The Philadelphia 76ers started a lineup including Justin Edwards, Dominick Barlow, and Andre Drummond on Tuesday, and even though Edwards and Barlow both played pretty well, fans still witnessed what they feared most all offseason; a team that is outmatched in large part because injuries continue to decimate this roster.
Andre Drummond also tried to square up with Wendell Carter Jr. in perhaps the funniest almost-fight in recent NBA memory. Not exactly a sentence anyone expected to read this year.
Despite that objectively hilarious moment, the Sixers lost the game by 41, raising the question: Is the Sixers' exciting start doomed to crash and burn because of injuries? Is this a sentence you've read before? Does anything have meaning?
Sixers fans just saw what happens when the injuries add up
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The first month of this season has been full of pleasant surprises for the Sixers; VJ Edgecombe has shot out to a lead in the ROY race, Trendon Watford has been a nifty free agent pickup, and Kelly Oubre was playing his best basketball in years.
Now every one of those guys is injured; Oubre and Watford are out for at least a few weeks and Edgecombe is day-to-day. It's not fun!
It's even less fun because there's no clear solution. Daryl Morey found some gems and those guys were producing. The Sixers were winning games [without Joel Embiid](https://thesixersense.com/philadelphia-76ers-news/joel-embiid/) and Paul George, a reality fans had grown accustomed to. This team was lovable, but there's obviously a point where injuries add up, and we've officially reached that point.
Tyrese Maxey is having an MVP-level start to the season, but he's just one man. When his supporting cast is a bunch of vet minimum-caliber guys, there's only so much he can do. The nightmare scenario for Sixers fans is that Maxey continues to play like a No. 1 option, and the rest of the team continues to be sidelined with injuries, nullifying a spectacular season from #0.