The Philadelphia 76ers have officially signed Anthony 'Cat' Barber.
Barber previously agreed upon a partially guaranteed deal with the 76ers.
Barber was a First-team All-ACC selection in 2016.
Barber played in the Summer League for the Pelicans, averaging 6.3 points, 1.3 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 11.6 minutes over four games.
The Philadelphia 76ers have waived Carl Landry and Tibor Pleiss.
Pleiss was acquired from the Utah Jazz in a trade involving Kendall Marshall.
The Philadelphia 76ers have traded Kendall Marshall to the Utah Jazz for Tibor Pleiss, two second round picks and cash.
The Jazz plan to waive Marshall before his $2 million contract becomes guaranteed.
The 76ers will absorb the $3 million guaranteed to Pleiss for 2016-17 and the $500,000 guaranteed on the $3.1 million in 2017-18.
Marshall will find it difficult to find a guaranteed spot for training camp with another team due to being waived this late in the offseason.
The Philadelphia 76ers expect Joel Embiid to be ready for the start of training camp and the preseason.
Embiid hasn't played formal five-on-five since March of 2014 as he's since undergone multiple surgeries on his right foot. Embiid was the third overall pick in the 2014 NBA Draft out of Kansas.
“Embiid is well and truly on track, there are no red flags anywhere," said Brett Brown. "None of us should be afraid right now. We’re very proud of him.”
Host Danny Leroux (@DannyLeroux) and Derek Bodner of Philadelphia Magazine, the USA Today and DraftExpress (@DerekBodnerNBA) discuss the 76ers’ present and future, including the uncertainty surrounding Joel Embiid (1:23), Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot (16:41), Ben Simmons (27:15), Dario Saric (41:09), the potential Okafor/Noel decision (53:45) and much more.
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Host Danny Leroux (@DannyLeroux), Tim Bontemps of the Washington Post (@TimBontemps) and Jared Weiss of CLNS Radio and CelticsBlog (@CLNS_JaredWeiss) go in-depth on the Atlantic Division. They analyze the offseason, including who got better and worse, moves that stood out (20:02), and rookies they are most excited to see (32:02). After that, they preview the upcoming season, including ranking the teams 1-5 (39:51), predicting who will make the playoffs (50:35) and pick breakout players (1:14:11).
They also discuss the possibility of Chris Paul joining the Knicks (14:24), Melo’s no-trade clause (54:00) and much more.
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The Philadelphia 76ers plan on playing Ben Simmons at point guard at times during his rookie season.
"I can't wait for the season to begin and all over the place I'm very, very excited to start our season," Brett Brown said. "I think [Simmons] is going to have some taste of [point guard] for sure. He'll dictate that himself when he rebounds and leads the break. I've said it many times, I think the NBA point guard is the hardest position in the NBA.
"He's never played point guard, let alone NBA point guard, so what do you think he's going to be? He has a real good chance to be that. I think initially we're going to play him in different positions and that [point guard] will certainly be one of them. I believe he's an elite passer. He has the mentality to do that first--and in a 6-foot-10 frame that weighs 240, 250 pounds, at 20 years old. That's a great package to work with to play multiple positions.
"He's going to be a facilitator. You're going to see [Simmons] making plays. The ball will be in his hands and you can call what position you want. He's certainly going to have the ball in his hands a lot, and everybody will certainly be reaping the benefits of that and truly enjoy playing with him. What we will say is we will give him the ball as much as we can."
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