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Philadelphia 76ers All-Star Pokes Fun at Young Veteran

Philadelphia 76ers' Tyrese Maxey and Ricky Council recently took a trip.

Justin Grasso

Feb 14, 2024; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia 76ers guard Ricky Council IV (16) stands with guard Tyrese Maxey (0) against the Miami Heat in the third quarter at Wells Fargo Center. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Ross-Imagn Images
Feb 14, 2024; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia 76ers guard Ricky Council IV (16) stands with guard Tyrese Maxey (0) against the Miami Heat in the third quarter at Wells Fargo Center. Mandatory Credit: Kyle Ross-Imagn Images / Kyle Ross-Imagn Images
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Recently, young Philadelphia 76ers veterans Tyrese Maxey and Ricky Councy IV took a trip together. With NBA training camp opening in just a few weeks, the young Sixers are getting in some vacation time after a busy summer turns into a busy fall and winter.

The Sixers offered a peek at Maxey and Council’s trip on their official X account and decided to poke fun at Council’s fashion sense.

The one-time All-Star Tyrese Maxey piled on with a post of his own.

“Socks on the boat is ridiculous,” Maxey wrote on X.

This year, Council is heading into his sophomore season with the Sixers. While he was one of the team’s rookies last season, splitting time with the main roster and its G League affiliate in Delaware, Council could be working his way into the rotation if he has a strong training camp and preseason.

Last year, Council’s rookie season featured 32 appearances with the Sixers. Spending an average of nine minutes on the court per game, Council produced five points and one rebound per game. He knocked down 48 percent of his shots from the field and hit on 38 percent of his threes.

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With Council searching for a bigger role in 2024-2025, he’s spending offseason time with the right veteran. Since joining the Sixers in 2020, Tyrese Maxey has been a relentless worker who improved every season. Although he had spotty minutes during his rookie season, Maxey became a full-time starter during his second season.

Since then, Maxey has gone on to earn the starting point guard role and became the NBA’s Most Improved Player with an All-Star nod in 2024.

Soon, the young veterans will be back on the floor preparing for the 2024-2025 season.

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Justin Grasso
JUSTIN GRASSO

Title: Credentialed writer/reporter covering the Philadelphia 76ers for Sports Illustrated’s FanNation Email: JustinGrasso32@Gmail.com Location: Philadelphia, PA Expertise: Reporting, insight, and analysis on the Sixers and the NBA  Justin Grasso is a credentialed writer and publisher covering the Philadelphia 76ers for Sports Illustrated’s FanNation.  Grasso got his start in sports media in 2016 with FantasyPros, working the news desk, providing game-by-game player analysis and updates on the Portland Trail Blazers and the Golden State Warriors. By 2017, he joined FanSided’s Philadelphia Eagles site as a staff writer. After spending one season covering the Eagles as a staff writer, Grasso was promoted to become the site’s Co-Editor. For the next two NFL seasons, he covered the Eagles closely before broadening his NFL coverage. For a brief stint, Grasso covered the NFL on a national basis after joining Heavy.com as an NFL news desk writer. In 2019, Grasso joined the 76ers' beat on a part-time basis, stepping into a role with South Jersey’s 97.3 ESPN. Ahead of the 2019-2020 NBA season, he concluded a three-year stint covering the Eagles and joined the Sixers beat full-time. Grasso has covered the 76ers exclusively since then for Sports Illustrated. He is a member of the Pro Basketball Writer’s Association.  Twitter: @JGrasso_ Instagram: @JGrassoNBA

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