his son Arthur, who received a shooting lesson from his father on Wednesday.</p><p>Taking to a less-than-regulation-sized hoop with his father in the paint and his mother, Anne de Paula, filming, Arthur learned how to shoot free throws from his marksman father, proving he, too, may have a future in basketball after <a href="https://x.com/HoopsReference/status/1943113602753286206" rel="noopener">nailing shot after shot</a> to the elder Embiid’s delight.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Arthur Embiid is preparing to finish what his father started and save the 76ers in 2039 🥹 <a href="https://t.co/nRMULKOczt">pic.twitter.com/nRMULKOczt</a></p><p>— Hoops Reference (@HoopsReference) <a href="https://twitter.com/HoopsReference/status/1943113602753286206?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 10, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Now granted, Arthur is four years old and is shooting a soccer ball into a maybe four foot hoop, but his ability to nail the ball over and over again as one of the most dominant centers of his generation stands guard is pretty impressive all the same, especially since he hasn’t yet hit his growth spurt.</p><p>Originally coming to the United States at the age of 16 to pursue basketball as a career path, Embiid lost his younger brother in a car crash back in Cameroon before making his NBA debut for the 76ers in 2014. Embiid dedicated his on-court success to his late brother, and when he and de Paula had a son in 2020, he chose to honor Arthur Embiid’s legacy further by passing the name on to his son.</p><p>After winning the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/sixers-news-joel-embiids-mvp-love-continues-with-kevin-durant-support">MVP in 2023</a>, Embiid ha struggled to stay on the court over the past two seasons, appearing in just 39 games in 2023-24 on the way to an All-Star berth before falling to a career-low 19 appearances in 2024-25, excluding his first two redshirt seasons from 2014-16.</p><p>While <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/76ers-joel-embiid-signs-193-million-contract-extension">Embiid is locked into a three-year, $193 million extension</a> that runs through 2028-29, guaranteeing a lucrative financial future for himself, Arthur, and his family, to really cement his NBA legacy as one of the all-time greats, “The Process” needs to show he can return to vintage form and usher in the next generation of 76ers basketball, with a championship parade down Broad Street the ultimate prize for fans in who have been with him along the way. And if not? Hey, maybe Arthur will join the family business and start up The Process 2.0.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

76ers’ Joel Embiid shares heartfelt moment with son Arthur

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He now writes about sports instead as a form of therapy.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Philadelphia 76ers are set to enter the 2025-26 season with so much hope that they can put their nightmare of a 2024-25 season completely in the rearview mirror. Injury woes prevented them from coalescing into the powerhouse team their roster indicated they could be, and their number one priority heading into the next campaign is to get their <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-rumors-plan-joel-embiid-paul-george-tyrese-maxey-core">star trio of Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, and Paul George</a> as healthy as possible.</p><p>The 76ers’ <a href="https://www.spotrac.com/nba/philadelphia-76ers/yearly" rel="noopener">roster has just the right blend</a> of star power, young up-and-coming talent, and wily veterans; in fact, Philadelphia has two impressive youngsters in Jared McCain and VJ Edgecombe, while Quentin Grimes, who is a restricted free agent, should also be back after tearing the league apart to end the 2024-25 campaign.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-kyle-lowry-returns-philly-1-year-deal">Philadelphia also brought back Kyle Lowry</a> and Eric Gordon, while Kelly Oubre Jr. and Andre Drummond accepted their player options. Moreover, they added versatile forward Trendon Watford to beef up their frontcourt and add a bit of multidimensionality to their roster.</p><p>But one decision in free agency stands out as being rather bad for the 76ers.</p><h2><b>Why did the 76ers not bring back Guerschon Yabusele?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Knicks-forward-Guerschon-Yabusele.jpg"><figcaption>Kyle Ross-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Last season, it was clear that the 76ers needed some frontcourt help after letting Tobias Harris go in free agency to pave way for the signing of George. They did try to address that need of theirs by signing Caleb Martin; even though Martin was small for a power forward, he has plenty of experience guarding bigger players.