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Sixers to sign Saben Lee to two-way deal, waive Michael Foster Jr.

The Philadelphia 76ers will sign Saben Lee to a deal and they will waive Michael Foster Jr. to make room for him.

The Philadelphia 76ers are coming off an impressive win over the Brooklyn Nets in a game they played without their three best players and then lost a key rotational piece in the second half.

After the game, the Sixers made a minor roster move. They waived one of their two-way players, rookie Michael Foster Jr., and they signed Saben Lee. The guard out of Vanderbilt spent his first two seasons with the Detroit Pistons; he averaged 5.6 points and 3.3 assists in 85 games with seven starts in Detroit.

Lee was traded to the Utah Jazz in the Bojan Bogdanovic deal in the offseason before he was then waived. He looks to make an impact with the Sixers after two nondescript seasons in Detroit.

Considering the Sixers are down so many ballhandlers, bringing in Lee makes sense. It will be interesting to see if he’s with the team when the Sixers face the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday.

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Sixers explain converting rookie Michael Foster Jr. to a two-way deal

The Philadelphia 76ers explain the decision to convert Michael Foster Jr. to a two-way contract.

CAMDEN, N.J. — On Sunday morning, the Philadelphia 76ers converted undrafted rookie Michael Foster Jr. to a two-way deal. He had been in camp on an Exhibit 10 deal. Foster Jr. was undrafted after playing the 2021-22 season with G League Ignite.

To create space to give Foster Jr. the two-way deal, the Sixers waived Charlie Brown Jr., who held one of the two-way spots. Foster Jr. and Julian Champagnie are Philadelphia’s two-way contract holders heading into the season.

The deal gives Foster Jr. some stability. He knows he will be part of this team for the 2022-23 season while playing for both the Sixers and the Delaware Blue Coats in the G League.

“Just potential,” said coach Doc Rivers of the decision to convert Foster Jr. “This is more of a collective decision. This is not me making any of these. This is more collected — but more potential. Especially, right now with this team. He’s young, athletic, big. He needs to learn how to play basketball. When you look at his athleticism and they project he has a chance.”

Rivers will be in contact with Delaware coach Coby Karl to give instructions for what to do with the undrafted big man. The Sixers see the athleticism and the hard work that he puts in, and they want to tap into that.

“We send some of our guys down right away with him,” Rivers said of Karl and Foster Jr. “He’s got a lot to work on, but just his raw skill and raw ability is just so high. You should give yourself a chance to see if you can teach him and make him a player.”

Foster Jr. believes he made a big impression on the Sixers throughout training camp and the preseason, influencing their decision to convert his deal.

“Really everything,” he said. “I’m a hard worker. Every time I step on the court, I give 110%. Afterward, I put my work in. Plus I’m a coachable guy, so whatever they need me to do, I’ll go out there and try to do it the best I can.”

In terms of what he wants to work on, Foster Jr. wants to add a jumper to his arsenal and be that type of player for the Sixers in his NBA future.

“For sure,” he said. “I’ve been seeing myself like that for a while. I’ve been shooting ever since high school, even middle school I’ve been shooting. Now just at a different level.”

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Sixers convert Michael Foster Jr. to two-way deal, waive Charlie Brown Jr.

The Philadelphia 76ers will convert Michael Foster Jr. to a two-way deal and waive Charlie Brown Jr. in the process.

The Philadelphia 76ers get set to open up the 2022-23 season on Tuesday against the Boston Celtics on the road. That means they have a few days to get the roster all set before opening night at TD Garden.

The Sixers have been making a flurry of moves recently to set everything up for the Delaware Blue Coats and on early Sunday morning, they made another move in order to look ahead to the future.

The team will convert undrafted rookie Michael Foster Jr. to a two-way contract and they will waive Charlie Brown Jr. in the process. Brown Jr. held one of the team’s two-way contracts while Foster Jr. was on an exhibit 10 deal after spending the 2021-22 season with G League Ignite.

Foster Jr. averaged 14.8 points and 8.8 rebounds with G League Ignite and he obviously showed enough in the summer league and the preseason to earn a two-way spot with Philadelphia.

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Sixers 3 goals: Michael Foster Jr. has to have a big camp, preseason

Michael Foster Jr. has to have a big training camp and the preseason in order to earn a spot in the organization for the Philadelphia 76ers.

