<!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', '/knicks-news-shake-milton-expected-agree-contract-pistons-buyout');   ga('set', 'title', 'Knicks, Shake Milton expected to agree to contract after Pistons buyout');   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/2024/03/New_York_Shake_Milton_expected_to_agree_to_contract_after_Pistons_buyout.webp"></figure><h1>Knicks, Shake Milton expected to agree to contract after Pistons buyout</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-03-02T16:21:29-08:00">March 2nd, 4:21pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-03-02T16:21:29-08:00">March 2nd, 4:21pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. 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>The New York Knicks are reportedly on the verge of <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pistons-news-shake-milton-hits-buyout-market-with-hopes-of-joining-a-contender" rel="noopener">adding veteran guard</a> Shake Milton to their roster, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.</p><p>“ESPN Sources: Shake Milton is planning to sign with the New York Knicks upon clearing waivers. Milton agreed to a contract buyout with Detroit and will be eligible for the Knicks’ playoff roster. Guard gives immediate help to an injury-riddled roster.”</p><h2><b>Shake Milton to return to the Atlantic Division with the Knicks</b></h2><p>Milton, who played his first several seasons in the NBA with the Philadelphia 76ers,  is on the waivers following a recent agreement with the Detroit Pistons to have his contract bought out, putting him on track to be a free agent. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/knicks-ongoing-struggles-bad-news-randle-anunoby-out-another-week" rel="noopener">Knicks are banged up</a> and could use another healthy body to help them gain some consistency. New York is still among the top teams in the Eastern Conference with a 35-25 record entering Saturday but has lost seven of their last 10 games. At the moment, they are 12.5 games out of first place.</p><p>Milton started the 2023-24 NBA season with the Minnesota Timberwolves, who signed him to a two-year $10 million contract back in July but was traded before the February trade deadline to the Detroit Pistons along with Troy Brown Jr. and a 2030 second-rounder for guard Monte Morris. He only appeared in four games for the Pistons, making no starts and scoring just a total of 27 points to go with 18 rebounds, six assists, and two steals in 63 minutes.</p><p>Overall in the 2023-24 NBA season so far, the 27-year-old Milton is averaging 13.3 points, 4.5 rebounds, and 3.6 assists per 36 minutes while shooting 40.3 percent from the field and 27.4 percent from the 3-point region.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Knicks, Shake Milton expected to agree to contract after Pistons buyout

<!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', '/suns-news-shake-milton-reported-interest-gambo-arizona-sports-pistons-buyout');   ga('set', 'title', 'Should Suns sign Shake Milton for final roster spot?');   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/2024/03/milton.webp"></figure><h1>Should Suns sign Shake Milton for final roster spot?</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-03-02T14:03:01-08:00">March 2nd, 2:03pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-03-02T14:03:01-08:00">March 2nd, 2:03pm</time><address><a>Trevor Booth</a>Trevor Booth is a beat writer covering the Phoenix Suns, in addition to working as an associate editor. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in sports journalism from Arizona State University in 2021. Booth is passionate about his faith, video games, sports with friends and making the most of his time with his girlfriend when he's not working.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Phoenix Suns reportedly <a href="https://twitter.com/Gambo987/status/1763953057371697181" rel="noopener">have interest</a> in <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-news-devin-booker-shouts-out-phoenix-legend-helping-rough-times" rel="noopener">recently-released</a> Shake Milton, who had played with the Minnesota Timberwolves prior to a deal in which he was acquired and then released by Detroit.</p><p>Arizona Sports’ John Gambadoro is first to report and confirm the Suns’ interest in Milton.</p><p>Milton, who averaged 4.9 points, 1.6 rebounds and 1.3 assists on 40.3 percent shooting in 38 games with the Wolves, is someone who could occupy Phoenix’s 15th and final spot on their roster.</p><p>The Suns recently acquired wing Royce O’Neale at the trade deadline. O’Neale, who is averaging 9.0 points and 6.1 rebounds in Phoenix, will factor into the team’s playoff rotation. The Suns also acquired Thaddeus Young, who is 35 years old but is left-handed and a good hustle player.</p><p>Milton was selected with the No. 54 pick in the second round of the 2018 draft by the Dallas Mavericks.</p><p>The Suns’ point-guard situation is fluid. Phoenix is starting Devin Booker, who is averaging 7.0 assists, at the position. Guard Bradley Beal <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/suns-news-is-bradley-beal-playing-vs-rockets-latest-injury-update" rel="noopener">is also a ball-handler</a> in Phoenix’s offense.</p><p>Milton’s best NBA season came in 2020-21, when he averaged 13.0 points in 60 games for the Philadelphia 76ers and Joel Embiid. Milton’s best year came in a year in which the NBA season was abbreviated due to COVID, but he impacted the team.</p><p>Milton has since struggled to perform at the same level. In 2022-23, he played a large amount (20.6 minutes in 76 games played) and averaged a career-best 3.2 assists. He averaged 8.4 rebounds but in 2023-24 with the Wolves, who have the best record in the West, struggled to have the same impact on a team with Mike Conley as the starting point guard.</p><p>The Suns may also sign two-way guard and local Tempe Corona Del Sol alum Saben Lee to their final spot. Lee has been a rotation player of late, playing 23 combined minutes in the Suns’ last four games.</p><p>Phoenix is 35-24, which is good for fifth in the West. The Suns play the Houston Rockets Saturday at 7 p.m. MT.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Should Suns sign Shake Milton for final roster spot?

