The Sixers have waived swingman Justin Anderson, according to 973 ESPN Sixers Insider Paul Hudrick (Twitter link). They’ve also waived guard Frank Mason III, Derek Bodner of The Athletic tweets.
Philadelphia has now trimmed down to a 15-man opening-day roster, along with a pair of two-way players.
Anderson signed a minimum salary two-year contract in late November but only $125K was guaranteed. He signed with the Nets as a substitute player prior to last season’s restart and saw action in seven seeding games and three postseason contests.
Anderson also signed a 10-day contract with the Nets in January before being released by the organization. A first-round pick by the Mavericks in 2015, Anderson had brief stops with the Sixers and Hawks as well.
Mason was just added this weekend on an Exhibit 10 contract. Unless he’s claimed, he’ll likely resurface with the Delaware Blue Coats, Philadelphia’s G League squad. He initially became an unrestricted free agent when the Bucks pulled their qualifying offer to him last month.
The 5’11” point guard out of Kansas spent his first two seasons in the league with the Kings, appearing in a total of 90 games. He then signed a two-way contract with the Bucks in 2019/20.
Mason played nine games for Milwaukee and 23 for the Bucks’ G League affiliate, the Wisconsin Herd. He averaged a league-best 26.4 PPG for the Herd, along with 5.0 APG and 3.4 RPG, earning G League MVP honors.
That is very dumb. Because Mason is a good playmaker and scorer and Anderson is a good defender and helps stretch out the floor
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Who do you cut in their place if you are philly? They have solid depth on the wing and there are no minutes for these guys. Simmons, Milton, green, curry, maxey, thybulle, and korkmaz is the wing rotation. They also have Ferguson on a guaranteed deal and Tobi can play the 3 if needed. It was the logical decision
Well as a sixer fan, I would say Dakota does not even resemble an NBA player so far…but I guess since he is a 2 way contract it’s not really transferable. I think they cut the right 2 guys to get our roster downsized but there are some in Philly that would rather see Poirier cut and don’t see the need for a 4th center…but since his 2+ mil salary is guaranteed and can be used in a mid season trade I again think they made the right choice.