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Philadelphia 76er Essay

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This season, all eyes will be on the Philadelphia 76ers to see if they can take that next step towards a potential playoff berth. In offseason, the team signed both sharpshooter J.J. Redick and big man Amir Johnson to one-year deals in free agency to pair with the youth movement led by center Joel Embiid.

However, while all the attention is on the guys apart of the 15-man roster, the Sixers and the rest of the NBA have an additional two roster spots, which is for two-way contracts. This should help a lot of teams this season as they can develop players through their system while getting valuable playing time in the G League.

Earlier this summer, the Sixers used one of their two-way slots on forward James Michael McAdoo. McAdoo spent the …show more content…

If that wasn’t amazing enough, Pullen upped the ante in his senior year, averaging 20.2 points, 3.7 assists, 2.9 rebounds, and 1.6 steals in 32.6 minutes per game.

Just like he did as a junior, Pullen continued to show off his hot shooting stroke, knocking down 42.6 percent from the field and 38.1 percent from three-point range.

Despite ending his four-year career at Kansas State on a high note, Pullen would go undrafted in 2011 and began his world tour playing basketball. He started off playing hoops with Pallacanestro Bella in Italian Lega Basket Seria A and continued to do what he does best, scoring points.

With Pallacanestro Bella, Pullen averaged 16.0 points, shot 42.1 percent from the field and 34.1 percent from three-point range in 34.3 minutes per game.

Three-point shooting would become Pullen’s best friend overseas as he would have a ridiculous game a few seasons later with FC Barcelona Lassa. Against C.B. Valladolid, Pullen went off for 42 points on 12-of-15 shooting from distance, leading his team to victory.

The former Kansas State Wildcat put on the clinic, showing he could knock down the three-ball off screens and off the dribble.

However, do not let the three-point shot fool you. Pullen can get to the basket at will and has a nice hang dribble, which throws his defenders off.

Last season, he played with Khimki in the VTB United league and even though his

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