RealGM Basketball Wiretap

03 April 2025

• Tyrese Maxey Ruled Out For Remainder Of Season With Finger Injury

  The Philadelphia 76ers have ruled out Tyrese Maxey for the remainder of the 24-25 season with a finger tendon injury. Maxey hasn't played since March 3rd to rehab the injury.

  Maxey finishes the season with averages of 26.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 6.1 assists.

  Maxey and the Sixers signed a five-year, $204 million deal this past offseason after he was the NBA's Most Improved Player.

  The Sixers have previously ruled out Joel Embiid and Paul George for the remainder of the season. Philadelphia owes a top-6 protected pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

• Joel Embiid To Undergo Arthroscopic Surgery On Left Knee

  Joel Embiid will undergo arthroscopic surgery on his left knee next week. The procedure is being done with the goal of reducing the symptoms Embiid has been experiencing, and will allow him to perform at a higher level. Embiid is expected to make a full recovery.

  The Sixers ruled out Embiid for the rest of the 24-25 season in late February. Embiid played in just 19 games this season and averaged 23.8 points, 8.2 rebounds and 4.5 assists.

  This is the second surgery on his left knee in just over a year. Embiid experienced continued pain in swelling in his troublesome knee. He underwent multiple rounds of imaging and treatment in an effort to forge a path forward.

  Embiid and the Sixers signed a three-year, $193 million extension in September.

• Colin Castleton, Sixers Agree To 10-Day Contract

  Colin Castleton has agreed to sign a 10-day contract with the Philadelphia 76ers.

  Castleton is averaging 4.2 points and 4.2 rebounds in 15.2 minutes across 20 games this season with the Memphis Grizzlies and Toronto Raptors. Castleton is coming off two successive 10-day contracts with the Raptors.

  Castleton is represented by Aaron Reilly and went undrafted out of Florida in 2023.

• Quintin Grimes' Camp Didn't 'Explicitly Request' Trade From Mavericks

  Quintin Grimes' camp "did not explicitly request a trade" from the Dallas Mavericks, sources tell The Stein Line. The Mavericks traded Grimes to the Philadelphia 76ers ahead of the deadline in a deal for Caleb Martin.

  Ahead of the extension deadline in October, Grimes reportedly turned down an extension offer from the Mavericks in the neighborhood of $27 million over three seasons.

  Grimes will be a restricted free agent this offseason and is represented by David Bauman and Travis King, Jr. The Sixers have interest in re-signing Grimes, who is averaging 21.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.2 assists in 33.2 minutes over 22 games since joining the team.

• Tyrese Maxey Out At Least Two More Games With Sprained Finger

  Tyrese Maxey will miss at least two more games with a sprained finger, according to Nick Nurse.

  Maxey, who has been out since March 3, will miss both Sixers games this weekend.

  The 24-year-old could return on Tuesday against the Knicks.

  The Sixers are currently on a six-game losing streak.

• Joel Embiid, Sixers Close To Deciding Treatment Plan For Injured Knee

  When Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid was ruled out for the season on February 28, the team said they would work with him on a rehab and treatment plan for his injured left knee. A month later, it seems that a decision is finally close.

  Sixers coach Nick Nurse said that Embiid is done, or close to done, meeting with specialists on how to handle his injury.

  "I don't want to speak definitively - I think he's done seeing all the specialists," Nurse said. "There may be one or - and those kind of turn into more discussions. I kind of just got up to speed on all of it today. But yeah, I think it's kind of, like, decision time, and there's so many opinions and weighing all that out and seeing exactly what's going to happen. I think we're close to that point of him making a decision on which route he's going to take. Just not quite there yet."

• Phillip Wheeler, Sixers Sign 10-Day Contract

  Phillip Wheeler and the Philadelphia 76ers have agreed to a 10-day contract. Wheeler is averaging 15.3 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 38 G League games this season.

  Wheeler went undrafted in 2022 out of the Mexico City Capitanes in the G League and is represented by Jerry Dianis. Wheeler will wear No. 36 with the 76ers.

• Marcus Bagley, Sixers Sign 10-Day Contract

  The Philadelphia 76ers have "¯signed Marcus Bagley to a 10-day contract.
  
  Bagley joins Philadelphia after averaging 11.3 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 1.2 assists in 18 regular-season contests with the Delaware Blue Coats, the 76ers' NBA G League affiliate.

• Paul George Out For Season After Receiving Injections In Adductor, Knee

  Paul George has been ruled out by the Philadelphia 76ers for the remainder of the season after receiving injections in his left adductor muscle and left knee on Monday.

  George spent the past week meeting with doctors to determine the best treatment plan. George took painkilling injections for five consecutive games before the NBA All-Star break in February. During the preseason, George sustained a hyperextension of his left knee that forced him to sit out the first five games of the regular season. He hyperextended the same knee in November, which cost him three games.

  George is in Year 1 of a four-year, $212 million deal with the Sixers.

• Chuma Okeke, Sixers Agree To 10 Day Contract

  Forward Chuma Okeke and the Philadelphia 76ers have agreed to a 10 Day contract. It's expected that Okeke will sign ahead of the Sixers game on Sunday at the Dallas Mavericks.

  Okeke signed a previous 10 Day deal with Philadelphia and appeared in one game. This time, Okeke is joining via a hardship exception, as Philadelphia is without several players due to injuries.

  In 42 G League games with the Westchester Knicks this season, Okeke has averaged 17.0 points, 8.4 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.4 blocks per game.