<!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', '/pistons-news-shake-milton-hits-buyout-market-with-hopes-of-joining-a-contender');   ga('set', 'title', 'Shake Milton hits buyout market with hopes of joining a contender');   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/2024/03/Pistons_news_Shake_Milton_hits_buyout_market_with_hope_of_joining_contender_copy.webp"></figure><h1>Shake Milton hits buyout market with hopes of joining a contender</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-03-01T19:23:26-08:00">March 1st, 7:23pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-03-01T19:23:26-08:00">March 1st, 7:23pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a>David is an NBA Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is based in Los Angeles and currently covers basketball at every level from NBA/WNBA to men/women college and boys/girls high school.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>When the NBA season began, Shake Milton was part of the Minnesota Timberwolves who have been <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mike-conley-details-monte-morris-trade-changes-timberwolves-offense-better" rel="noopener">the top team</a> in the Western Conference this season. But at the NBA Trade Deadline, the Wolves traded Shake Milton to the Detroit Pistons, a team that is in the running for the worst team in the league.</p><p>The deadline for players to hit the buyout market and still be eligible to play in the playoffs was Friday, March 1. The Pistons and Shake Milton were able to <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1763751939022475733" rel="noopener">agree on a contract buyout</a>, allowing him to potentially join a contending team for the final stretch of the regular season as per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.</p><p>Milton was the No. 54 overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. He played five seasons for the Sixers before hitting free agency in the offseason and signing with the Wolves. He was shipped to the Pistons at the deadline in the deal that brought Monte Morris to the Wolves.</p><p>Milton appeared in only four games for the Pistons and during that stretch he was playing a little less than 16 minutes per game. He had been averaging 6.8 points per game, 4.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists with splits of 42.3 percent shooting from the field, 33.3 percent shooting from the three point line and 66.7 percent shooting from the free throw line.</p><p>Prior to that, Milton had appeared in 38 games for the Wolves, all off the bench in a little less than 13 minutes per game. His shooting numbers were way down from his averages with the Sixers and he didn’t really make much of an impact.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Shake Milton hits buyout market with hopes of joining a contender

<!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-rumors-james-harden-impact-shake-milton-sixers-future');   ga('set', 'title', 'RUMOR: Shake Milton not expected to return to Sixers, but there’s a James Harden catch');   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/2023/06/nba-rumors-shake-milton-not-expected-to-return-to-sixers-but-theres-a-james-harden-catch.jpg"></figure><h1>RUMOR: Shake Milton not expected to return to Sixers, but there’s a James Harden catch</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-06-20T17:07:23-07:00">June 20th, 5:07pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-06-20T17:16:48-07:00">June 20th, 5:16pm</time><address><a>Paolo Songco</a>A father of two over-energetic boys, Pao has been a writer for ClutchPoints for many years. His passion lies in all things NBA and he has a knack for speaking his mind in his articles -- even when at times it gets him into trouble with the fans. Controversial? Maybe. Excellent writer? Definitely.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>There’s no denying that James Harden is the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-rockets-james-harden-concern-continues-pick-up-steam-ahead-free-agency" rel="noopener">talk of the town</a> for the Philadelphia 76ers heading into NBA free agency this summer. After all, Harden is now in a position to completely change the outlook of the Sixers this coming season if he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-james-harden-returning-to-sixers-gets-optimistic-update" rel="noopener">decides to jump ship</a> and leave Philly after just a year and a half with the team.</p><p>Apart from Harden, however, there are a few other personnel decisions that the Sixers will be faced with once NBA free agency opens. One of them comes in the form of backup shooting guard Shake Milton, who apparently, is now headed to greener pastures. According to NBA insider Kyle Neubeck of the Philly Voice, the 26-year-old is expected to leave Philadelphia this summer:</p><p>“Milton is the least likely of those players to return next season, sources say, as the veteran guard <a href="https://www.phillyvoice.com/nba-draft-trade-rumors-sixers-76ers-second-round-pick-prospects-news-analysis-latest/" rel="noopener">looks for a potential opportunity</a> for more minutes,” wrote Neubeck.</p><p>Paul Reed, Jalen McDaniels, and Georges Niang are the three other Sixers players that are headed to free agency. Neubeck reports, however, that it’s Milton who is most likely to part ways with the Sixers.</p><p>This could all change, though, if James Harden opts out of his player option for 2023-24 and decides to join another team. The former MVP’s departure will open up a lot of playing time for Milton, which could convince him to stay.</p><p>If you ask Sixers fans, however, the harsh reality for Shake Milton is that they would much rather keep Harden in Philly over him.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

RUMOR: Shake Milton not expected to return to Sixers, but there’s a James Harden catch

<!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-tyrese-maxey-shake-milton-discuss-special-relationship-that-fuels-bench-duos-chemistry');   ga('set', 'title', 'Sixers’ Tyrese Maxey, Shake Milton discuss special relationship that fuels bench duo’s chemistry');   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/2023/01/Sixers-Tyrese-Maxey-Shake-Milton.jpeg"></figure><h1>Sixers’ Tyrese Maxey, Shake Milton discuss special relationship that fuels bench duo’s chemistry</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-01-20T09:37:00-08:00">January 20th, 9:37am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-01-20T09:41:19-08:00">January 20th, 9:41am</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>Tyrese Maxey’s move to the bench has done pretty well so far for the Philadelphia 76ers. The Sixers have won their last four games and Maxey has looked more and more comfortable coming off the bench.</p><p>One of the biggest helpers Maxey has in his new role is Shake Milton. The steady guard is used to coming off the bench and has provided Maxey with both a secondary scorer to lean on and a veteran presence. After a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/instant-breakdown-of-sixers-vs-trail-blazers-joel-embiid-james-harden" rel="noopener">win over the Portland Trail Blazers,</a> both guards gave lots of praise to each other.</p><p>Maxey and Milton have known each other for years, dating back to Milton’s time at SMU. While he was making a name for himself at the collegiate level, Maxey was a high schooler whose dad was on the coaching staff. He spent some time around the team at practice and Milton did what he could to help a younger Maxey. “Because he was older than me, he would always take me under his wing. He would talk to me, he would tell me what I saw in the pick and roll, tell me what he saw in the game,” he said.</p><p>Maxey joked last year that the school’s name should be <a href="https://twitter.com/NoahLevick/status/1499946696045961216?s=20&amp;t=bkHfKGpKFuHYdUcM2X2LWg" rel="noopener">Shake Milton University</a>. He explained that Milton does a great job of preparing himself no matter what the situation calls for. “We do have totally different games. He’s a little bit slower and I’m a little bit running around fast,” he said. “It’s great, I’m just extremely proud of him. He’s doing his thing right now. He’s been big this whole road trip and even before that, he stayed ready…You just gotta really appreciate a guy like that.”</p><p>Milton said that seeing Maxey work hard influences him. “I think our mindsets are similar,” he said. “We always push each other too, that’s one of the things I appreciate most about him. Seeing what he does…makes me want to work harder and I’m sure it’s the other way around.”</p><p>While Doc Rivers tries out <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-doc-rivers-reveals-new-starting-lineup-plans-following-tyrese-maxey-bench-decision" rel="noopener">new lineup combinations</a> for the Sixers, he knows he can rely on the Tyrese Maxey-Shake Milton tandem being a good source of offense behind Joel Embiid and James Harden.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Sixers’ Tyrese Maxey, Shake Milton discuss special relationship that fuels bench duo’s chemistry

