Georges Niang, Sixers Mandatory Credit: Rob Gray-USA TODAY Sports
Despite the existential dread wrapped around the Sixers organization at the moment, this free agency period has yielded a couple nice pieces. Andre Drummond signed on a minimum contract. Not long ago, he was a nightly 20-20 threat. Then, Georges Niang signed for a very affordable two years, $6.7 million, maintaining the Sixers’ cap flexibility while upgrading the backup four spot.
Niang is the heir apparent to the “Mike Scott role,” whatever that entails after last season. Doc Rivers eventually went away from Scott in the playoffs, but for much of the regular season, the King of the Hive somehow managed to carve out minutes on a regular basis.