The Sixers played a pair of preseason games in Abu Dhabi last week. Unsurprisingly, the team looked overmatched against a mostly healthy New York Knicks squad in two losses. The team will look much different when any of Joel Embiid, Paul George, Jared McCain and Quentin Grimes — who finally signed his qualifying offer last Wednesday — are available. Alas, we really don’t know when that will be. We’ll see how quickly Grimes can get into the mix at practice this week.
The team clearly lacked shot creation outside of Tyrese Maxey and VJ Edgecombe and shot terribly from deep, but there were a few positive signs down the roster, including the play of two-way guys Dominick Barlow and Jabari Walker. The Sixers will have a few practices before welcoming the Orlando Magic to Xfinity Mobile Arena (still weird to type) for their preseason home opener Friday night.
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