<!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-quarter-season-player-grades-joel-embiid-shake-milton');   ga('set', 'title', 'Sixers’ quarter-season player grades highlighted by Joel Embiid, Shake Milton');   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/2022/12/Sixers_-quarter-season-player-grades-highlighted-by-Joel-Embiid-Shake-Milton.jpg"></figure><h1>Sixers’ quarter-season player grades highlighted by Joel Embiid, Shake Milton</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-12-02T14:02:27-08:00">December 2nd, 2:02pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-12-02T14:03:26-08:00">December 2nd, 2:03pm</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>ClutchPoints' Sixers beat reporter | Marist College '22 | earned my stripes at TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Philadelphia 76ers are out of rock bottom and hovering in the middle of the Eastern Conference standings. The Sixers stumbled out of the gate before all their best players got injured at the same time. Despite the impending sense of doom after a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-october-player-grades-highlighted-james-harden-tyrese-maxey" rel="noopener">rocky first month</a> and injuries to each of their stars, they have weathered the storm and are showing some real signs of progress. As they enter December with a 12-10 record, let’s dish out grades for each of the key Sixers players and head coach Doc Rivers.</p><h2><b>Joel Embiid: A</b></h2><p>Embiid’s dismal start to the season is well in the past now. He was incomprehensibly dominant before injuring his foot, his defense remains elite (when he wants it to be) and his playmaking is really starting to show with six consecutive games with six assists. Turnovers remain a problem he has to tighten up and he isn’t always fully engaged on defense, which leaves the team vulnerable in those instances.</p><p>Despite all his flaws, Embiid is still one of the best players in the league and a two-way force when he’s at his best.</p><h2><b>James Harden: A</b></h2><p>Harden’s grade remains unchanged from his October grade after playing just one game in November. Fortunately, he will be <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-james-hardens-target-return-date-revealed" rel="noopener">back in action soon</a> for the Sixers, whose offense has soured in the time he has missed.</p><h2><b>Tyrese Maxey: B+</b></h2><p>Maxey had one of the best grades on the team after the first calendar month of the season, but it has taken a bit of a hit after struggling in the post-Harden games. He struggled to score efficiently in most of those games and unfortunately suffered a foot injury in perhaps his best game since Harden went down, dropping 24 points on 75 percent shooting in 20 minutes against a great Milwaukee Bucks defense.</p><p>The start of Maxey’s season is still very promising. His scoring was lethal playing alongside Harden and picked up some of the playmaking slack. His defense is still not great, but his offense has taken the step that many were hoping it would.</p><h2><b>Tobias Harris: A-</b></h2><p>Last month, Harris got a good grade by changing his game and becoming a great catch-and-shoot threat. N0w, his grade is a little bit higher because he has had to revert back to his old ways in the wake of numerous injuries. The Sixers have asked a lot from him, and he has responded very well.</p><p>Highlighted by a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-tobias-harris-sounds-off-on-playing-through-injury-scare-powering-shocking-win-vs-nets" rel="noopener">gutsy performance in a win over the Brooklyn Nets</a>, Harris was huge for the Sixers with their star trio out. His scoring was key, as was his defense. He showed that he can be a great floor spacer with everyone healthy and will have to start going back to that as the team’s health starts improving.</p><h2><b>P.J. Tucker: C+</b></h2><p>Sixers fans have been getting more and more impatient with Tucker after an eight-game stretch in which he scored only three points. That stretch, plus the Cleveland Cavaliers’ plan to intentionally leave him alone, show how clear it is that Tucker needs a playmaker like Harden to be a valuable offensive presence.</p><p>Tucker’s defense is another story. His versatility and intensity have made him crucial on that end of the floor and are the key reasons Doc Rivers <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-doc-rivers-mvp-in-win-vs-giannis-antetokounmpo-bucks-and-it-isnt-joel-embiid" rel="noopener">continues to sing his praises</a>. To get his grade up, he has to show he can still be a reliable scorer when the team needs him to be.</p><h2><b>Shake Milton: A+</b></h2><p>What a run Milton is having as the holiday season nears. Just when the Sixers need offense the most, Milton has gotten out of an early-season funk and has been — no joke — putting up <a href="https://twitter.com/TheHoopCentral/status/1597417523796115456?s=20&amp;t=KdlXexxOZtLz8cIrw8e4pQ" rel="noopener">All-Star-like numbers</a> since joining the starting lineup.</p><p>Milton didn’t do much at the beginning of the season but <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/shake-milton-must-remain-in-sixers-rotation-after-james-harden-tyrese-maxey-return" rel="noopener">played a pivotal role</a> when the Sixers’ starting backcourt went down. His effectiveness with Harden and Maxey back remains to be seen, but his recent play has demanded that he remains in the rotation.</p><h2><b>De’Anthony Melton: B+</b></h2><p>Mr. Do Something continues to do something each and every game. A jack-of-all-trades at the guard spot, Melton also had to lean more into scoring when the starting backcourt went down. He did just that while remaining a high-level defender.</p><p>Melton shot just 36.1 percent from the floor in November thanks in large part to some ghastly shooting nights to start the month. Still, his shot selection is mostly good, and he makes up for his misses by being <a href="https://twitter.com/BySamDiGiovanni/status/1598395913369964544?s=20&amp;t=a03ZgQgatYb6RMauIvIxfQ" rel="noopener">one of the most disruptive defenders</a> in the league.</p><h2><b>Georges Niang: B+</b></h2><p>Niang’s scoring off the bench has been very beneficial for the Sixers. He has been one of the best 3-point shooters in the league this season, boasting a <a href="https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask?q=nba+3pt%25+leaders" rel="noopener">highly impressive volume and efficiency</a>. Not only that, but he has a good sense of driving into the paint when the triple isn’t there and does a solid job contesting shots and moving his feet on defense.</p><h2><b>Paul Reed: B+</b></h2><p>Paul Reed has been <a href="https://twitter.com/ginamizell/status/1595226690057281537?s=20&amp;t=4A8Tyj5SWf2ufPDDMVOQkA" rel="noopener">“Bballing”</a> quite well off the Sixers’ bench. His play can sometimes be erratic, but that energy has mostly been helpful. His mobility, strength and quickness make him a quality anchor for the bench defense, and he has some untapped value on offense as a passer. While his scoring is best when he’s simply finishing inside, he is developing patience in the post and a nice shooting touch.</p><h2><b>Danuel House Jr.: C+</b></h2><p>House can also be a bit of a wild card at times, but he has been mostly fine off the bench for the Sixers. His 3-point shooting and defense have been decent, and he has been a timely off-ball cutter several times. While step-back triples aren’t really what the Sixers need of him, he should find himself back in a role where he exclusively catches and shoots soon.</p><h2><b>Montrezl Harrell: C-</b></h2><p>Harrell brings the intensity every night, but he has yet to consistently provide the strong interior scoring that he is known for. His field goal percentage on shots within three feet of the hoop is the <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/PHI/2023.html#shooting::16" rel="noopener">third-worst on the roster</a>, and he hasn’t made up for it in any other area.</p><h2><b>Matisse Thybulle: C+</b></h2><p>Thybulle’s defense remains as good as ever, which earns him spot minutes, but his scoring efficiency remains woeful, even for his standards. It’s hard to say if he’s even in a shooting slump because he doesn’t shoot enough. He hasn’t shown that he should get more freedom to shoot, though.</p><h2><b>Furkan Korkmaz: B-</b></h2><p>Korkmaz’s ball handling has been important to have off the bench since the main ball handlers got injured. He has provided that while bouncing back from a rough 3-point shooting season, but not much else, especially on defense. The Sixers aren’t leaning on him for much — and for good reason — but he’s still good for the <a href="https://twitter.com/TrillBroDude/status/1597045434807357440?s=20&amp;t=sU7Ga6Uyo4d-JOJvNYDa_g" rel="noopener">occasional highlight</a>.</p><h2><b>Doc Rivers: B</b></h2><p>You know the saying by now: Rivers does his best coaching when his team doesn’t have stars/big expectations. Well, that fact of life has held true as when Sixers stars battled injuries. Philly posted its best record of the season as Harden and Maxey continue to recover.</p><p>With Rivers starting to lean more into Reed as the main backup big man, getting more going on offense with off-ball movement and helping unlock Embiid’s playmaking, he has done a fine job. He has also used zone defense way more, but the results are mixed. The savvy adjustments haven’t been there, though that was to be expected.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Sixers’ quarter-season player grades highlighted by Joel Embiid, Shake Milton

