![]() ![]() Zooming back out, Maxey is now averaging 28.6 points, 5.4 rebounds and 7.2 assists on the season, with. ![]() I’d say fans needed to pause and appreciate what was witnessed against the Pacers, but judging from the reaction, I believe everyone is celebrating it with the appropriate degree of perspective. Maxey, Anthony Davis and Kobe Bryant are the only NBA players 23 years old or younger to have that 50-5-5 line, plus at least three blocks (since blocks were first tracked in 1973-74). Maxey and Iverson are the only two from that group to do it at younger than 24 years old. Maxey was the sixth player in Sixers franchise history to record at least 50 points, five rebounds and five assists in a game, joining Wilt Chamberlain, Hal Greer, Allen Iverson, Dana Barros and teammate Joel Embiid (per 76ers PR). But the hype is warranted!īefore we look at this young season as a whole, let’s quickly take stock of that half-century scoring outing. These are heady times for a player still on his rookie deal who fell to 21st overall in the 2020 draft. Following the recently-turned-23-year-old’s 50-point explosion in the Philadelphia 76ers’ win over Indiana on Sunday night, the conversation has shifted from ‘will Tyrese be an All-Star’ to ‘will Tyrese make an All-NBA team’. I doubt even Tyrese Maxey’s staunchest supporters envisioned this dazzling start of the season for him. ![]()
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