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Philadelphia 76ers: Tyrese Maxey can’t afford to miss training camp.

Tyrese Maxey (Photo by Silas Walker/Getty Images)

Tyrese Maxey can’t afford to miss any of the Philadelphia 76ers’ training camp.

For most of the past decade, the Philadelphia 76ers have had a “rookie curse” of some sort. A large portion of the club’s star rookies end up having health issues of some sort during their first season. It started with Nerlens Noel, then was passed on to Joel Embiid, Jahlil Okafor, Ben Simmons, Markelle Fultz, and then Zhaire Smith. Now it continues with Tyrese Maxey.

According to Derek Bodner of The Athletic, Maxey is waiting to be cleared to return to training camp after testing positive for COVID-19.