[Haynes] New Sixers wing Nicolas Batum has returned to Philadelphia after dealing with a personal matter and is expected to be available to make his debut Monday against the Washington Wizards, league sources tell @NBAonTNT , @BleacherReport .

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1. Very happy with this. Hope he starts asap. Nurse even said his assistants were telling him some stuff about Batum in a small ball 5.

2. Lol wife finally let him leave the house

3. He is going to be our second or third best passer. Hopefully, he has enough left in his tank

4. Some added rim protection around Embiid should be nice

5. Your new spot starter.

6. fr though i hope his family is doing well, the transition is probably hard especially when its near the end of his career

7. “Hmm…looks like they’re actually a pretty good team. Alright, I’ll play.”

8. Fuck yeah dude let’s go

9. Season saved!

10. Nice, really curious to see if he can help us. Moving Oubre back to the bench would be nice….

11. Winning cures all. He saw this team was a contender and changed his whole mood

12. Gonna need those 3PPG to get past the second round 🤣🤣🤣🤣

13. I saw him and his wife touring condos in the Northeast this morning.

14. I thought this shit said he retired LMFAOOO

15. Glad to hear it. What number will he wear.

16. Is he liable to start over Oubre or Melton?

17. Starting Lineup: Maxey Melton Harris Batum Embiid

    First of the bench: Oubre Beverly Covington Reed

    I like the idea of Oubre rocking out off the bench and Batum as a high-IQ middle-cog on offense. Only concern is idk how serviceable Batum is on defense these days