</p><p>But perhaps the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-daryl-morey-brutally-honest-outlook-on-re-signing-guerschon-yabusele">biggest win for the 76ers in last year’s free agency</a> was their signing of Guerschon Yabusele, someone who established himself well within the radar of NBA teams after impressing for Team France in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Yabusele has become a much better player compared to the last time he was in the NBA; in the Olympics, he was guarding LeBron James, was being a nuisance on the glass, and showed as well that he could space the floor with consistency.</p><p>The 76ers signed Yabusele to a one-year, $2.1 million deal in free agency and immediately proved himself to be quite the bargain, especially amid Embiid’s injury. Yabusele showed that he can play either big man position, and, perhaps most importantly, stay healthy.</p><p>He suited up in 70 games last year and averaged 11.0 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per contest on 50/38/73 shooting splits — solid numbers especially for someone who hasn’t played in the NBA for the past five seasons beforehand.</p><p>It’s the versatility on both ends of the floor that makes Yabusele a valuable depth piece for any team, and considering that it was the 76ers that gave him another chance in the NBA, the 29-year-old wanted to give Philly a first crack at bringing him back.</p><p>Alas, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-guerschon-yabusele-reveals-truth-philadelphias-free-agency-offer">76ers, according to Yabusele, did not give him an offer</a> that was worth paying attention to. In the end, he signed with the New York Knicks on a two-year, $12 million deal — a contract that the 76ers could have matched considering that they are still well below the first apron.</p><p>Maybe the 76ers wanted to leave as much space as they could so they could re-sign Grimes to a long-term contract. But if that’s all it was going to cost for them to keep Yabusele, then it looks very much like a big mistake that they decided not to.</p><p>Maybe Watford could provide a similar impact for the 76ers as Yabusele did. Watford is younger, and he’s shown that he has some passing chops — speaking volumes to his good feel for the game. He projects as a good connecting piece, so maybe the 76ers are on to something by prioritizing him over Yabusele.</p><p>But having offensive threats who can defend multiple positions is key to mounting a deep playoff run. The Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers have proven that this is the recipe for success in today’s pace-and-space NBA. And unlike Yabusele, Watford will be left wide-open at every turn, as he’s a significantly worse three-point shooter than the 29-year-old Frenchman.</p><p>Yabusele has also shown, with his performances for the French national basketball team, that he doesn’t shrink under the bright lights. The 76ers fanbase can be notoriously tough to please, but he relishes the challenge instead of wilting under the pressure.</p><p>For what it cost the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/new-york-knicks/knicks-news-guerschon-yabusele-76ers-12-million-free-agency-contract">Knicks to sign Yabusele</a>, the 76ers made a huge blunder by letting him go, and to a division rival, no less. Grimes appears to be the priority for the 76ers, and rightfully so, but even then, it’s not a good look for Philly to have let Yabusele go for nothing when they could have traded him at last year’s deadline and at least managed to recoup something of value for him.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Philadelphia 76ers’ biggest mistake in 2025 NBA free agency

<!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', '/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-vj-edgecombe-miss-summer-league-game-injury-diagnosis');   ga('set', 'title', 'VJ Edgecombe will miss 76ers Summer League game after injury diagnosis');   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/2025/06/VJ-Edgecombe-runs-down-the-court.jpg"><figcaption>Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>VJ Edgecombe will miss 76ers Summer League game after injury diagnosis</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-09T18:51:24-07:00">July 9th, 6:51pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-10T09:42:29-07:00">July 10th, 9:42am</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a Senior Editor who specializes in NFL and WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, The Needle Drop, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After turning in a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/76ers-news-vj-edgecombe-joins-elite-club-victor-wembanyama-jayson-tatum">28-10 double-double for the ages during his Utah Summer League debut</a>, VJ Edgecombe has been unfortunately absent from action for the Philadelphia 76ers, leaving fans with a bummer summer waiting for his electrifying return.