The injury to Matisse Thybulle will surely hurt the defensive strength of the Philadelphia 76ers bench. One player that will have to step up in Thybulle’s absence is Furkan Korkmaz, as Christopher Kline of The Sixer Sense previously wrote about. In that article, Kline also wrote about how Shake Milton could be of use as a result of the injury.
“Shake Milton profiles as a decent, multi-positional defender…it’s reasonable to expect Milton…to get another crack at the rotation. He played solid minutes in the initial weeks of 2019-20, but was sidetracked by injury.