PHILADELPHIA – To describe his mercurial relationship with the city of Philadelphia, Timberwolves forward Robert Covington borrowed a line from a song about another famous town, “New York, New York.”
“If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere,” Covington said before Tuesday’s game against his old team, the 76ers.
Even though Jimmy Butler facing his former team for the first time was the headline-grabbing matchup, Tuesday was still a homecoming for Covington, Dario Saric and Jerryd Bayless, who came over from Philadelphia in the Butler trade.
Covington wasn’t able to play because of the right knee bone bruise that has kept him sidelined recently, and added there was no timetable for his return.