The Philadelphia 76ers got themselves some insurance for their resumption of the 2019-20 season down in Orlando when they signed Ryan Broekhoff to a substitute deal under the new NBA rules for the resumption. He provides exactly what Philadelphia needs at the moment and that’s shooting as he’s a career 40.3% shooter from deep in the NBA.
Furkan Korkmaz, the resident shooter on the roster, is happy to see a guy like Broekhoff with the team. Broekhoff spent some time playing for the Turkish team Besiktas so Korkmaz is familiar with him as a person.
“I’ve known Ryan for a long time because he was playing in Turkey,” Korkmaz said. “I know he’s a good guy. About the basketball stuff, this is a team decision so when he comes in, we’ll just respect him and then we just say ‘Welcome to Ryan’.”
Broekhoff is not guaranteed any minutes. He will have to compete with guys like Korkmaz, Alec Burks, Glenn Robinson III, and others to try and get on the court. Korkmaz is all too familiar with having to fight for minutes on this Sixers team.
“On the court, we will let him know that there’s a big fight to get the jersey, get the minutes,” he added. “We all know about it so who’s going to be in better shape will get the jersey. I’m also in the race, we all know that. It’s not like ‘this is your 30 minutes, just go out there and play’. It will never happen like that. I’m also a guy who knows that real well.”
At the end of the day, the Sixers will need a lot of contributions from everybody in order to win this championship that they desire. While Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid will lead the way, they will need the shooting of Korkmaz and Broekhoff to make a difference on offense.
“We all know we should just say ‘welcome to Ryan’,” Korkmaz finished with. “He’s a part of our team right now and we will go to Orlando as a team together.” [lawrence-related id=34254,34246,34240]