The Sixers recently filled one of their open roster spots by signing Jeff Dowtin Jr. to a rest-of-season contract, but they still have one spot remaining with less than a week left in the regular season. They’d be wasting a potential on-the-margins victory if they don’t use that open spot on two-way wing Ricky Council IV.
If the Sixers don’t convert Council to a standard contract by the regular-season finale on Sunday, he’ll be ineligible to play in the playoffs. He gave a convincing final audition in the Sixers’ double-overtime win over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday, when he racked up 11 points, four steals, three assists and two rebounds in only 22 minutes.