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Tyrese Maxey is Rising
The Philadelphia 76ers guard is very fast, very good at basketball, and only 23 years old.
Tyrese Maxey is fast. Probably faster than you. Unless you are an Olympic sprinter, De’Aaron Fox. You shouldn’t feel ashamed. Tyrese Maxey is turbocharged by the round orange basketball he dribbles. Like the ball gives off superhero pheromones that only he absorbs. He makes the rest of the guys on the court look like they just finished a race. Because he’s faster than they are.
When old molasses James Harden was on the Philadelphia 76ers, Tyrese Maxey had to wait his turn. What Harden delivers in passing vision and step-back three-pointers, he lacks in burst. Now it’s Tyrese’s turn to pick-and-roll his opponents to death with last year’s MVP Joel Embiid. Tyrese just turned 23 years-old. He is not yet in the prime of his career, but it helps to play alongside Embiid. There are paths to the hoop that wouldn’t otherwise be there because of Embiid’s shooting.
Embiid has dubbed his young friend “The Franchise,” which is generous coming from the man who won the Most Valuable Player award a few months ago. When you score 50 points in a game, make 20 of 32 shots and commit only two turnovers, your teammates give you fancy names. One of the reasons Maxey took 32 shots was the absence of his teammate Kelly Oubre…