</p><p>Unfortunately, those fans will have to wait at least one more game for that to happen, as Edgecombe will be absent for the 76ers’ 2025 Las Vegas Summer League debut on Thursday.</p><p>Breaking down the situation on social media, USA Today’s Ky Carlin reported an update on <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/76ers-news-vj-edgecombe-dealt-concerning-injury-summer-league-thunder-showdown">Edgecombe’s thumb</a>, which will <a href="https://x.com/Ky_Carlin/status/1943117576227168547" rel="noopener">leave him off the court longer than expected</a>.</p><p>“VJ Edgecombe was evaluated by a physician and has been diagnosed with a left thumb sprain. He will be ruled out for tomorrow night’s Summer League game in Las Vegas,” Ky Carlin wrote.</p><p>Now, for fans of the 76ers, especially the sickos who stay up late for a West Coast Summer League, another game without Edgecombe is a brutal proposition, as his team has struggled to produce a spark outside of Judah Mintz, especially without Adem Bona on the court. Justin Edwards hasn’t really taken that second-year leap, second-round pick Johni Broome has looked underwhelming in a limited role, and the prospects of another game without much in the way of NBA rotational players has been rough to say the least.</p><p>And yet, the 76ers do still have Edgecombe, who already looks like a star, and will showcase that electricity again when his number gets called in the future. But for the sake of 76ers fans, let’s hope that day comes sooner rather than later, as another Summer League sans Edgecombe would be a tough pill for even the most hardcore of Philly’s faithful to swallow.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

VJ Edgecombe will miss 76ers Summer League game after injury diagnosis

<!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', '/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-philadelphia-signs-spurs-hawks-forward-contract');   ga('set', 'title', '76ers sign ex-Spurs, Hawks forward to contract');   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/2025/07/IMG_0035.jpeg"><figcaption>Dale Zanine-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>76ers sign ex-Spurs, Hawks forward to contract</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-09T17:10:07-07:00">July 9th, 5:10pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-09T18:31:13-07:00">July 9th, 6:31pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a>David Yapkowitz is an NBA Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is a credentialed reporter based in Los Angeles who covers the NBA/WNBA, NCAA/NCAAW and boys/girls high school basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Philadelphia 76ers have spent most of the free agency period so far with re-signing some of their own free agents. One of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-kyle-lowry-returns-philly-1-year-deal">76ers’ most recent signings was to bring back veteran point guard Kyle Lowry</a>. The 76ers have added a couple of new players to their roster, however, including a few on two-way contracts. On Wednesday, <a href="https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/1943001049968841195" rel="noopener">the team signed</a> Dominick Barlow to a two-way contract, as per Shams Charania of ESPN.</p><p>Dominick Barlow will occupy the 76ers final two-way contract spot on the roster for now. Earlier in the day, the team waived Alex Reese to open up a two-way spot. The team’s other <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-philadelphia-former-trail-blazers-forward-two-way-contract">two-way contract spots are currently occupied by Jabari Walker</a> and Hunter Sallis. Walker has played three years in the NBA while Sallis is a rookie.</p><p>Barlow made history when he became the first player ever from Overtime Elite to make it to the NBA. He went undrafted in the 2022 NBA Draft and was signed to a two-way contract by the San Antonio Spurs. Barlow played two seasons for the Spurs before signing a two-way contract with the Atlanta Hawks last season. Although the Hawks converted his deal to a standard contract, they did not pick up his team option for the 2025-26 season, and thus Barlow hit unrestricted free agency.</p><p>With the 76ers, Barlow will be limited to only 50 NBA games and will not be eligible for the playoffs unless the 76ers convert his contract to a standard deal.</p><p>Across three seasons, Barlow has appeared in a total of 96 NBA games including five starts. He holds career averages of 4.2 points and 3.1 rebounds with splits of 51.9 percent shooting from the field, 25 percent shooting from the three-point line and 68 percent shooting from the free-throw line.</p><p>Playing on two-way contracts for most of his career so far, Barlow has extensive experience in the G League. This past season, he appeared in 18 games for the College Park Skyhawks, the affiliate of the Hawks. He averaged 20.0 points, 8.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.2 blocked shots with splits of 57.2 percent shooting from the field, 23.9 percent shooting from the 3-point line and 72.9 percent shooting from the free-throw line.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