<!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-shake-milton-reveals-secret-sauce-behind-red-hot-streak-amid-james-harden-tyrese-maxey-injuries');   ga('set', 'title', 'Shake Milton reveals secret sauce behind red-hot streak amid James Harden, Tyrese Maxey injuries');   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/2022/11/Sixers-Shake-Milton-Doc-Rivers-Daryl-Morey.jpeg"></figure><h1>Shake Milton reveals secret sauce behind red-hot streak amid James Harden, Tyrese Maxey injuries</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-11-27T19:34:52-08:00">November 27th, 7:34pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-11-27T19:34:52-08:00">November 27th, 7:34pm</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>ClutchPoints' Sixers beat reporter | Marist College '22 | earned my stripes at TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Shake Milton is the hero the Philadelphia 76ers need. With Joel Embiid, James Harden and Tyrese Maxey all out due to injury, Milton is leading the Sixers offense as both a scorer and playmaker. The team is winning despite being heavily undermanned and Milton is the key reason why.</p><p>Philadelphia’s 133-103 win against the Orlando Magic was the latest example of Milton’s abilities. He got buckets himself with nifty dribble moves while also setting teammates up and finishing possessions by scoring off the catch. After the tlalying a season-high 29 points the game after tallying a career-best 10 assists (both of which came in winss), Milton discussed the factors behind his recent play.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">29 PTS | 7 AST | 5 REB</p><p>stellar Shake. 🌟</p><p>🎥 presented by <a href="https://twitter.com/PALottery?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@palottery</a> <a href="https://t.co/pxm1nf26iJ">pic.twitter.com/pxm1nf26iJ</a></p><p>— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) <a href="https://twitter.com/sixers/status/1597044740595146753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 28, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“Being aggressive, picking my spots,” Milton said after the Sixers’ <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-joel-embiid-less-philly-flaunts-tremendous-depth-with-feat-not-seen-in-36-years-in-win-vs-magic">historic win</a>. “My teammates do a really good job of telling me to go and telling me to be aggressive. Just having people down really gives us an opportunity to really step up. I think everybody on the team has looked at it as we can come together, play hard and have some opportunities to make some things happen and hopefully get a few wins.”</p><p>In Doc Rivers’ eyes, Milton is letting the game come to him more. “The difference with Shake now and in the past: you don’t see him force it,” the Sixers coach said after the win. “It wasn’t like he ran any isos. He just got it through. When the ball swung, he just kept it simple. And that is great to see for him. That’s a whole different version of him.”</p><p>Danuel House Jr. said that Milton is “playing the right way.” Sixers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey is celebrating Milton’s stellar play by <a href="https://twitter.com/dmorey/status/1597055223864119296?s=20&amp;t=KLDqbE1lApt5isWiMQnyRQ">coining a nickname</a> for him and De’Anthony Melton.</p><p>Shake Milton will certainly be heading back to the bench once Harden or Maxey return. Still, Rivers <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/shake-milton-must-remain-in-sixers-rotation-after-james-harden-tyrese-maxey-return">must continue to play him</a> due to his ability to be an offensive sparkplug.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Shake Milton reveals secret sauce behind red-hot streak amid James Harden, Tyrese Maxey injuries

