<!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', '/sixers-paul-reed-jaden-springer-other-youngsters-show-out-rico-hines-runs');   ga('set', 'title', 'Paul Reed, Jaden Springer, other Sixers youngsters show out at Rico Hines runs');   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/2023/09/Sixers-Jaden-Springer-Rico-Hines-Paul-Reed.jpeg"></figure><h1>Paul Reed, Jaden Springer, other Sixers youngsters show out at Rico Hines runs</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-20T07:39:56-07:00">September 20th, 7:39am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-20T07:40:39-07:00">September 20th, 7:40am</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">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Philadelphia 76ers don’t officially play basketball again until Sunday, October 8, when they face the Boston Celtics in TD Garden after a week of training camp at Colorado State University’s Moby Arena. But plenty of Sixers players already have hit the court together in the months leading up to camp.</p><p>Rico Hines, one of the Sixers’ new assistant coaches, hosts pickup runs at the UCLA campus to give players the chance to get work in against fellow NBA players and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/exclusive-rico-hines-speaks-on-secret-ucla-runs-why-he-organizes-them-and-more" rel="noopener">improve their skills</a>. All-Stars, up-and-coming young studs, role players and rookies alike participate in the runs. The games go to seven points with shots worth only one point from anywhere on the court. Whoever scores the seventh point must then make a free throw to secure the win.</p><p>Hines stresses to the players that he <a href="https://youtu.be/-51C8ih39rg?si=MOGwiwdNzdEvM_Bs&amp;t=132" rel="noopener">wants them to play hard</a>. Obviously, no one plays as hard as they would in the playoffs, but they also don’t loaf around and exchange open dunks like it’s the All-Star Game. The runs are for real, full-speed basketball against high-level competition. Hines displays genuine appreciation for the players who come out to his gym to improve and wants to host a safe haven for those who match his passion for the game.</p><p>Paul Reed, Jaden Springer, De’Anthony Melton, Terquavion Smith, Mo Bamba and Ricky Council IV represented the Sixers across numerous days of scrimmages. For the purposes of examining how they perform, we’ll be looking at a few games from Hines’ YouTube page. The runs hold multiple games at a time but only one gets filmed up close, so we’re just going to focus on those.</p><p>The games, the dates they were posted online and the Sixers’ opponents are as follows:</p><ul><li>Game 1 was <a href="https://youtu.be/UEWVMKYRsJ0?si=QwQ22cOzQvCK4bo_&amp;t=732" rel="noopener">posted on August 20</a> and featured Springer, Reed, Melton, Smith and Council going up against a team headlined by Harrison Barnes, Thomas Bryant and Markquis Nowell.</li><li>Game 2 was <a href="https://youtu.be/UEWVMKYRsJ0?si=DapwO97k9OUzV8EG&amp;t=1636" rel="noopener">from the same day,</a> with the same Sixers facing off against a group of Toronto Raptors headlined by Pascal Siakam and Gradey Dick.</li><li>Game 3 was <a href="https://youtu.be/-51C8ih39rg?si=bbHVv82v5nPIwBvr&amp;t=241" rel="noopener">posted on August 23</a> and featured Springer, Reed, Siakam, Kevon Looney and Jabari Smith Jr. going up against a group of guys who could either be future teammates of James Harden or future Sixers: Norman Powell, Bones Hyland, Robert Covington, K.J. Martin and Brandon Boston Jr.</li><li>Game 4 was <a href="https://youtu.be/HREMBeKzvK4?si=Rl1wpn6k0Xt1-2fE&amp;t=481" rel="noopener">posted on September 1</a> and featured Reed, Bamba, Springer, Smith and Council going against a team with Barnes and two of his Sacramento Kings teammates: Kevin Huerter and Davion Mitchell.</li><li>Game 5 was <a href="https://youtu.be/Hy4qmtlWkSM?si=6eBjhRbrrdVPV2N1&amp;t=575" rel="noopener">posted on September 9</a> and featured Reed, Melton, Council and Detroit Pistons players Marcus Sasser and Stanley Umude going up against a team of five Pistons: Cade Cunningham, Ausar Thompson, Jaden Ivey, Isaiah Stewart and Jalen Duren.</li><li>Game 6 was <a href="https://youtu.be/YcK4wCKOvpo?si=eP9oXz2SZclJAQvP&amp;t=278" rel="noopener">posted on September 16</a> and featured Springer, Melton, Smith, Bamba and Reed against a team with Looney, Barnes and Mitchell.</li><li>Game 7 was posted <a href="https://youtu.be/YcK4wCKOvpo?si=LJkyONXJHrAaKDr9&amp;t=449" rel="noopener">on the same day</a> and featured the same Sixers playing a team with Powell, Jarred Vanderbilt and old friend Charles Bassey.</li></ul><p>With what little footage we have of (some of) the Sixers playing basketball, let’s dig in.