76ers sign ex-Spurs, Hawks forward to contract

<!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', '/nba/nba-stories/nba-rumors-76ers-splash-cold-water-on-quentin-grimes-sign-and-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'NBA rumors: 76ers ‘splash cold water’ on Quentin Grimes sign-and-trade');   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/2025/04/Quentin-Grimes-dribbles-the-ball.jpg"><figcaption>© Kyle Ross-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>NBA rumors: 76ers ‘splash cold water’ on Quentin Grimes sign-and-trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-08T08:41:54-07:00">July 8th, 8:41am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-08T08:41:54-07:00">July 8th, 8:41am</time><address><a>Zachary Weinberger</a>Zachary Weinberger joined ClutchPoints in October 2023 as a Miami Heat reporter as well as an Associate Editor. He graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2022 after covering the school's athletic programs since his freshman year at the FAU University Press, where he was a Sports Editor and Editor-in-Chief. He then covered FAU Sports for The Palm Beach Post.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/philadelphia-76ers/2-early-philadelphia-76ers-nba-free-agency-targets-2025-offseason">situation around the Philadelphia 76ers and Quentin Grimes</a>, there has been some recent reporting on the likelihood of a possible sign-and-trade. While the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-rumors-philadelphia-hit-stark-quentin-grimes-contract-projection">rumors around the 76ers standout in Grimes will continue</a>, it seems that the question of a potential sign-and-trade has been answered.</p><p>In the latest column by Tony Jones of The Athletic, he speaks about Grimes and where things stand with Philadelphia with the expectation from the team that they will retain the guard. Even going far as to say that the team <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6479497/2025/07/08/quentin-grimes-vj-edgecombe-76ers/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=nbatw&amp;source=nbatw" rel="noopener">“splashed cold water</a> on potential sign-and-trade scenarios.”</p><p>“The proverbial elephant in the room is the restricted free agency of shooting guard Quentin Grimes, which at this point has yielded almost no movement,” Jones wrote. “To be clear, the Sixers as of Monday night, are almost certain they are going to retain him, and splashed cold water on potential sign-and-trade scenarios, league sources told The Athletic. The issue for Grimes is that the restricted free agency market is virtually non-existent. There is almost no cap space on the market, and that puts the Sixers in a position where they are bidding against themselves.”</p><p>Grimes emerged last season as a crucial piece to Philadelphia and stepped up as a scoring option with the immense amount of injuries to such stars as Joel Embiid, Paul George, and Tyrese Maxey. He has positional versatility, being able to play both guard and forward as last season after being traded from the Dallas Mavericks to the 76ers, he averaged 21.9 points in 28 games.</p><h2><b>The current expectation is that Quentin Grimes stays with the 76ers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/76ers-guard-Quentin-Grimes.jpg"><figcaption>Kyle Ross-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>With <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-patrick-beverley-dumps-cold-water-quentin-grimes-25-million-request">$25 million reportedly being the ask of Grimes to the 76ers,</a> it seems that there will be further negotiations on the number with the expectation that he will be back to the team. Jones would further state that his sources continue to say that both parties will “find a way to come to terms,” though each side has a different goal.</p><p>“League sources are confident that the Sixers and Grimes will find a way to come to terms, even if Sixers fans have grown a bit antsy waiting for a resolution, and even if the market has ground to a halt,” Jones wrote. “At this point however, Grimes and his team are looking for a significant payout, and the Sixers are content to sit back and allow the market to play itself out. Other restricted free agents such as Golden State’s Johnathan Kuminga and Chicago guard Josh Giddey are also waiting.”</p><p>Jones would also go through some of the resolutions of the matter with two being that they come to an agreement and the other being a sign-and-trade. The third is that Grimes could agree to a “$8.7 million qualifying offer,” which would lead to him being an unrestricted free agent next season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

NBA rumors: 76ers ‘splash cold water’ on Quentin Grimes sign-and-trade

