Just Want To Thank Mike Muscala For Bringing Us Tyrese Maxey

.@TyreseMaxey is going to be something special.

— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) January 9, 2021

Without former Sixer Mike Muscala and that game winner in the bubble last year the Sixers don’t get the 21st pick and we don’t have this 39 point performance on Saturday by future Hall of Famer Tyrese Maxey…IN HIS FIRST START. Imagine letting this guy fall to #21! Couldn’t be Daryl Morey!

Not to mention he opened the back door, peeked out, and covered +13.5 with 15 seconds left to go. You can’t teach that type of court awareness.

Tyrese Maxey with the cover for the Seven Sixers!! pic.twitter.com/R7MkZ5x2Vx

— The Wooderboys Podcast (@wooderboys) January 9, 2021

Is 39 points and 0 free throw attempts good? It feels like that’s good. Just imagine when James Harden teaches Maxey how to get to the free throw line 30x a game. Is averaging 50ppg in a season out of the realm of possibility? You gotta think that’s possible with the level of efficiency Maxey puts up.

Tyrese Maxey finished with 33 shot attempts and 0 free throw attempts.

That is tied for the most shot attempts without taking a free throw in a game over the last 15 seasons.

Maxey is the first 76ers rookie with at least 35 points in a game since Allen Iverson in 1997. pic.twitter.com/U4gtpffhSc

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) January 9, 2021

Tyrese Maxey is the youngest player in 76ers history with a 30-point game.

At 20 years, 66 days, he’s two days younger than Jahlil Okafor was when he scored 31 against the Mavs in 2016.

— Reuben Frank (@RoobNBCS) January 9, 2021

They better start respecting the future Rookie of the Year and stop using the photo on his driver license for pregame lineups.

Why they use Tyrese Maxey school photo for this? 😂 pic.twitter.com/WVFULC1kGc

— Josiah Johnson (@KingJosiah54) January 9, 2021