To put it simply, the Philadelphia 76ers weren’t good this past week. There were many reasons why they failed to impress, but the lack of contributions from their rookies didn’t help, especially with their rookie big man not showing up.
20th pick, 2019
Matisse Thybulle has been known as one of the best defenders in this rookies class as a whole, but this past week he didn’t play like it. He only tallied three steals in four games. While his offense output was up to where it has been normally this season, for him to not average at least one steal per game isn’t good enough.