There was concern before today’s season opener for the Philadelphia 76ers about the availability of stretch big man Mike Muscala, according to Tom Moore of Bucks County Courier. Keith Pompey of philly.com has reported, that Muscala will miss the season opener against the Boston Celtics. The big man will miss the first game of the regular season due to an ankle injury.
When asked about possible adjustments to the rotation, Moore responded with the following.
Could see RoCo and Simmons splitting backup ‘4’ minutes with Muscala expected to be out Tuesday (and Chandler at least 2 weeks away), Lucas.