Entering the Sixers 105-87 season opening loss to the Boston Celtics one of the biggest questions for the Sixers this season was a familiar one: with the return of a healthy former #1 overall pick into point guard rotation, would there be any minutes for TJ McConnell?
For now, the answer appears to be yes.
TJ played 22 minutes in the loss, but that doesn’t particularly mean too much for the long term. Last year in Game 1, Jerryd Bayless started and played 27 minutes only to be out of the rotation by March.