In the aftermath of the James Harden saga, no one knew what to expect from the Philadelphia 76ers, who basically got a bunch of aging veterans and draft capital back in the blockbuster trade with the Los Angeles Clippers.
With Harden in the fold, the 76ers had one of the best one-two punches in the league with Joel Embiid leading the way, but without the superstar guard, the consensus seemed to be that this team would start to struggle and take two steps back rather than the desired step forward.
Fortunately for Philadelphia, Tyrese Maxey has proven to be much better than anticipated in the post-Harden era of the 76ers, as he has shown he could have superstar potential while playing alongside Embiid and be that missing piece to the championship puzzle.
After dropping 50 points in a head-to-head battle with Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers, Maxey turned a lot of heads around the league and convinced former NBA player Brandon Jennings that the 76ers rising star is among the top-three point guards in the NBA right now, via NBACentral.
“I got him as a top 3 point guard right now.”
– Brandon Jennings on Tyrese Maxey
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— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) November 13, 2023
Even though it is early in the season, that is a bold statement to make considering the talent around the league at the point guard position, meaning Maxey is in the same category as superstars like Stephen Curry and Damian Lillard.
Despite Jennings potentially being a bit premature in dubbing Maxey one of the elite point guards in the league, there’s an argument to be made if he continues to play at a high level like this throughout the 2023-24 NBA season.
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