</p><h2><b>Paul Reed</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sixers-Daryl-Morey-Paul-Reed.jpeg"></figure><p>With the backup center spot firmly his until further notice, Reed can feel more comfortable leaning into his unique style of play rather than away from it. But with a potential new role coming his way, he also has to expand his game.</p><p>Nick Nurse’s commitment to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-nick-nurse-two-way-game-plan-for-joel-embiid-will-thrill-fans" rel="noopener">trying out a Reed-Joel Embiid frontcourt</a> this season means that the evolution of Reed’s jump shot is extra important. His ability to shoot the deep ball has not translated from the G League, where he made 47 of his 110 attempts over 26 games, to the pros, where he has attempted only 20 three-pointers in 133 games (making three of them).</p><p>Reed spent plenty of time working on his ability to <a href="https://x.com/BySamDiGiovanni/status/1647627598451679234?s=20" rel="noopener">shoot while moving off the catch</a> in workouts and in the Rico Hines runs. In a clip from Game 4, Reed beautifully converted his backpedal after screening into a smooth jumper that cut his team’s deficit to two. He showed confidence in letting it fly, even with a defender in close proximity. On one possession in Game 3, he even squared up to the hoop and drew a hard closeout, opening the lane for him to drive for a layup.</p><p>There’s plenty of typical Bball Paul activity to be seen — skying for rebounds, tipping missed shots to himself or his teammates, deflecting passes and throwing down easy two-hand dunks. In Game 7, he recorded a pair of steal-and-score sequences. The Sixers getting more hectic energy on the court is worth the downsides that occasionally come with it.</p><p>On top of playing in the Rico Hines runs for multiple days, Reed has practiced often in the Sixers’ practice facility and popped out at <a href="https://x.com/PickSwapMedia/status/1684175029410603009?s=20" rel="noopener">a local pro-am league</a>. He’s as ready for the season to start as anyone.</p><h2>Jaden Springer</h2><p>Springer can be the reason why the Sixers’ depth remains good despite losing numerous key bench players. The third-year guard could earn playing time under Nurse with his defensive capabilities and burgeoning offensive game.</p><p>Shooting from deep is the biggest thing Springer has to work on. He <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-jaden-springer-drops-confident-take-on-upcoming-first-year-with-nick-nurse" rel="noopener">feels good about the work</a> he has put in so far. His jumper mechanics don’t seem to have gotten much quicker, but he took (and made) plenty of threes during the runs. While the jumper remains a work in progress, what can Springer do to be of service to the Sixers’ offense this season? At the outset of the season, it’s to be a wrecking ball in the paint and score on the interior.</p><p>Springer’s basket to win Game 1 was a work of art. On the right baseline, he jabbed toward the sideline and darted to the paint. He protected the ball from a nearby help defender, sealed off his defender with his back and finished a reverse layup, jumping across the paint but putting enough juice and spin on the shot to get it to drop.</p><p>In Game 2, he gave Dick a “welcome to the league” moment of sorts by leaving him in the dust multiple times. He scored a layup with a trigger-step hesi on one possession, deployed a quick-crossover-into-drive move and dumped it off to Reed on another and then stopped on a dime to hit him with a behind-the-back dribble that nearly made Dick hit the deck and freed himself for a two-handed stuff. It’s not quite the same as Embiid dunking on Bamba’s head in 2018, but the Raptors rookie sure got a taste of what even lightly experienced NBA guys can do.</p><p>Springer guarded a variety of players. He hunkered down against the bigger and older Barnes, matched up with newbies like Dick and Nowell, and defended fellow young guards like Hyland and Mitchell. That’s the side of the ball where there are no doubts about what he can do. Addressing the ones that exist on the other end is the key for him this season.</p><h2>De’Anthony Melton</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Melton.jpg"></figure><p>Melton performed admirably as the Sixers’ sixth man/plug-in starter last season. The latter role will be increasingly important with James Harden’s status in limbo. In the Rico Hines runs, he shot off the bounce a bunch — something that he could be doing more of this season.</p><p>While shooting off the dribble and off screens is something Melton <i>can</i> do, it’s not often something he <i>does</i>. It’s completely unsurprising given that his role was to spot up for the Sixers’ stars and have them create for him in his debut year with Philly. But with one star potentially ready to go MIA and a new coach ready to make the offense less stagnant, Melton will likely increase his output in non-stationary threes.