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| Shooting guard Kareem Rush suffered a sprained ankle during practice on Monday according to phillyBurbs.com. |
Our View: No word yet on the severity of the injury but ankles can obviously be serious and lingering. He is the lone deep threat on Philadelphia so he should see 20-plus minutes again this season and should be good for over 100 threes once again. |
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| Thaddeus Young will start at small forward in Wednesday night's opener according to phillyBurbs.com. |
Our View: If Young is deemed the starter this season, that significantly ups his fantasy value. He is very young but can be a good source of steals off your bench. He should produce nice percentages and solid but not spectacular production across the board. |
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| Willie Green practiced on Monday with the Sixers first team, according to Philly Blurbs. |
Our View: The club has been rotating players into the starting five also giving Kareem Rush and Thaddeus Young some time with the unit as HC Maurice Cheeks tries to decide what the best combinations are early in camp. |
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| Samuel Dalembert stated that he intends to make the All-Star team this season, according to the Phillyburbs.com. Andre Iguodala believes his goal is realistic and said, "When Sam puts his mind to something, he's capable of doing it. He has those 20-rebound nights and those eight-, nine-block nights. I definitely feel he has the capability of doing that."
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Our View: Dalembert has never received an All-NBA vote or averaged more than 10.7 points in a season. Dalembert was fourth in the league in blocks (2.34) and ninth in rebounds (10.4) last year, however. Coach Maurice Cheeks also believes Dalembert could be more effective this season while playing alongside Elton Brand. His fantasy stock looks to be on the rise for 2008.
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| Samuel Dalembert strained his left shoulder during Friday night's open scrimmage, according to PhillyBurbs.com. |
Our View: Dalembert is considered day-to-day. |
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| The AP reports that Andre Miller is energized for the season due to the addition of Elton Brand and coach Maurice Cheeks' commitment to an uptempo offense. |
Our View: Miller should have a nice season and his assists could approach eight or nine per game with the revamped 76ers. |
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| The PhillyBurbs reports Andre Iguodala sprained his ankle on Tuesday night and missed Wednesday's practice session. Iguodala said he landed on a teammate’s foot after shooting a jumper on the first evening of training camp. He continued to practice, only to have it bruise up and become “very, very, very sore” by early Wednesday. |
Our View: It's not believed to be a very serious injury and while he may miss a few practices, expect Iggy Hop to be ready to go by the time preseason games get started. |
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