Right now, the kid is all they have at the position where the game begins. Eric Snow is facing thumb surgery and could be gone for months. Aaron McKie already has had shoulder surgery. Speedy Claxton, a year removed from reconstructive knee surgery, is the man at the point.

Last season's first-round draft choice is learning as he goes. He has no choice. And no experience behind him. As the injury-ravaged 76ers - 0-4 after last night's 95-70 loss to the Utah Jazz - trudge through the remainder of the NBA preseason, they suddenly are playing with less experience than they ever could have imagined.