Philadelphia 76ers guard Tyrese Maxey’s fractured foot in late November was a heartbreaking development. Any injury is unfortunate, obviously, but you hated to see the 22-year-old rising star felled down just as he looked to be leveling up. At the time, Maxey was averaging over 22 points per game, had dropped a career-high 44 points in Toronto in October, and tallied back-to-back 30-point games in early November. When he suffered the injury against Milwaukee, Tyrese had already racked up 24 points in just 21 minutes.
Now, after missing over one month of action, Maxey isn’t at square one, but the boulder has certainly rolled back down the hill a bit, so to speak.