</p><p>Buckets from Games 1 and 6 showed Melton settling into a spot on the right wing, squaring up to the hoop and swishing a shot. Adding more comfort with shots like that can help the Sixers become more diverse on offense. Another focus for Melton going into the season should be on his shots at the rim. He looked much more comfortable shooting the ball than he did attacking the rim, which also indicates his splendid shooting abilities on top of his need for improvement elsewhere.</p><p>Melton showed his nose for rebounds by beating out Stewart to tip in a miss. He stayed active on defense by intercepting and deflecting a handful of passes. Even though he’s undersized for a versatile 3-and-D player, the Sixers will once again need him to be a do-it-all type of role player.</p><h2>Terquavion Smith</h2><p>The darling of the summer Sixers keeps working on his game as he looks to prove teams wrong for leaving him undrafted in the 2023 NBA Draft.</p><p>Smith took the lead for the Sixers group in Game 7 with a double-between-the-legs move into a pull-up three. The ball went up often when the NC State product had it. In one game he played as the lone Sixer on his team, he scored three of his team’s five points off of jumpers.</p><p>While the buckets give Smith a name, it’s the little things that will earn him a chance with the Sixers. He made plays for others and stayed attentive on defense…for the most part. Again, this isn’t the environment where guys are gonna dig all the way in. Smith’s defense looked pretty good in Summer League, inspiring at least some confidence that he’ll turn out fine.</p><p>Smith allowed a bucket in Game 4 when he completely lost track of Mitchell, who cut right behind him and shot a layup that Reed tried to block but resulted in a goaltending call. His skinny frame hurt him here and there when he tried to corral his man. The effort was there just about every time, though, which is the most you can ask for in games like these from a young guard like him.</p><h2>Mo Bamba</h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Sixers-Mo-Bamba-Joel-Embiid.jpeg"></figure><p>Bamba got some good work in with his new Sixers teammates ahead of training camp. For someone who has no familiarity with anyone else on the team — he and Embiid are friends, but he has yet to be on the same roster as anyone on the team — that can be pretty helpful, even if it’s just for a short pick-up game.</p><p>In his introductory Sixers presser, Bamba discussed the possibility of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-mo-bamba-details-how-he-and-joel-embiid-can-thrive-in-two-center-lineup" rel="noopener">playing in a two-big lineup</a> with Embiid. As one of the best shooters amongst seven-footers, he presents a seamless option as a stretch four. Playing alongside Reed, he looked the part. He also has the wherewithal to survey the whole floor when he’s spaced out, finding Reed on a cut with a crisp pass.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">New Sixers center Mo Bamba showing some flashes in the recent Rico Hines runs</p><p>Bamba played off Terquavion Smith really well and also looked good sharing the court with Bball Paul. Playing Reed at PF is definitely a wrinkle I would like I see the Sixers experiment with <a href="https://t.co/z2DtVk1NYl">pic.twitter.com/z2DtVk1NYl</a></p><p>— Sean Barnard (@Sean_Barnard1) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sean_Barnard1/status/1697746805637709840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 1, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The skills you expect from Bamba — threes and interior defense — are all there. His role with the Sixers shouldn’t be a huge one, though it’s tough not to get intrigued by what Nurse could do with a player of Bamba’s size and skills.</p><h2>Ricky Council IV</h2><p>Another undrafted rookie who dazzled for the summer Sixers, Council showed his bouncy athleticism with some nice dunks, including a double-clutch dunk in Game 3.</p><p>Council ran some pick-and-roll as the roller and handled the ball here and there. It was a nice mix of situations for the rookie, but he didn’t do much to stand out. One sequence from Game 1 should offer hope that Council can eventually be trusted more with the ball in his hands. He sized up his defender from the left wing, executd a left-to-right crossover and snapped a bounce pass to a cutting Smith, who converted a layup. Reading the floor that quickly and getting it right to Smith in the natural motion of his dribbling face-up was impressive.</p><p>Council getting any run he can get against NBA competition is good. Iron sharpens iron. While he is quite the athlete, he has to fine-tune his skill set before becoming playable for long stretches at the highest level.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Paul Reed, Jaden Springer, other Sixers youngsters show out at Rico Hines runs

