If I told you last year that the Philadelphia 76ers’ sixth man going into the 2019-20 playoffs would be Furkan Korkmaz, you would laugh in my face until you were out of breath. To be honest, I would probably have done the same thing.
The Turkish shooting guard started off as somewhat of a joke to Sixers fans. During his first season in red, white, and blue, back in the 2017-18 season, he only played in 14 games. In those games, he averaged almost six minutes a game, and in those six minutes, he shot 29 percent from the field, 29 percent from beyond, and scored barely 1.