Sixers lose second straight in Summer League, Harkless sits with injury
Rookie Maurice Harkless sat the second half of the Sixers second Summer League game in Orlando today due to a strained hip flexor. The team lost by 84-80 to the Utah Jazz contingent.
Sixers lose second straight in Summer League, Harkless sits with injury
Bob Cooney
ORLANDO, Fla. — When Sixers summer league coach Aaron McKie pulled rookie Maurice Harkless out of the game in the second quarter against the Utah Jazz, the 15th overall pick slowly went to the bench and grimaced in obvious pain. He stretched his legs out in front of him, trying to give some relief to the left hip flexor that is strained and causing him so much pain. Nothing seemed to work, so Harkless was shut down for the rest of the day after scoring two points in 9 minutes and 29 seconds of action.
Also on the injury front, second year center Nikola Vucevic was a bystander again on the bench, nursing a strained left Achilles' that he said he hurt last week when the players gathered for a minicamp at the University of Central Florida. Vucevic said he came down awkwardly after a layup and then tried to play through the pain. He couldn't, and the guess here is he probably won't see action down here this week.
The Sixers could be getting reinforcements, though. Lavoy Allen is expected to sign his new contract sometime after midnight tonight, the first day new contracts and free agents can sign, then head back to Orlando and perhaps play in the team's 3 p.m. game against Brooklyn.
In today's game, guard Jacob Pullen led the Sixers with 23 points, while Justin Holiday added 16, Xavier Silas 11 and Solomon Jones 10, but they dropped an 84-80 decision to the Utah Jazz, who were paced by Alec Burks' 31.
Looks like Lou Will is headed back home to Atlanta who could use him after Johnson left for NJ— 7mel11- This comment has been deleted.— Quixote II
- When you throw darts at the flag, they're "gimmies". — bearsfriend
- When you're hitting from the women's tees, so much easier to fire darts at the flag! — chuckw
- Grip it and rip it all the way...The late Jimmy Boyle used to use me as his "ringer" in Scrambles...Happy Gilmore,without the fame. — bearsfriend
- 97.5 has talked more 76ers than WIP(possibly because 97.5 will be their broadcast station). Even if you don't agree with the opinions of DiCamera(spelling?)and some of the others, some 76ers talk is better than none. This injury bug, on the other hand, is disheartening to the fans; the 76ers spent some time touting these guys, and these guys aren't Olympians, so this is the main chance to see them before October.— 76erfn
- Agreed..The Summer Rookie League was invented as a selling point of new prospects to the fan base, and thus by filling out rosters, gives an open audition to the plethora of others that either weren't drafted, or have been honing skills overseas, which is bigger than ever in quantity...."draft for athleticism,trade for need"....is now "in holding pattern,waiting for moratorium to end"...Watching some of Utah's bigs, I wouldn;t be surprised to see either Milsap (expiring) or Enes Kanter shopped....Ditto for shooter Austin Daye from the Pistons. — bearsfriend
- The Sixers just acquired Dorell Wright from the Warriors, and his expiring 4.1 million dollar contract for 2012.— bearsfriend
- Is anyone at Philly.com even working today?— bearsfriend
- Oops: J.R. Smith just re-signed with the Knicks at $2.8 million for two years. ComboCancer will NOT be happy. Not surprised that LouWill signed with the Hawks; they still love him in Georgia. As for Dorell Wright, an expiring contract which fits the new Sixer plan. He has started 143 games the last two seasons, did well in 2010, but not the major move anticipated.— chuckw
- J.R. Smith's deal is 2.8 per, as all he was eligible to get from the Knicks was a 20% raise...He's a North Jersey guy, so that was expected...Dorell Wright's a volume 3 point shooter, pretty much one dimensional. He's here for the expiring contract, and fills the Meeks' role of late in the season. — bearsfriend
- honestly, the sixers are the only philly team i genuinely follow these days. 123456ers.— fishtown charlie
- Dorell Wright? Not excited yet...— pfes
- This leaves the Sixers with solely a trade to address the 4, as I doubt highly they're go with a Thad/LaVoy platoon....Look for a Thad/Humphries (one year deal) Thad/Milsap scenario,IMO.— bearsfriend
- Wright for an undisclosed draft pick. Hmmmm. Clearly the team is trying to load up on as many expiring contracts as possible. Is this for another deal or will they keep Wright. I personally like the addition as he would provide us with another shooter and more length off the bench. This would lead me to believe if he is staying that a) Thad will be your starting 4 b) Moe Harkless will not be seeing many minutes this season and c) They are looking to 2013 to make a big splash.— Mattb
Bob Cooney has been at the Daily News for more than 20 years, working in the sports department for the past 15. This is his third season on the Sixers beat. He has covered just about everything, but mostly college basketball, where he was the La Salle beat writer for six seasons. E-mail Bob at cooneyb@phillynews.com and follow him on Twitter.