<!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', '/shake-milton-must-remain-in-sixers-rotation-after-james-harden-tyrese-maxey-return');   ga('set', 'title', 'Shake Milton must remain in Sixers rotation after James Harden, Tyrese Maxey return');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Sixers-Shake-Milton.jpeg"></figure><h1>Shake Milton must remain in Sixers rotation after James Harden, Tyrese Maxey return</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-11-25T19:10:28-08:00">November 25th, 7:10pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-11-25T19:10:28-08:00">November 25th, 7:10pm</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>ClutchPoints' Sixers beat reporter | Marist College '22 | earned my stripes at TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With James Harden and Tyrese Maxey on the injury report, the Philadelphia 76ers have been in dire need of guards to step up. Shake Milton has answered that call with some of the best basketball he has played. The Sixers’ record and overall offensive production as of late shouldn’t overshadow what he has provided.</p><p>Milton has been huge for the Sixers while the members of the staring backcourt and Joel Embiid all deal with foot injuries. In a win against the Orlando Magic, he notched his first career double-double with 24 points, a career-best 10 assists and nine rebounds. Scoring has always been his main contribution but now he is becoming a crucial playmaker for the team at a time when it desperately needs it.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Shake Milton with back-to-back deep ones 👌<a href="https://t.co/tEPAjscH34">pic.twitter.com/tEPAjscH34</a></p><p>— Sixers Nation (@SixersNationCP) <a href="https://twitter.com/SixersNationCP/status/1596315428036304896?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Milton has taken full advantage of the Sixers’ lack of guards so much that he may end up changing the team’s rotations when everyone is healthy. Since joining the starting lineup over the last four games, he is averaging 22.3 points, 7.0 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game while shooting 56.9 percent from the floor and 52.6 percent from deep. He obviously won’t keep that up whenever he moves back to the bench but he should still get a solid amount of playing time.</p><p>De’Anthony Melton and Tobias Harris have also been key in the last few games but Milton is the guy who is consistently making plays <a href="https://twitter.com/SixersNationCP/status/1595606480962584578?s=20&amp;t=x27bKwBWEpT8mtk_-V1Krg">throughout the course of the game</a> and leading the way. He may not have a signature game where he <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-shake-milton-reaches-new-milestones-in-breakout-game-vs-clippers">explodes for a big scoring night</a> but the steady presence he provides has had a huge impact on the undermanned Sixers.</p><p>The Sixers’ bench has had immense trouble scoring at numerous points throughout the season. Keeping Milton in the rotation is one surefire way to give Philly more shot-creators. He can provide serious value as a secondary ball handler alongside either Maxey or Harden while the other rests.</p><p>Although injuries to key players were certainly not part of the Sixers plans, Shake Milton’s stupendous play has been a huge silver lining. Doc Rivers should keep a spot for him when he gets his starting guards back.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Shake Milton must remain in Sixers rotation after James Harden, Tyrese Maxey return

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Sixers react to Shake Milton’s impressive return to action');   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><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Sixers-Tyrese-Maxey-Doc-Rivers-Shake-Milton.jpg"></figure><h1>Sixers react to Shake Milton’s impressive return to action</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-10-29T17:29:27-07:00">October 29th, 5:29pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-10-29T17:31:09-07:00">October 29th, 5:31pm</time><address><a>Kevin McCormick</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Mini-Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>A lot can be taken away from the Philadelphia 76ers’ win over the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night, but one of the brightest storylines was the return of Shake Milton. After rolling his ankle in practice, the 25-year-old finally was able to make his season debut for the Sixers.</p><p>Despite being sidelined for close to two weeks, Milton did not miss a beat in his return against the Pistons. In 16 minutes of action, he scored 13 points and dished five assists. Some rust had to be shaken off, but Milton quickly looked like the player we are accustomed to seeing and proved that he will be another weapon for Philly this season.</p><p>This return was a key topic during postgame media availability, as Sixers players and coaches gave their thoughts on having Milton back in the lineup. First up was head coach Doc Rivers. “He was great. I thought he was rusty early on, but overall he was fantastic,” he said.</p><p>Later on, Tyrese Maxey touched on how happy he was to see his teammate back in action. “It’s great to have Shake-and-bake back. He does what he does. Gets hot extremely quick and did really well today. It was great to see him,” said Maxey postgame.</p><p>Milton himself was the final player to speak <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/philadelphia-76ers/schedule">following Thursday’s win</a> and wasted little time given his thoughts on how he felt making his return. Along with stating his previously injured ankle feels good, he also spoke on how good it felt for him to finally take the court in the regular season.</p><p>“It definitely felt good. After a while of sitting out, it gets kind of hard, sitting there watching the team. Of course, you’re cheering them on, but you also want to be out there and helping them win. It felt good to be out there tonight,” Milton said.</p><p>Having Milton is a huge pick me up for Rivers and the Sixers. For starters, it adds another ballhandler to the mix. Before his injury, there was a chance Milton was going to be inserted in the starting lineup with Ben Simmons still not partaking in games. Even if he continues to come off the bench, it gives the group another capable ballhandler to run the offense at times.</p><p>His return also takes a ton of pressure off Maxey’s shoulders. Between Simmons’ absence and Milton being injured, a lot had to be asked from the second-year guard out of Kentucky. Not only was he running the show for the starting lineup, but the second unit at times as well. With Milton back, it will take some weight off him and allow him to comfortably slide into his new role.</p><p>The strong play of the Sixers’ second unit has been an early takeaway this season, and now is only going to get better. Based on <a href="https://sixerswire.usatoday.com/2021/10/28/sixers-praise-shake-milton-for-big-boost-off-the-bench-in-win-over-pistons/">how easily Milton was able to reintegrate himself on Thursday</a>, there’s no telling what new elements he’ll bring to the lineup once he gets more games under his belt.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Sixers react to Shake Milton’s impressive return to action

