The Philadelphia 76ers made a move at the deadline to acquire Glenn Robinson III and Alec Burks from the Golden State Warriors looking to add to their offensive arsenal.
While Burks has worked out well so far, Robinson III has had a bit of a struggle so far. He has missed all 10 of his 3-pointers with Philadelphia in eight games after shooting 40% from deep with the Warriors. That isn’t exactly what the team expected from him.
To be fair, it is a tough transition for him. He started all 48 games he played in for Golden State and he played over 31 minutes a night. With Philadelphia, he has started four of the eight games, but he has played only 15.3 minutes and he is down on the food chain behind guys like Josh Richardson, Tobias Harris, Al Horford, and the currently injured Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid.
“He’s good people, he’s putting in the time, he’s trying to figure out life on a new team,” said coach Brett Brown. “I don’t think people understand how hard it is to go from playing a lot of minutes on a rebuilding team. Somebody’s getting a lot of shots, somebody’s getting a lot of minutes, all of a sudden you move cities and different sides of the country, and you come into quite an established team with Tobias and Ben and Joel and Al and you go down the food chain a little bit.”
When putting it in that perspective, it can be understandable why he has struggled so much to begin his new Sixers tenure. Harris is a guy who has been traded multiple times in his NBA career and he understands how everything can be a big transition for him.
“It’s a tough transition,” he said. “Obviously, you want to feel out the team, feel out your game in different spots and situations, but he’s doing a really good job of just staying patient. Also, he’s being ready when his number’s being called every time. Obviously, it’s a different team because we’re still trying to figure out ourselves as a team with injuries and different things going on, but he’s been good for us.”
Robinson III has been critical of his role with his new team recently as he continues to try and work out the kinks, but he says he is taking it slowly and day-by-day.
“I’m just taking it one day at a time,” he said on Monday. “From the cities to try and find a spot to a new team, new teammates, new coach. So it’s just one day at a time for me.”
The next day to get better will be Tuesday when the Sixers continue their road trip against the Los Angeles Lakers.
“That takes time and I know that he’s good enough people and certainly a talent that water seeks its level,” Brown added. “It will all balance out and we will see Glenn for what he truly is very soon.”
The team will be down three starters now with the injury to Richardson, so it will be all hands on deck for this one. [lawrence-related id=26936,26928,26918]