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Realistic 2016-17 Expectations for Philadelphia 76ers’ Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot
- Updated: July 26, 2016
A breakout season abroad for Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot earned the attention of the Philadelphia 76ers, the third team he’ll play with in as many years.
He’d gone from France’s second division (LNB Pro B) to averaging 14.6 points per game in the Adriatic League with Mega Leks. He’s now a key prospect and hopeful building block for a Sixers team that’s looking awfully thin on the wing.
After hitting just 27 triples in 22 games (28.7 percent) during the 2014-15 season, he averaged 2.1 makes per contest and shot 37.2 percent from deep during Adriatic League play. Luwawu-Cabarrot, an explosive 6’6″ 2-guard or small forward, suddenly emerged as a dangerous shooting threat, which enhanced his enticing three-and-D potential.
“We got an athletic wing in Luwawu who can defend, can make shots, can do a lot of different things,” general manager Bryan Colangelo told CSN Philly’s Paul Hudrick. “But he’s a great athlete, and we’re excited about what he brings. … Physically I think he’s a little bit more advanced than some of the players we’ve seen in these workouts.
“When you look at Luwawu, he’s not necessarily slight, and I think he’s got a chance to match the physicality that’s required.”
However, head coach Brett Brown did acknowledge that the 21-year-old Frenchman will spend time next year in Delaware, where he’ll receive reps with the 87ers in the NBA Development League.
“It certainly makes sense to use the D-League that’s 45 minutes down the road to get him playing,” Brown told Sixers.com’s Brian Seltzer. “You can do all the drill work you want—it doesn’t equal playing against bodies and feeling other players.
“I think you’re going to see him in the D-League from time to time, but I also feel like the excitement we saw from the summer league shows that that’s an excellent prospect.”
Team Fit
There is a clear path for Luwawu-Cabarrot up Philadelphia’s depth chart to the starting shooting guard position.
It just won’t happen right away, with management having brought in Gerald Henderson, a veteran who helps make the team more competitive in the short term. And though Luwawu-Cabarrot will be capable of playing the 3, Robert …
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