<!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', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Sixers guard Shake Milton ‘nowhere near’ ready to play');   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><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/shake-milton-sixers.jpeg"></figure><h1>Sixers guard Shake Milton ‘nowhere near’ ready to play</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-10-18T13:12:35-07:00">October 18th, 1:12pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-10-18T13:14:26-07:00">October 18th, 1:14pm</time><address><a>Michael Corvo</a>Los Angeles Lakers beat reporter and writer for ClutchPoints. Aspiring Shane Falco. NYC native, LA resident, USC grad. Tennis Fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/philadelphia-76ers/news">Philadelphia 76ers</a> guard Shake Milton won’t be returning to the floor anytime soon. The Sixers wing is “nowhere near” ready for NBA basketball, according to head coach Doc Rivers.</p><p>Milton has been dealing with a right ankle sprain.</p><blockquote>“I don’t know what his status is,” Rivers <a href="https://twitter.com/Ky_Carlin/status/1449795810183598093?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1449795810183598093%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsixerswire.usatoday.com%2F2021%2F10%2F17%2Fsixers-guard-shake-milton-will-be-out-a-while-as-opening-night-approaches%2F">said</a> Monday. “I know he’s out. Shake is nowhere near playing yet. He’ll be out for a while.”</blockquote><p>The 76ers are also dealing with injuries to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/tobias-harris/a55f0921">Tobias Harris</a> (right knee soreness) and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/nba/players/matisse-thybulle/aebd09cc/news">Matisse Thybulle</a> (right shoulder soreness), though both players are on track to play on in the opener. The Sixers open their season against the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday.</p><blockquote>“Both were good,” Rivers said on Sunday. “Matisse, I wanna say made it through without coming out much other than us pulling him out. Tobias, we were more careful with quite honestly. Some of the halfcourt pick-up stuff we didn’t keep him on the floor a lot. He’s fine, but for me, I need him to get to Wednesday.”</blockquote><p>Harris and Thybulle were both <a href="https://sixerswire.usatoday.com/2021/10/17/tobias-harris-matisse-thybulle-give-updates-on-their-injuries-at-practice/">optimistic</a> about their availability for Wednesday.</p><p>Milton, 25, averaged a career-high 13.0 points per game last season. Seth Curry, Tyrese Maxey and Isaiah Joe will be expected to step up in Milton’s absence.</p><p>Of course, beyond injuries, Philly has to sort out the whole <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-ben-simmons-reception-from-joel-embiid-teammates-revealed-by-doc-rivers/">Ben Simmons thing</a>.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Sixers guard Shake Milton ‘nowhere near’ ready to play

<!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', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Joel Embiid reveals hilarious exchange with Shake Milton after screaming argument');   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><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Joel-Embiid-Shake-Milton-Sixers.jpg"></figure><h1>Joel Embiid reveals hilarious exchange with Shake Milton after screaming argument</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-08-03T21:31:35-07:00">August 3rd, 9:31pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-08-03T21:31:35-07:00">August 3rd, 9:31pm</time><address><a>Virgil Villanueva</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Philadelphia 76ers players Joel Embiid and Shake Milton got into a screaming argument in their eventual loss to the Indiana Pacers on Saturday. In the following game, a win over the San Antonio Spurs, Milton bounced back by putting up a stellar performance. Embiid shared that Milton had some choice words for him before the game.</p><p>In their 127-121 loss to the Pacers on Saturday, TJ Warren dropped 53 points. Milton, who defended him most of the night, got some heat from Embiid as he allowed Warren to drop <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1289709248843141120?s=20">19 points in the first quarter alone.</a></p><p>According to Embiid, Milton took their screaming match personally. And this was the main reason for his great game in the 76ers 132-130 win over the Spurs on Monday.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Shake came up to me before the game and said “IT BECAME PERSONAL FOR ME” just like MJ lmao!! Nice shot young fella <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheProcess?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheProcess</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/8XMQVdo2Wd">pic.twitter.com/8XMQVdo2Wd</a></p><p>— Joel “Do a 180” Embiid??? (@JoelEmbiid) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/JoelEmbiid/status/1290491316715937799?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Two of Milton’s 16 markers included the game-winning shot from deep. He also had five rebounds and three assists.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Shake Milton wins it for Sixers 🔥🔥<a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Shake?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Shake</a> <br> <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/Cb9vJllOGT">pic.twitter.com/Cb9vJllOGT</a></p><p>— John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/JClarkNBCS/status/1290481209634508804?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 4, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Hopefully, this performance by Milton smooths up the rough patches among the 76ers players. After all, chemistry issues have hounded them all season long. That screaming argument alone reveals how tarnished their camaraderie can be at times.</p><p>Perhaps this is the main reason why many experts claim that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-philly-still-trying-to-get-josh-richardson-involved-in-games/">the team is under-performing</a>. They have a great trio in Tobias Harris, Ben Simmons, and Joel Embiid which is backed up by a decent crop of role players. Yet the 76ers remain a mid tier team in the eyes of these analysts.</p><p>Over the last two seasons, the 76ers have made it all the way to the Eastern Conference Semifinals. If they want to make a deeper run, then their chemistry has to be in elite form.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><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', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><script type="text/javascript">      window._taboola = window._taboola || [];      _taboola.push({          article: 'auto',          ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'      });      !function (e, f, u, i) {          if (!document.getElementById(i)) {              e.async = 1;              e.src = u;              e.id = i;              f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);          }      }(document.createElement('script'),          document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],          'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',          'tb_loader_script');      if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Joel Embiid reveals hilarious exchange with Shake Milton after screaming argument

