Sixers guard Tyrese Maxey, who is recovering from a right hamstring strain, has resumed on-court work and will be reevaluated early next week, the team announced today (Twitter link via Gina Mizell of The Philadelphia Inquirer).
When Maxey’s hamstring injury was confirmed last Thursday, the team said he’d be reevaluated in one week, while reporting from Shams Charania of ESPN indicated he would likely be sidelined for approximately two weeks. Based on the latest update from the Sixers, it sounds like Maxey is still on track to meet that timeline, though we’ll have to wait to see how next week’s evaluation goes.
Here’s more from around the Atlantic:
- Even after holding Milwaukee to 99 points on Tuesday, the Raptors rank 28th in the NBA with a 118.4 defensive rating. As Michael Grange of Sportsnet.ca writes, the team will need to clean things up on that side of the ball in order to be competitive and seemingly has the personnel to improve its performance. According to Grange, two keys for the Raptors will be reducing their foul rate and their turnover rate. They rank dead last in the league with 24.4 fouls per game and are 29th in opponents’ points off turnovers (23.2 per game).
- Knicks forward Mikal Bridges is looking forward to facing his old team, the Nets, on Friday for the first time since being traded from Brooklyn to New York over the summer. “I think it’ll be good to see my guys,” Bridges said, per Zach Braziller of The New York Post. “I have a lot of good friends over there, even the coaching staff that’s there, all the way up to (general manager) Sean Marks and (assistant GM) Andy (Birdsong). I’m real close with a lot of those guys, so it will be good to see them.” As Braziller observes, the 5-6 Knicks are just a half-game ahead of the 5-7 Nets in the standings so far, with Bridges (15.6 PPG, 3.8 RPG, .304 3PT%) off to a relatively quiet start.
- In a mailbag for MassLive.com, Brian Robb discusses Xavier Tillman‘s early-season struggles and explains why a reunion with former Boston center Robert Williams isn’t a viable trade option, among other Celtics-related topics.
Nets are doing ok considering they are supposedly rebuilding. Clowney is a solid young big who will get better. Claxton is solid. Williams a lottery pick is starting to look like a great pickup. Thomas is a player. Schroder is playing well. And Bogdanovic should be back soon. And Johnson is a solid SF.
I believe Nets have to start the rebuild this year. This draft is loaded. So I expect at some point they will start to move players. Time is on their side. And them playing well. Will only bring up their value.
Schroder, Johnson, Bogdanovic can bring back good value. Even Claxton could be moved.
Getting a top 5 pick this year is what you want. Nets with trades could wind up with two lottery picks.
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Knicks still finding their way so far. So I’m not really concerned about Bridges. I expect him to be one of our top scorers this yr. I do wish Knicks would run more plays for him.
I’m going to keep saying it. Achiuwa starting helps Bridges find his mojo. It helps KAT development on D. And helps Knicks interior D and rebounding. Hoping he comes back soon.
After a bad loss to Bulls. Knicks need this one tonight. Watch Cam go at Brunson. He may not play D. But he loves to go at Jalen ……. Hope it wakes Brunson up. Team win tonight, please.