In this new series, Sixers Wire looks at the 20 players, per Sportrac, that comprise the Philadelphia 76ers roster — 18 currently under contract and the two players on two-way deals — and gives each three goals for the 2022-23 season.

The new season begins on Oct. 18, and training camp begins on Sept. 27. Now is the time to begin previewing the new season of adventure that is Sixers basketball. Philadelphia will have to trim a few players as the active roster limit is 15.

This edition focuses on Michael Foster Jr., who is here on an exhibit 10 contract which is good for only training camp and the preseason. Therefore, he really has to have a big camp and preseason to have his contract converted to a two-way deal before the season starts.

For Foster Jr., here are his three goals:

Final Sixers summer league grades after finishing play in Las Vegas

Here are the final Philadelphia 76ers summer league grades after play wraps up in Las Vegas.

After the Philadelphia 76ers finished the summer league with a loss to the Chicago Bulls on Saturday night, it is time to hand out grades for the younger players for their summer league play. They went 2-1 in Utah and 2-3 in Las Vegas as they took a long look at their youngsters.

Philadelphia received strong play from Isaiah Joe, Paul Reed, Jaden Springer and others. Now is the time to evaluate their play. They also saw what they have in free agency addition Trevelin Queen, who made an impression in the eight summer league games.

The summer grades for the main young Sixers in the summer:

Observations of Isaiah Joe, Sixers in summer league win over Thunder

Here are some observations from Isaiah Joe and the Philadelphia 76ers in a summer league matchup with the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The Philadelphia 76ers finished up the Salt Lake City portion of the 2022 summer league when they took on the Oklahoma City Thunder on Thursday and one could definitely tell it was their last day in Utah.

The Sixers looked a little sluggish from the jump in this one, but they were then able to pick it up and they came away with a close 80-79 win over the Thunder. The Sixers got a big game out of Isaiah Joe who had 19 points and four steals while Oklahoma City was missing the No. 2 overall pick, Chet Holmgren.

Paul Reed had 14 and seven rebounds, Jaden Springer had 11 and six rebounds, and Aminu Mohammed had seven off the bench. Trevelin Queen pulled down eight boards with three assists to chip in.

Here are some observations from the win over the Thunder:

Observations from Paul Reed, summer Sixers in SLC loss to Grizzlies

Here are observations from Paul Reed and the summer version of the Philadelphia 76ers in a Salt Lake City loss to the Memphis Grizzlies.

The Philadelphia 76ers opened up the 2022 summer session in Salt Lake City on Tuesday night against the Memphis Grizzlies just looking to grow their youngsters. It’s the summer so now is the time to ensure that everybody is able to grow and continue to develop as young players.

The Sixers were able to get some good play from their summer league veterans in Paul Reed and Isaiah Joe, but the Sixers could not stop the Grizzlies from deep in a tough 103-99 loss to open up the summer. Memphis was 15-for-30 from deep. Philadelphia will have two more games in Utah before they head to Las Vegas.

Reed had 20 points, 15 rebounds, and four steals to lead Philadelphia, Joe had 19 points, Charles Bassey had seven points and six rebounds, and Jaden Springer had 15 points. Charlie Brown Jr. hopped off the bench and had 15 points and seven rebounds while Grant Riller added 12 points.

Here are some observations from the summer league opener:

Sixers to sign G League Ignite F Michael Foster Jr. to a free agent deal

The Philadelphia 76ers will sign G League Ignite forward Michael Foster Jr. to a free-agent deal.

The 2022 NBA draft is a wrap. The Philadelphia 76ers made their move by trading their No. 23 pick along with respected veteran Danny Green to the Memphis Grizzlies in order to acquire De’Anthony Melton to help the team move forward on a title chase right now.

With that being said, now is the time to look at the undrafted free agents. The team already signed St. John’s Julian Champagnie to a two-way deal and now they will sign another undrafted guard out of the G League.

The Sixers will sign G League Ignite guard Michael Foster Jr. to a free-agent deal. He averaged 16.3 points, 10.4 rebounds, and 1.9 blocks while shooting 44.4% in 15 games during the G League Ignite Tour in the 2021-22 season.

Foster Jr. figures to join the team’s Las Vegas Summer League squad that begins on July 7. That will give him an opportunity to learn his new team while also being able to make his stamp and prove his worth at the NBA level.

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