Give Daryl Morey and the Sixers’ front office credit: When they aren’t signing past-their-prime veterans, they know how to find some diamonds in the rough.
Guerschon Yabusele is the obvious example this year. He’s emerged as an indispensable rotation player after signing a one-year, minimum-salary contract late in the offseason. Yabusele isn’t the only under-the-radar pickup making an impact for the Sixers this year, though. Justin Edwards, whom the Sixers signed to a two-way contract in July, has likewise impressed in a larger-than-expected role in recent weeks.
Edwards played only nine total minutes over the first two months of the season, but he’s gotten more of an opportunity as injuries have piled up for the Sixers.