A few hours prior to tip-off of the Sixers’ preseason opener against Melbourne United, Brett Brown announced the team would be starting Markelle Fultz and bringing JJ Redick off the bench. Brown explained the move as something influenced by his time with the Spurs, comparing Redick to former Spurs sixth-man Manu Ginobili, and saying a possible move of Redick to the bench could help him stay around the league longer and ultimately prove beneficial to the team.
Moving Redick to the bench doesn’t seem like a thing we’ll see from Game 1 of the regular season, unless things go incredibly right with Markelle Fultz during the preseason, but 82 games is a long time for things to change and develop.