Tyrese Maxey is still just 22 years old. It’s an easy thing to forget when he’s out there carrying the Sixers’ offense during playoff games.
The latest addition to New Balance’s roster of NBA players, Maxey wore a pair of yellow sneakers at practice Wednesday that stood out. He was asked about the origin of the colorway and explained that they were inspired by the Infinity Stones from Marvel.
A moment of levity occurred when Maxey seemingly thought all the reporters on hand were too old to know the reference. Perhaps Maxey was forgetting that those movies are in fact based on comic books many read before the cinematic universe existed — a fact Sixers play-by-play announcer Kate Scott was quick to remind him of when his media session wrapped up.