<!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', '/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-vj-edgecombe-joins-elite-club-victor-wembanyama-jayson-tatum');   ga('set', 'title', '76ers’ VJ Edgecombe joins elite club with Victor Wembanyama, Jayson Tatum');   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/2025/05/VJ-Edgecombe-dunking.jpg"><figcaption>Chris Jones-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>76ers’ VJ Edgecombe joins elite club with Victor Wembanyama, Jayson Tatum</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-07T19:35:09-07:00">July 7th, 7:35pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-07T19:38:11-07:00">July 7th, 7:38pm</time><address><a>Matty Breisch</a>Matty Breisch is a Senior Editor who specializes in NFL and WWE content at ClutchPoints. He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, The Needle Drop, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Though <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/76ers-news-vj-edgecombe-dealt-concerning-injury-summer-league-thunder-showdown">VJ Edgecombe was a scratch for the Philadelphia 76ers’ Summer League showdown</a> against the Oklahoma City Thunder, the tale of his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-news-vj-edgecombe-ace-bailey-dap-summer-league-showdown">Utah debut against Ace Bailey</a> and the hometown Jazz has kept fans incredibly excited about the Baylor product’s future.</p><p>Taking the court alongside future teammates Adem Bona, Justin Edwards, and maybe a few others, depending on how the summer shakes out, Edgecombe filled up the stat sheet across the board, logging 28 points, 10 rebounds, four assists, two block,s and a steal as the team’s best overall player.</p><p>One high-profile fan of Edgecombe is ESPN’s Tim McMahon, who used some time on <i>The Hoop Collective</i> to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61q53sUXXo0" rel="noopener">shower the Baylor product with praise.</a></p><p>“Edgecombe, you watch him and he is just a wow athlete,” McMahon declared. “The turbo button, the leaping ability. I mean, he got up 27 shots, and there weren’t a lot where you said, ‘Boy, he forced that one.’ Ten rebounds. He is a high-level athlete. I mean, he might be a top 10 athlete when he steps on the board.”</p><p>Turning to a stat from the show’s producer, Jackson Ajello, McMahon showed just how elite the 76ers’ rookie’s performance was, placing him alongside three current All-Stars with Hall of Fame potential.</p><p>“VJ Edgecombe is the fourth top 5 pick to have 25 25-point, 10-rebound game in Summer League since 2017. The others?” McMahon asked. “Wemby, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum. No guarantees, but not bad company to be in.”</p><p>Whoa, talk about raising the level of expectations from fans in the City of Brotherly Love.</p><p>Now granted, was Edgecombe perfect in his Summer League debut? No. Even excluding his end of half-heave, Edgecombe did not shoot well from beyond the arc and was moved around a bit by bigger forwards when he was defending them. With that being said, this was Edgecombe’s first game with NBA spacing, and he was able to pretty much get what he wanted as a ball-dominant scoring guard. Give him some time in the weight room, and the 76ers might have the ideal young wing to build around into the future.</p><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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<!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', '/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-vj-edgecombe-dealt-concerning-injury-summer-league-thunder-showdown');   ga('set', 'title', '76ers’ VJ Edgecombe dealt concerning injury before Summer League Thunder showdown');   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/2025/07/Philadelphia-76ers-rookie-VJ-Edgecombe.jpg"><figcaption>Zachary Taft-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>76ers’ VJ Edgecombe dealt concerning injury before Summer League Thunder showdown</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-07T17:34:59-07:00">July 7th, 5:34pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-07T17:44:09-07:00">July 7th, 5:44pm</time><address><a>Benedetto Vitale</a>Benedetto Vitale is an avid sports writer who is an expert at covering the NFL, college football, NBA, and UFC. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 2016 with a film degree but has since dedicated his career to sports writing.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Teams across the NBA are participating in the Summer League, giving the incoming rookies and prospects a chance to get accustomed to the professional level and train for the upcoming season. Unfortunately, it sounds like <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-how-did-vj-edgecombe-play-summer-league-debut">Philadelphia 76ers’ top pick VJ Edgecombe</a> went down with a concerning injury ahead of the team’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder.