If you’re a Sixers fan, you have to look at the silver lining of the injury cloud that obscures every aspect of your favored franchise. It’s there, believe me, it might be razor-thin, but that god-damn silver lining is there and you have to look at it, otherwise you end up staring into the black cloud of a neverending process.
That silver lining is that Richaun Holmes will possibly stop getting held down so badly by the Sixers’ coaching staff. After starting the season with a laughable glut of centers, their options have been reduced to two: Jahlil Okafor and the aforementioned Rich Holmie Quan. Okafor is obviously not someone you want playing 48 minutes a game, so here we are!
Holmes does the same stuff as Embiid, anyway, so you don’t need to worry. He dunks. He shoots threes. He blocks shots. He might not be as dynamic of an offensive threat, but his nuclear athleticism makes up for that, at least a little bit. Yeah! Positivity! Why are you crying?