The Philadelphia 76ers began this season with out Paul George and with Joel Embiid restricted by a sore knee. Due to their pair of younger guards, they’re 3-0.
Tyrese Maxey, 24, scored 43 factors and 20-year-old rookie VJ Edgecombe scored 26 because the Sixers defeated the Orlando Magic Monday night time, 136-124. The duo has pushed the 76ers to an undefeated begin even with out the staff’s two highest-paid gamers.
Tyrese Maxey and VJ Edgecombe may very well be the 76ers’ future
Philadelphia’s disastrous 24-58 season, the place the Sixers had championship aspirations, had a silver lining when the staff ended up with the No. 3 choose in June’s draft. This gave them the possibility to pick Edgecombe, the Huge 12 Freshman of the 12 months from Baylor.
He is averaging 25 ppg to date, together with 5.7 rebounds and 6 assists. It isn’t simply offense, both. Edgecombe has 5 steals and two blocks in his first three video games.
Maxey is scoring much more than his backcourt associate. He is averaging 37 ppg and seven.7 assists. That sort of offensive manufacturing from a pair of guards is unprecedented — no less than for the reason that NBA began conserving observe in 1970.
