When the Philadelphia 76ers acquired Glenn Robinson III from the Golden State Warriors at the trade deadline, they were looking for a guy who could provide some offense off the bench and give some 3-point shooting. It was a tough start for him as he shot just 28.6% from deep with Philadelphia after shooting 40% from deep with Golden State.
As the season gets set to resume in Orlando, the future free agent receives another opportunity to prove that he can help a title-contending team right now and that he is ready to go now that he has an understanding of his role.
“I’m not a risky person at all so I actually drove from Indiana back to Philly in nine hours and I gave coach (Brett Brown) a call on my way back while I was listening to music and just thinking about some things,” he explained. “So I got a chance to catch up with him and it was good to have that talk. I think it was good for everyone to take those couple of months to watch film, we all had a chance to restructure, and even myself.”
The Sixers have a lot of options to tun to at the wing spot so it is not like there will be guaranteed minutes for him and that is where the challenge does come in a bit for him. He needs that time to be able to get on the floor and prove himself before free agency hits as he looks for his next contract.
“I obviously know we have a lot of wings and we’re all going to come in competing just like every other training camp and leave it to him to see what happens,” he added. “I’m definitely going to do my job and be professional and come in ready for training camp. I’ve been training for about six-to-seven weeks before I got here in private gyms in Indiana.”
The biggest aspect of this Sixers team is that they still have a goal of winning a championship. As Robinson III prepares for the season resumption, he understands that they can still reach that goal now that they have this chance in Orlando.
“The sky’s the limit,” he said. “I know there’s always talk about us being a 6 (seed) and not being as good as we should have been and (Boston) Celtics and other teams, but when you really sit down and look at this team, I think the sky’s the limit for us.”
The Sixers have all of the talent in the world and now they just need to put it together. These couple of months off gives Robinson III the confidence that this team can get it done.
“Honestly, you would have told me at the beginning to take two months off and come back and try to win this thing, I don’t think there [are] too many teams that can really do that,” he finished with. “Really, I say that and I think that we got the personnel and, hopefully, we can have that confidence to go out and win the thing. I think that we’re going to go, might as well have that attitude”
Things get started again on August 1 when they take on the Indiana Pacers in Orlando. [lawrence-related id=33912,33902,33893]