<!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', '/sixers-news-paul-reed-gets-real-on-having-higher-expectations-following-23-million-extension');   ga('set', 'title', 'Paul Reed gets real on having ‘higher expectations’ following $23 million extension');   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/2023/09/Sixers-Paul-Reed.jpeg"></figure><h1>Paul Reed gets real on having ‘higher expectations’ following $23 million extension</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-18T12:22:35-07:00">September 18th, 12:22pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-18T12:22:35-07:00">September 18th, 12:22pm</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 Reed’s role with the Philadelphia 76ers has grown each season since being drafted 58th overall in the 2020 NBA Draft. With the Sixers in dire need of depth heading into the 2023-24 season, Reed is in for a huge season.</p><p>The Sixers have mostly asked the same of Reed as they have with all of their backup centers in recent years: defend, rebound, screen for guards and roll to the basket. Reed has shown that he is capable of more than that, notably in the 2020-21 G League season, where he won the league MVP award. Entering his second full season with the team, Philly is looking to unlock more of his well-rounded skill set.</p><p>The Sixers <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-why-paul-reed-thought-philly-wouldnt-match-jazz-offer-sheet" rel="noopener">re-signed</a> Reed on a three-year deal worth $23 million this offseason. It’s not a massive contract but longer are they getting his services for cheap. He has to prove his worth now that he’s getting paid like a true rotation player. And the 24-year-old is ready to. One of the hardest workers on the team, Reed is excited for the season ahead.</p><p>At one of the Sixers’ back-to-school charity events, Reed admitted that he <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/sixers/sixers-paul-reed-out-the-mud-charity-event-20230918.html" rel="noopener">has high expectations for himself</a> and is already feeling, according to Keith Pompey of <i>The Philadelphia Inquirer</i>.</p><p>“I mean, of course I got higher expectations for myself,” Paul Reed said, via the <i>Inquirer</i>. “I feel like I’m only scratching the surface so far of what I’ve been able to showcase in the NBA. I have so much more to prove and show with my game. …  And I feel like this season I’m going to get an opportunity to do more, to play more and that’s what signing that contract kind of does for me: The extra cushion to make a couple of mistakes and keep playing. It’s showing that they trust me to be a player.”</p><p>Nick Nurse, the Sixers’ new head coach, is already committing to new responsibilities for Reed, including the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-nick-nurse-looking-to-put-paul-reed-on-pascal-siakam-development-track" rel="noopener">development of his all-around game</a> and minutes playing alongside Joel Embiid instead of just as his backup. Nurse and his new coaching staff want to get more out of Reed — and Philly’s veteran-laden roster is ready to see it.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Paul Reed gets real on having ‘higher expectations’ following $23 million extension

<!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', '/sixers-news-nick-nurse-looking-to-put-paul-reed-on-pascal-siakam-development-track');   ga('set', 'title', 'Nick Nurse looking to put Paul Reed on Pascal Siakam development track');   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/2023/07/Sixers-Nick-Nurse-Paul-Reed.jpeg"></figure><h1>Nick Nurse looking to put Paul Reed on Pascal Siakam development track</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-26T13:03:05-07:00">July 26th, 1:03pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-26T13:05:38-07:00">July 26th, 1:05pm</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 Reed took a break from working out at the Philadelphia 76ers practice facility to make an appearance at the Jr. 76ers Summer Hoops Tour at the Boys and Girls Club in Chester, Pennsylvania. The Sixers big man has worked on his game all summer long as he prepares to return to Philly, which he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-why-paul-reed-thought-philly-wouldnt-match-jazz-offer-sheet" rel="noopener">did not think would be the plan</a> after signing an offer sheet with the Utah Jazz.</p><p>The Sixers ended up matching the offer, keeping Reed in town as Nick Nurse takes over as head coach. The former Toronto Raptors head coach should be able to get more out of Reed, an athletic, energetic big that has untapped potential in areas other than rolling to the rim, defending and rebounding.