About 70 minutes before tipoff Wednesday, Kelly Oubre Jr. let out a scream when he popped into the 76ers’ locker room. A few minutes later, Tyrese Maxey announced that “12 [is] back” while settling into his seat next to Trendon Watford.

Philadelphia 76ers star Tyrese Maxey has had one helluva season averaging 31.1 points and 7.1 assists and shooting 47.5% from the floor and 40.4% from deep. The 6-year guard from Kentucky has taken his game to another level and is leading the Sixers back into contender status in the East.

Sydney Sixers star Joel Davies joked that he may be axed when Steve Smith and Mitchell Starc return to the team for the remainder of the Big Bash League 2026. Smith and Starc said that they will turn up for the Sixers after the Ashes win.

On Jan. 9, 2021, with only seven players available for the Sixers, a rookie guard named Tyrese Maxey scored 39 points in the first start of his professional career. The rest, as they say, is history.

Joel Embiid had 32 points and 10 rebounds for the Sixers while Tyrese Maxey had 28 points, six rebounds, and six assists. Paul George had eight points, VJ Edgecombe had 17 points, nine assists, and eight rebounds, Quentin Grimes had 16 points and four rebounds, and Adem Bona had eight and six boards. Here are the player grades following the loss:

This marks the second time in Maxey’s career that he was player of the week. The first time was on Oct. 30 after the first week of the season.

For the first time since Dec. 18, 2023, and only the 11th time in head coach Nick Nurse's tenure with the organization, the Sixers did not have a single player ruled out due to injury or personal reasons on Wednesday.

Tyrese Maxey leads the Philadelphia 76ers to a road win over the Dallas Mavericks to start the 2026 portion of the schedule.

While the NBA draft and the No. 3 pick has become the hot topic of the Sixers’ offseason, there’s also plenty of other items on the agenda. One of those is player and team options, which have a June 29 deadline. Below is an overview for the Sixers ...

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