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.