</p><p>At the event, Reed offered some insight into what Nurse has in store for his development. He said that Nurse wants to mold him into <a href="https://sixerswire.usatoday.com/lists/sixers-want-to-mold-paul-reed-into-a-pascal-siakam-type-of-player/" rel="noopener">a more well-rounded player</a>, according to Ky Carlin of Sixers Wire. He name-dropped Pascal Siakam, Nurse’s star forward with Toronto, as the model for what Nurse wants to see out of Reed.</p><p>“I’ve talked to him plenty of times and it’s always been kind of the same kind of idea,” Reed said of his conversations with his new head coach, via Sixers Wire. “He talked about molding me into a Pascal Siakam-type player. Somebody who can kind of do it all. Shoot the ball, drive, pass, but right now, it’s all about focusing on my shot mechanics. That’s the start. That’s where it starts at.”</p><p>Siakam has grown into a very good player with the Raptors, making steady strides from bench player to key starter to All-Star and perennial All-NBA candidate. At 6-foot-9, Siakam can initiate the offense, score from a variety of locations and handle the ball on top of guarding multiple defenders.</p><p>Paul Reed being able to operate more comfortably on the perimeter would allow him to fit more cleanly next to Joel Embiid. His versatile defense and rebounding give him skills that work well next to Embiid when the Sixers want to prioritize defense and size. Shooting is the main skill that would allow him to complement the reigning MVP. His three-point percentage of 43.6 percent from the G League has not followed him to the NBA. But he’s working on it and sounds like he’s happy with his progress.</p><p>“Whenever I’m in Philly, the whole coaching staff, we’re all on the same page about what I need to do to get better,“ Reed said, via Sixers Wire. “So every day I come in the gym, we’re all focusing on the small details in my shot.” He added that he’s working on altering his shot mechanics and that he’s “getting more and more comfortable every day” with the new jumper.</p><p>Reed is confident that the 2023-24 season can be a true breakout campaign. The Sixers center showed what he can do in the Brotherly Love League ProAm — shooting threes off the dribble, handling the ball to get to the rim Those are the types of things that the 24-year-old has to be able to do at the NBA level.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Sixers PF Paul Reed (<a href="https://twitter.com/Bball_paul?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Bball_paul</a>) got some work in at the Brotherly Love League ProAm last night </p><p>🎥 via <a href="https://twitter.com/BLoveLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BLoveLeague</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/OutTheMud?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#OutTheMud</a> <a href="https://t.co/VGYZvGUwAC">pic.twitter.com/VGYZvGUwAC</a></p><p>— Pick Swap Media (@PickSwapMedia) <a href="https://twitter.com/PickSwapMedia/status/1684175029410603009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Whether they plan to try playing him next to Embiid or just have him remain the backup center, the Sixers helping Paul Reed continue to grow will only help them vie for the championship.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Nick Nurse looking to put Paul Reed on Pascal Siakam development track

<!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', '/sixers-news-james-harden-cool-paul-reed-message');   ga('set', 'title', 'Sixers’ James Harden gets ‘cool’ message from Paul Reed amid Philly trade request');   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/2023/07/Sixers_news_James_Harden_gets__cool__message_from_Paul_Reed_amid_Philly_trade_request.jpg"></figure><h1>Sixers’ James Harden gets ‘cool’ message from Paul Reed amid Philly trade request</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-25T21:32:49-07:00">July 25th, 9:32pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-25T21:49:59-07:00">July 25th, 9:49pm</time><address><a>Alex House</a>Alex House is a sportswriter who is comfortable covering many different sports. He grew up in a New York sports-heavy region in Connecticut and earned his journalism degree at the University of Rhode Island. His in-depth knowledge of two of the most passionate and raucous fan bases in the country gives him a truly unique writing voice.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>A little flattery is always nice to hear, but it can be especially encouraging when facing an uncertain time in your career. Philadelphia 76ers guard James Harden remains at the center of trade speculation, but his teammate Paul Reed is taking time to share <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/sixers/james-harden-sixers-paul-reed-20230725.html" rel="noopener">how he feels</a> about the veteran. With fans maybe still nursing their postseason heartbreak, some Sixers’ comradery should at least put a small smile on their faces.