<!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', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Joel Embiid speaks out on screaming exchange with Shake Milton');   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><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Joel.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>Joel Embiid speaks out on screaming exchange with Shake Milton</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-08-01T20:56:51-07:00">August 1st, 8:56pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-08-01T20:56:51-07:00">August 1st, 8:56pm</time><address><a>Mike Cruz</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Philadelphia 76ers teammates Joel Embiid and Shake Milton <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-video-shake-milton-screams-at-joel-embiid-sideline/" rel="noopener noreferrer">had a heated exchange</a> at the end of the first quarter against the Indiana Pacers on Saturday night. Following their disappointing 127-121 loss to the Pacers, the Sixers All-Star center downplayed the shouting match they had.</p><blockquote>“It’s basketball. Everybody makes mistakes. It happens. We got to come in and get better. But it’s nothing, it happens everywhere. We discussed what’s going on and you move on, you find a solution. But it’s nothing. It happens. It happens on every team you just figure it out and you move on,” Embiid said, per <a href="https://twitter.com/rich_hofmann/status/1289746335109746688" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rich Hofmann of The Athletic</a>.</blockquote><p>Embiid probably didn’t like the way Milton passed him the ball on the final possession of the first quarter, which almost caused a turnover for the Sixers. The Cameroonian made sure to let the 6-foot-5 guard know about it when they headed to the bench.</p><p>It seems like Milton didn’t like the way Embiid relayed the criticism. He certainly looked like he wanted to get all the smoke with the 7-foot-1 big man.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Joel Embiid lets Shake Milton have it after TJ Warren drops 19 first quarter points 👀 <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/eAXCKk3772">pic.twitter.com/eAXCKk3772</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1289709248843141120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 1, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>For fans, seeing two teammates go at it like Joel Embiid and Shake Milton did isn’t a normal occurrence. However, this is probably just another day in the office for professionals.</p><p>Certainly, there’s a lot more incidents like these that go on behind the scenes during practices and film room sessions. Disagreements can happen among teammates and in-game spats can’t be avoided in the heat of the moment.</p><p>The Sixers, however, have bigger problems than this seemingly normal disagreement between Embiid and Milton. Philadelphia dropped to sixth place in the Eastern Conference standings following the loss to the Pacers.</p><p>Embiid had an outstanding night with 41 points, 21 rebounds, and three blocks on the evening. Milton, meanwhile, went scoreless in his 19 minutes on the floor. JoJo’s monster game obviously went to waste with Philadelphia seeking to move up in the East standings.</p><p>With seven games left in the bubble games, opportunities are running out for the Sixers.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><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', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><script type="text/javascript">      window._taboola = window._taboola || [];      _taboola.push({          article: 'auto',          ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'      });      !function (e, f, u, i) {          if (!document.getElementById(i)) {              e.async = 1;              e.src = u;              e.id = i;              f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);          }      }(document.createElement('script'),          document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],          'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',          'tb_loader_script');      if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Joel Embiid speaks out on screaming exchange with Shake Milton

<!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', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'VIDEO: Shake Milton screams at Joel Embiid on sideline');   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><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Joel-Embiid-speaks-out-on-what_s-wrong-with-Philly_s-offense.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>VIDEO: Shake Milton screams at Joel Embiid on sideline</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-08-01T17:28:47-07:00">August 1st, 5:28pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-08-01T17:28:47-07:00">August 1st, 5:28pm</time><address><a>Ashish Mathur</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Philadelphia 76ers guard Shake Milton and star center Joel Embiid had a heated exchange on the sideline at the end of the first quarter of the Sixers’ first seeding game against the Indiana Pacers.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Joel Embiid lets Shake Milton have it after TJ Warren drops 19 first quarter points 👀 <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/eAXCKk3772">pic.twitter.com/eAXCKk3772</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPointsApp/status/1289709248843141120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 1, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Sixers’ chemistry issues are well-documented. In fact, small forward Tobias Harris previously said that they “didn’t have the best chemistry through the year with everything going on.”</p><p>With that said, it will be interesting to see what Joel Embiid and Shake Milton have to say about this exchange after the game.</p><p>There’s a lot of pressure on the Sixers to perform well in the 2020 playoffs. Many NBA pundits believe 76ers general manager Elton Brand will trade Embiid or Ben Simmons and fire head coach Brett Brown in the offseason if the team doesn’t go on a deep postseason run down in Orlando, Florida.</p><p>—</p><p><i>Follow ClutchPoints on <a href="https://twitter.com/clutchpointsapp" rel="noopener noreferrer">Twitter</a> &amp; <a href="https://www.instagram.com/clutchpoints/?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>, and like us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ClutchPoints/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook</a>. We can also be found on Flipboard where you can subscribe and follow us. 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VIDEO: Shake Milton screams at Joel Embiid on sideline

