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Caleb Martin is fighting the urge to play hurt. Nobody knows his mentality better than his twin brother, Cody.

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Caleb Martin has felt pain while raising his right arm, then an “abrupt stoppage” when it reached a certain height.

“It’s almost like your body kind of does like a defense mechanism,” the 76ers’ forward explained Thursday. " … It’s like, ‘Oh, I don’t want to feel that,’ so it kind of just does its own thing.”

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Martin’s summer free-agency signing was regarded as a bit of a coup, and he was projected to be a significant role player alongside the team’s newly formed All-Star trio of Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, and Paul George.