The 76ers will work out former La Salle and Dobbins High standout Jerrell Wright on Thursday.
The 6-foot-9, 245-pound post player averaged 12.1 points, 6.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists as a senior this past season for the Explorers. The second-team all-Big-Five selection shot 60.3 percent from the field.
Wright could latch on with a team as a role-playing, undrafted rookie free agent.
The 22-year-old said he could provide energy and display leadership, set screens and protect guards for the Sixers.
And that’s not all.
“Rebounding, defending the one through five positions and just being scrappy, diving on the floor for loose balls - Do all the things that they would need a player to do,” Wright said.