<!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', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Sixers coach Brett Brown reveals bold strategy change involving Ben Simmons, Shake Milton');   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><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Brett-Brown-reveals-bold-strategy-change-involving-Ben-Simmons-Shake-Milton.jpg"></figure><h1>Sixers coach Brett Brown reveals bold strategy change involving Ben Simmons, Shake Milton</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-07-13T11:48:29-07:00">July 13th, 11:48am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-07-13T11:48:29-07:00">July 13th, 11:48am</time><address><a>Bruno Manrique</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Ben Simmons <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-brett-brown-makes-announcement-on-ben-simmons-health/" rel="noopener noreferrer">will return at 100% capacity</a> when he resumes the 2019-20 season with the rest of his Philadelphia 76ers teammates. But the Sixers star might be doing so playing a different position.</p><p>Simmons has been playing off the ball a lot during practice and experimenting at the power forward spot, according to head coach Brett Brown. Shake Milton has since taken over <a href="https://twitter.com/PompeyOnSixers/status/1282728954349137920" rel="noopener noreferrer">as the starting point guard</a> at recent practices.</p><p>Brown acknowledged it was his decision to run with Simmons as a point guard, considering the Sixers didn’t have a “Chris Paul” or a “Damian Lillard” running the point when he first took the floor in 2017:</p><blockquote>“It was my decision. ‘You take the ball. We’re gonna make you the point guard,'” Brown said in response to a question from Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer. “It’s not like he came in and there was an established point guard that he had to bump out.”</blockquote><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ben Simmons is an All-Star point guard. But I consider him an All-Universe point forward. He’s been practicing at PF down at Disney. I asked Brett Brown did he have to sell the <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sixers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Sixers</a> standout on the move. Here’s his response: <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/TU7CyOuscH">pic.twitter.com/TU7CyOuscH</a></p><p>— Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/PompeyOnSixers/status/1282732405711933451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 13, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Brown noted he has “zero regrets” in making Simmons the point guard and noted the adjustment is to make the most of Simmons’ ability.</p><p>This in a way an admission of guilt, as the Ben Simmons at point guard experiment for the Sixers has run into roadblocks, even with his All-Star production.</p><p>Simmons has been asked to shoot from outside more, but he has always done it minimally. Despite robust all-around numbers, having a point guard who can’t shoot has been a problem at times, especially on the road when the Sixers need a shotmaker down the stretch.</p><p>Moving Milton — a more capable albeit streaky shooter — to the point guard position would allow for better spacing, while Simmons is still able to make plays without crowding a vital backcourt.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><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', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><script type="text/javascript">      window._taboola = window._taboola || [];      _taboola.push({          article: 'auto',          ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'      });      !function (e, f, u, i) {          if (!document.getElementById(i)) {              e.async = 1;              e.src = u;              e.id = i;              f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);          }      }(document.createElement('script'),          document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],          'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',          'tb_loader_script');      if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }</script></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

Sixers coach Brett Brown reveals bold strategy change involving Ben Simmons, Shake Milton

<!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', '');   ga('set', 'title', 'Brett Brown reacts to Shake Milton’s 39-point game after telling him he’s not in the Sixers rotation');   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><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Brett-Brown-reacts-to-Shake-Milton%E2%80%99s-39-point-game-after-telling-him-he%E2%80%99s-not-in-the-rotation.jpg"><figcaption>CP</figcaption></figure><h1>Brett Brown reacts to Shake Milton’s 39-point game after telling him he’s not in the Sixers rotation</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2020-03-01T16:25:50-08:00">March 1st, 4:25pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2020-03-01T16:25:50-08:00">March 1st, 4:25pm</time><address><a>Marty Fenn</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/adnw_request?placement=1709097162682630_1935907953334882&amp;adtype=banner300x250" width="300" height="250"></iframe></figure></header><p>The Philadelphia 76ers were without a plethora of key players on Sunday afternoon against the Los Angeles Clippers, but a former G Leaguer in Shake Milton nearly helped Brett Brown and the Sixers steal the game.</p><p>Milton exploded with 26 first-half points on his way to 39 markers in the game, giving the Sixers a much-needed lift on a day in which they did not have Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons and also lost Josh Richardson <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-josh-richardson-out-vs-clippers-due-to-nose-contusion/" rel="noopener noreferrer">due to injury</a>.</p><p>Interestingly enough, Brown had told Milton he would not be a consistent member of the rotation after the All-Star break. However, due in part to the extent of injuries to Philly’s roster, the Sixers coach’s hand was forced.</p><p>Brown praised Milton after the game on Sunday. He said Milton was “clearly” ready for the opportunity while calling the 23-year-old guard’s performance a “hell of a story.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe class="no-margin"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="550" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sixers coach Brett Brown said he discussed roles w/ every player after All-Star break &amp; told Shake Milton “you’re not playing, you’re not in the rotation.” After Milton’s 39 points vs. Clippers, Brown said: “It’s a hell of a story.” <a target="_blank" href="https://t.co/X6hGjNccee">pic.twitter.com/X6hGjNccee</a></p><p>— Ben Golliver (@BenGolliver) <a target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/BenGolliver/status/1234260080041717760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2020</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></iframe></figure><p>Milton could not be stopped in the early parts of the contest. He repeatedly rose up for perimeter jumpers and showed no hesitancy in taking on a scoring role. Milton finished the first half 10-of-11 from the field, joining Ben Simmons as one of two Sixers in the last 20 years to <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/1234236178024542209" rel="noopener noreferrer">score at least 25 points with 90 percent shooting in a single half</a>.</p><p>Perhaps more consequently for Milton, Richardson’s injury could all but assure his spot in the rotation.</p><p>Richardson suffered a concussion on Sunday, and he will enter the league’s concussion protocol for further evaluation. Given Simmons will also be out for multiple weeks, Shake Milton figures to see extended run for Brett Brown and the Sixers at the point guard spot.</p><p>The story continues.</p><figure class="op-tracker"><iframe><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', 'auto');  ga('set', 'campaignSource', 'Facebook');  ga('set', 'campaignMedium', 'Instant Article');  ga('set', 'title', ia_document.title);  ga('send', 'pageview');</script><iframe>    <script type="text/javascript">        window._taboola = window._taboola || [];        _taboola.push({            article: 'auto',            ref_url: 'http://instantarticles.fb.com'        });        !function (e, f, u, i) {            if (!document.getElementById(i)) {                e.async = 1;                e.src = u;                e.id = i;                f.parentNode.insertBefore(e, f);            }        }(document.createElement('script'),            document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0],            'https://cdn.taboola.com/libtrc/clutchpoints-clutchpoints/trk.js',            'tb_loader_script');        if (window.performance) {          if (typeof window.performance.mark == 'function') {            window.performance.mark('tbl_ic');          }        }    </script>    </iframe></iframe></figure></article>    </body></html>

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PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
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2024-25 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
6.5	1.8	2.1	-	0.5

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