The Philadelphia 76ers have interest in trading for Tyreke Evans.
Evans signed a one-year, $3.3 million contract with the Memphis Grizzlies in the offseason, which he has easily outperformed. Evans is averaging 19.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 5.0 assists per game.
The Grizzlies are seeking a first round pick for Evans, which the 76ers are reluctant to part with.
Adrian Wojnarowski reports the Grizzlies will sit Evans until he's traded or until after the deadline.
During an ESPN telecast of the 76ers and Thunder last week, announcer Mark Jones said Brett Brown disclosed in a production meeting that Markelle Fultz has “psychosomatic effects” with his shooting.
Fultz responded on Twitter, writing “You really can’t trust NO ONE!!!”
Brown denied the characterization shared by Jones.
“I was completely misquoted,” Brown said. “There was no reference to any of that. I’ve spoken to ESPN this morning. They’re very apologetic.
“Markelle Fultz’s injury has been well documented. I have talked about this hundreds and hundreds of times.”
According to Brown, there are times when Fultz still feels pain when rising up to shoot jumpers.
“Last night’s erroneous reporting was disappointing,” he said, calling it “a poor choice of words. That was admitted. We move on.”
Brown said he doesn’t begrudge Fultz for feeling that way due to “hearing that type of reporting.”
“He knows the organization,” Brown said. “He knows me. It doesn’t require much more to be said than that. We have a responsibility to help him. I think any time there’s a poor choice of words like there was last night, do you blame him?”
Joel Embiid will play on consecutive nights for the first time in his NBA career.
Embiid and the 76ers lost 122-112 to the Thunder on Sunday and will play on Monday at Milwaukee.
“I just got told I was available,” Embiid said before Sunday’s game. “I think it’s depending on how I feel after the game. But I expect to feel great, because my body has been feeling really good.
“Hopefully, I will play [Monday].”
Embiid has missed at least one game of the five back-to-back situations the Sixers have had this season.
The Philadelphia 76ers have signed guard Larry Drew II to a 10-day contract.
Drew has appeared in 26 games (20 starts) this season with the Sioux Falls Skyforce, the Miami Heat’s G League affiliate, and averaged 11.3 points, 7.5 assists, 5.1 rebounds and 1.3 steals in 32 minutes per game. Drew’s average of 7.5 assists per game ranks eighth in the G League.
This past summer, Drew played for the 76ers’ Summer League teams in both Las Vegas and Utah. He participated in six games (five starts) across the two leagues and posted 8.3 points and 5.7 assists in 24.9 minutes per contest.
The 6-foot-2 guard originally signed with Miami after the 2013 NBA Draft and went on to play for the Skyforce. In all, Drew has played in 120 career G League games, while his 12 games (one start) of NBA experience came with the 76ers in 2014-15.
Damian Lillard and Joel Embiid have been named the NBA Players of the Week.
Embiid averaged 29.7 points and 12.0 rebounds per game as the 76ers went undefeated last week.
Lillard averaged 29.3 points and 8.0 assists per game.
The Philadelphia 76ers have agreed to sign Demetrius Jackson to a two-way contract and will release James Michael McAdoo.
Jackson was recently waived by the Rockets from his two-way contract.
Jackson appeared in 12 games with the Rockets. Jackson averaged 15.9 points, 3.8 rebounds and 4.2 assists in 30.9 minutes per game in the G League with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.
Jackson spent the 16-17 season with the Maine Red Claws.
Markelle Fultz has been cleared to begin the final stage of his return-to-play program.
Fultz's program consists of gradual re-integration into team practices and training. Fultz is also undergoing conditioning work to support fitness readiness for gameplay.
Fultz has been dealing with shoulder issues.
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