Beijing time on March 8, the 76ers home to meet the Bulls, before the Bulls have suffered a wave of 4 consecutive losses, this season against the top three teams in the East and West, they have not tasted a win, and today in the face of the recent extremely hot 76ers, the Bulls have not been able to change this embarrassing 0-win record, and finally lost 106-121 to the 76ers, expanding the number of consecutive defeats to the fifth game. Due to the early entry of the game into garbage time, which also allowed the elder Rivers to send Jordan Jr., who had just joined the team, to play for 10 minutes, scoring 2 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, filling his own data column in a limited time.
Not long ago, Jordan Jr. was bought out by the Lakers, and after a clarification period, he also chose to switch to Philadelphia, and once again joined hands with his former Clippers mentor Rivers, becoming embiid's main substitute, and today's game with the Bulls is also Jordan Jr.'s debut for the 76ers, although it is the first time to represent the new owner, Jordan Jr. did not drop the chain, but seized this few playing time, showing a positive attitude on the defensive end. Embiid also talked about Jordan Jr.'s performance in an interview after the game: "It's great, that's what we need him to do, grab rebounds, cover and finish the airlift. ”
Last offseason, Jordan Jr. was first traded to the Pistons by the Nets, and he was unwilling to play for this rebuilt team, and finally reached a buyout with the Pistons, thus switching to the Lakers with a base salary of 2.64 million, thinking that he could realize his championship dream in this star-studded giant team, but unfortunately, after playing a few starts at the beginning of the season, Jordan Jr. was beaten into the cold palace by Vogel because of his weakness on the defensive end.
In many consecutive games by the DNP, on February 28, the last game for the Lakers and the Pelicans, the long-neglected little Jordan passed an outrageous high hanging ball, and this is this senseless pass, which became the last straw that crushed Jordan Jr. After this game, Jordan Jr. was officially bought out by the Lakers and became a free agent.
And just the 76ers' substitute interior line Zhuang Shen in the recent transaction involving Harden Simmons swap, was traded by the 76ers to the Nets, Embiid also lost a powerful substitute, the 76ers who were already in short supply in the penalty area rotation, also simply signed Jordan Jr., who was abandoned by the Lakers, admittedly in the Purple and Gold Army exposed his defensive weaknesses at a glance, but Jordan Jr.'s rebounds are indeed the most needed by this 76ers, and there is the old Rivers, the mentor Bole sitting in town, The 76ers are also hoping jordan jr. can be reinvented after joining Philadelphia.
Although he could be approved to play in the 76ers game against the Heat on March 6, Jordan Jr. did not get a chance to play in that game, but only made his debut to join the new owner when the 76ers returned to the home of wells Fargo Center today. As Embiid said, after coming to the 76ers, jordan Jr. has to do something very simple, that is, to do a series of cover, grab rebounds and complete the opportunity to eat cakes, if he can really do these things well, the 76ers signed this contract, absolutely profitable.