</p><p>“James Harden, that’s like my big brother, one of the coolest vets I know,” Reed told the Philadelphia Inquirer’s Keith Pompey Tuesday. “I hope he comes back. But I understand business is business. And sometimes you got to do what you got to do.”</p><p>Harden accepted his $35.6 million player option right before free agency for the purpose of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-james-hardens-trade-demand-confuses-tracy-mcgrady" rel="noopener">seeking a trade</a>. Though, nothing has come of it yet. Philly general manager Daryl Morey, whose relationship with the 2018 MVP dates back to their time on the Houston Rockets, might struggle to find a deal that can help his team remain a force in the Eastern Conference.</p><p>Meanwhile, Reed’s relationship with the franchise is going in a completely different direction. He signed a three-year, $23 million offer sheet with the Utah Jazz, which the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-why-paul-reed-thought-philly-wouldnt-match-jazz-offer-sheet" rel="noopener">76ers promptly matched</a>. The 24-year-old did not log a huge amount of minutes last season but provided crucial reinforcements in Joel Embiid’s absence and stepped up throughout the playoffs. His return ensures that the team retains some much-needed intensity and energy.</p><p>What the Sixers can’t have, however, is distractions. Expectations are too high. New head coach Nick Nurse is coming in to try to stabilize this group and help them reach their full potential. It remains unclear if that is more likely to happen with or without Harden, but his teammates clearly want him to be part of next season’s championship quest.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Sixers’ James Harden gets ‘cool’ message from Paul Reed amid Philly trade request

<!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', '/sixers-news-why-paul-reed-thought-philly-wouldnt-match-jazz-offer-sheet');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Paul Reed thought Sixers wouldn’t match Jazz offer sheet');   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/2023/07/Paul-Reed-Sixers.jpg"></figure><h1>Why Paul Reed thought Sixers wouldn’t match Jazz offer sheet</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-25T17:58:19-07:00">July 25th, 5:58pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-25T17:59:19-07:00">July 25th, 5:59pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>A Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, Rex claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Paul Reed is running it back with the Philadelphia 76ers. It looked as though he was going to part ways for good with the Sixers in the offseason when he signed a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/jazz-news-paul-reed-inks-23-million-offer-sheet-with-utah" rel="noopener">three-year, $23 million offer sheet</a> with the Utah Jazz, but Philly was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-philly-makes-critical-paul-reed-decision-after-jazz-offer" rel="noopener">not going to let him go</a> to Salt Lake City.</p><p>The Sixers countered and matched the offer of the Jazz to the restricted free agent Reed to get back to the City of Brotherly Love.</p><p>Reed thought that his time with the Sixers was over and that Philadelphia <a href="https://sixerswire.usatoday.com/lists/sixers-want-to-mold-paul-reed-into-a-pascal-siakam-type-of-player/" rel="noopener">wouldn’t even try to match</a> the Jazz’s offer especially when he saw other big men get deals of their own with Philly.</p><p>Via Ky Carlin of Sixers Wire:</p><p><i>“I didn’t know what was gonna happen to be honest. I was a restricted free agent, so they had an opportunity to match. Then I seen they signed Trez (Montrezl Harrell) and (Mo) Bamba, my agent was like, it’s probably not likely that they match, but when they matched, I was real surprised.”</i></p><p>Apart from Harrell and Bamba, the Sixers also signed former Gonzaga Bulldogs big man Filip Petrusev to a two-year deal. Philadelphia’s frontcourt is a bit crowded, particularly in the center position, but Reed and others are certainly behind reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Joel Embiid on the team’s depth chart.</p><p>Reed, who was selected by the Sixers in the second round (28th overall) of the 2020 NBA Draft, has career averages of 3.7 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 0.6 blocks in 133 appearances — all with Philadelphia.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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