The way some of Sixers Twitter reacted to about-to-be fourth year wing Matisse Thybulle winning his second All-Defensive Second Team honor last May, you’d have thought it was some ignominious distinction.
It was announced a week after the Sixers were bounced by Jimmy Butler’s Heat from the playoffs. It was still just a matter of weeks after fans learned the Arizona native couldn’t play up in Toronto during round one due to his partial vaccination status. And many fans were down on the Washington product over that and his subsequent playoff performance.
(Sometimes I wonder.