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Now with the Minnesota Timberwolves, former Philadelphia 76ers forward Robert Covington admitted he held a desire to stay in the City of Brotherly Love and complete “the process.”
Per Ky Carlin in USA TODAY Sports' Sixers Wire:
“Of course, being here for many years, of course, you’d want to see it,” said Covington. “That opportunity went out the door once they made the change and my focus shifted to Minnesota. Ultimately, that was my main goal to be the best player I can be for this team now.”
“The playoff run that we went on,” he added. “Then the rough years of us being able to get minutes and actually develop into an actual NBA player. There was a lot of stigma behind me coming out that people didn’t believe that I could be here. I was given an opportunity and I made the best of it. I think that’s the biggest thing that I embrace about in my time here.”
Covington, 28, has turned into one of the best 3-and-D role players in the league, but he had to be traded to the Timberwolves towards the beginning of last season in the Jimmy Butler deal. Covington was an undrafted forward who initially signed with the Houston Rockets in 2013 before playing in the then-D-League and signing with the Sixers the next year.
Covington had been a part of some of the worse Sixers teams at a time Philly was still building and searching for the right pieces—players like All-Star center Joel Embiid and former Rookie of the Year point-forward Ben Simmons. Unfortunately, for RoCo, he could not see it through to the end in Philly.
