This seems a fitting final note on the 76ers’ massively disappointing season.
Philadelphia will formally shut down Tyrese Maxey for the season due to a finger tendon injury, which has been expected but is a story formally broken by Shams Charania of ESPN. While the team has yet to make that official, Charania said Maxey’s agent, Rich Paul, confirmed the news. That injury has sidelined Maxey since March 3, and while he has worked toward a return, Sixers coach Nick Nurse said of a recent workout, “It went just ‘medium.’ It didn’t like ‘Oh, that was great,’ you know?