Daily News | Matisse Thybulle back to having fun as member of Trail Blazers: ‘It’s been really nice to feel wanted’
The former 76ers shooting guard laughed with Portland Trail Blazers teammate Jerami Grant during a shooting drill after Thursday’s practice at the Liacouras Center. There was a glow in Thybulle’s eyes as he sat on the cusp of his first game against the Sixers on Friday night at the Wells Fargo Center, one that wasn’t present in Philly at any point this season.
“It’s pretty straightforward,” Sixers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey said after trading Thybulle. “If you’re making it harder for the team on offense, I think it makes it harder to keep you on the floor defensively.” Thybulle scored 14 points while making 4 of 6 three-pointers and blocked three shots in his Trail Blazers debut against the Lakers on Feb. 13. Then, on Feb. 28 against the Golden State Warriors, he scored 15 points on 5-for-6 three-point shooting and blocked two shots. Thybulle has made at least one three in eight of his 10 games in Portland.
Yet, after all of that offseason work, in his first five games with the Sixers he logged 23 seconds, 18 seconds, 3 minutes, 14 seconds, 2 minutes and a Did Not Play - Coaches Decision in the first five games.“It’s hard when you are on such a talented team that has so much demand to win now,” Thybulle said. “And for whatever reason, I fell out of favor in the lineup or whatever you want to call it. And I didn’t really feel like there was an opportunity to really showcase it.
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