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What coaches and players say about roles, minutes, gameplans and development.

Philadelphia 76ersPHITyrese Maxey ยท VJ Edgecombe ยท Jaylen Brown ยท LeBron James ยท Joel EmbiidNews๐• Beat

Nick Nurse's projected starting lineup for tonight.

โ€œSixers head coach Nick Nurse expects to play his entire projected starting five โ€” Tyrese Maxey, VJ Edgecombe, Jaylen Brown, LeBron James, Joel Embiid โ€” in tonight's preseason game @ Brooklyn.โ€
Nick Nurse ยท Coach@SixersAdamView post
Philadelphia 76ersPHINews๐• Beat

A majority of the guys should be able to play tomorrow.

โ€œNick Nurse says "we should be able to get a majority of the guys out there tomorrow"โ€
Nick Nurse ยท Coach@SixersAdamView post
Philadelphia 76ersPHIAriel HukportiNews๐• Beat

The team was excited by Hukporti's activity and athleticism.

โ€œSuper tough, man. it's tough for anybody, but we were super excited by what we'd seen. He's really really active and athletic and really coachable, really engaged.โ€
Nick Nurse ยท Coach@Ky_CarlinView post
Philadelphia 76ersPHIAriel HukportiNews๐• Beat

It is a blow for the team early on and a bigger one for Hukporti.

โ€œNick Nurse says the Sixers "were super excited" about what Ariel Hukporti could bring. "It's always a bigger blow for him personally, but certainly a blow for the team, especially early on."โ€
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