Daily News | After Ben Simmons saga, Sixers feel different vibe around this season’s NBA trade deadline
Yet the 76ers’ reserve forward acknowledges there is a different vibe around his team than a year ago, when the Ben Simmons saga hovered until the blockbuster deadline-day deal with the Brooklyn Nets that“Definitely, if I’m being honest with you,” Niang said following Wednesday’s shootaround. “Obviously, we had to do something last year. But this year, I feel like we’re in a good position. They don’t pay me enough to make those roster moves, so I’m going to keep it at that.
Niang, who entered Wednesday averaging 9.2 points per game on 42.4% shooting from three-point range in arguably his best NBA season, is on an expiring contract. But he reiterated that he hopes to finish this season with the Sixers. Surrendering leads has been a Sixers problem, perhaps most notably when they blew a nine-point advantage in the last 30 seconds of regulation of a December game against the Los Angeles Lakers before prevailing in overtime. Yet it has also drawn research as a league-wide issue.Per data-gathering from The Athletic’s Seth Partnow, as of Jan.
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