</p><p>Reports indicate that Edgecombe, who is 19 years old, will not play on Monday night <a href="https://x.com/tjonesonthenba/status/1942356565526544572" rel="noopener">due to a thumb contusion</a>, according to Tony Jones of The Athletic. The good news is that the 76ers do not believe the injury is serious and that VJ Edgecombe will return to the lineup at a later date.</p><p>“Sources: Philadelphia 76ers rookie VJ Edgecombe is out tonight against the Oklahoma City Thunder with a thumb contusion. The injury is not considered serious. The organization is holding Edgecombe out in an abundance of caution. He will be day-to-day going forward.”</p><p>Taking the cautious approach is likely the right decision. There is no reason to force the former Baylor star to play in Summer League games when the regular season is what matters most. But it’s unclear how long the 76ers will keep VJ Edgecombe out of the lineup. The next chance he’ll have is on July 8 when Philly takes on the Memphis Grizzlies.</p><p>Edgecombe was the No. 3 pick overall in the 2025 NBA Draft. He’s somebody the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/nba-stories/nba-news-vj-edgecombe-ace-bailey-dap-summer-league-showdown">76ers hold in high regard</a>, as he has the potential of becoming a true star in the league. Growing up in the Bahamas, the rookie guard has a true rags-to-riches story. He’s the exact type of player people like to root for. So, hopefully the injury doesn’t hinder him throughout the offseason.</p><p>VJ Edgecombe played one season at Baylor. During his time with the Bears, the Big 12 Freshman of the Year ended the 2024-25 campaign averaging 15.0 points, 5.6 rebounds, and 3.2 assists per game while shooting 43.6% from the field and 34.0% from beyond the three-point line.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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He has covered athletics at the University of Michigan and is now serving as an Associate Editor, Chicago Bulls beat writer, and Michigan football reporter at ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Kyle Lowry has had a long NBA career as he got it going back in 2006, and he <a href="https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/1942328750789779828" rel="noopener">isn’t done yet</a>. Lowry and the Philadelphia 76ers have agreed on a one-year deal, and this upcoming season will be Lowry’s 20th in the league. He certainly isn’t playing at the level that he was once at, but he isn’t ready to call it a career quite yet. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/philadelphia-76ers/76ers-news-kyle-lowry-blunt-take-nba-future-amid-retirement-speculation">Lowry is back</a>.</p><p>“Free agent guard Kyle Lowry has agreed to a one-year deal to return to the Philadelphia 76ers, Mark Bartelstein of @PrioritySports tells ESPN,” Shams Charania said in a post. “The 2019 champion is back for his 20th NBA season – and a third consecutive year with his hometown 76ers.”</p><p>Kyle Lowry is now the <a href="https://x.com/JLew1050/status/1942332127460159777" rel="noopener">12th player</a> to reach 20 seasons.</p><p>“Kyle Lowry will become the 12th player in NBA history to play 20+ seasons &amp; only the 2nd point guard to ever do it,” Josh Lewenberg said in a post.</p><p>The other NBA players to reach 20 seasons in their careers are as follows:</p><p>Vince Carter<br>LeBron James<br>Robert Parish<br>Kevin Willis<br>Kevin Garnett<br>Dirk Nowitzki<br>Kareem Abdul-Jabbar<br>Kobe Bryant<br>Jamal Crawford<br>Udonis Haslem<br>Chris Paul<br>Kyle Lowry</p><p>Lowry was a standout player at Villanova during his college days, and his high level of play resulted in a first-round NBA Draft selection. Lowry was picked by the Memphis Grizzlies in the 2006 NBA Draft, and he spent the first two and a half seasons of his career in Memphis.</p><p>After playing for the Grizzlies for a couple of seasons, Lowry made the first move of his career as he went to the Houston Rockets. He spent a few seasons in Houston, and then he went to the Toronto Raptors. Lowry spent most of his career in Toronto, and that is where he had the most success as well.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/toronto-raptors/raptors-10-greatest-players-franchise-history-ranked">Lowry was at his best during his time with the Raptors</a>, and that is also when he experienced the most team success. In 2019, Lowry was a key player for the NBA champion Raptors.</p><p>After Lowry’s days in Toronto came to an end, he went and played for the Miami Heat. It was clear that he wasn’t quite as good as he used to be as he was getting older, but he was still a solid role player.</p><p>Kyle Lowry joined the 76ers during the 2023-24 season, and he has been in Philly ever since. Lowry will turn 40 during March of next season, and there is a good chance that this is his last year in the league.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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