The Philadelphia 76ers will enter the new season with a bit of a log jam in their frontcourt. So much so, that Sixers head coach Doc Rivers even toyed about the idea of playing all four of his centers at the same time.
Well, not really.
The Sixers will have no less than four big men in their roster for the 2020-21 season in Joel Embiid, newcomer Dwight Howard, Tony Bradley, and Vincent Poirier. With so much options up front, Rivers tried to provide some clarity on what his rotation will look like this term:
“My guess is Joel is going to play the most of the four,” Rivers laughed, via Ky Carlin of USA TODAY SPORTS. “I can tell you another thing, all four will never be on the floor together. It is what we have with our roster right now [and] we’re going to keep it that way. Dwight will be the backup of Joel and then after that, we’ll see what happens.”
While coach Doc still has to iron out a few details with regards to the Sixers' frontcourt rotation, the one thing he seems to have already determined is the fact that Howard is going to be coming off the bench behind Embiid. Then again, he did say that he intends to give Embiid with minutes at power forward, which will likely increase Howard's role for the squad.
Last season with the Los Angeles Lakers, Howard averaged 7.5 points, 7.3 rebounds, and 1.1 blocks in 18.9 minutes off the bench.
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