ESPN’s Adam Schefter is best known for his status as a premier NFL breaking news reporter.
He has some knowledge about other sports, too, and gave a few of his NBA opinions on the latest Habershow podcast with NBC Sports NBA Insider Tom Haberstroh.
An avid fantasy basketball player, Schefter thinks the Sixers “could be very good” when the season resumes.
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He’s a big fan of the new starting lineup Brett Brown has been using during the team’s practices at Disney World.
Brett Brown got smart, putting Ben Simmons at power forward,” Schefter said. “He’s going to use Shake Milton as a starter. Shake Milton’s gotta play. I’m just telling you, that guy’s a stud. On my fantasy team, the it-factor. That guy can play.
Haberstroh also agrees with inserting Milton into the starting lineup. The second-year guard was excellent before the NBA season was suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic, averaging 17.8 points and 4.1 assists over the Sixers’ final nine games, and shooting 60.4 percent from three-point range during that stretch.
“He can shoot,” Haberstroh said. “That’s the one thing Philly needs, is a guard who can space the floor.”
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“If Milton comes on as that guy at guard,” Schefter said, “and Ben Simmons is at power forward with (Tobias) Harris and (Joel) Embiid, there’s a lot of good stuff going on there, right?”
The Sixers still must determine Al Horford’s role and the composition of their rotation before the postseason, but the starting lineup change certainly looks logical.
The reporter who usually alerts us to news about Patrick Mahomes and Tom Brady thinks so, anyway.
You can listen to the full podcast below.
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