NEW YORK — Philadelphia 76ers wing Trevelin Queen is entering a new situation after finally breaking through during the 2021-22 G League season.
While with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers in the Houston Rockets’ organization, Queen won the G League MVP award after putting his offensive skills on display. He led the Vipers to the G League title over Philadelphia’s G League affiliate, the Delaware Blue Coats. He averaged 25.3 points, 6.6 rebounds and 5.0 assists while shooting 34.2% from deep.
As Queen begins his first season in Philadelphia, he is leaning on the veterans after a successful training camp in Charleston, South Carolina.
“A new environment, new people, a new role on a team,” Queen said. “I just try to fit in where I can get in at. It’s been more of a learning experience. So many veterans around here compared to Houston last year, so I’m just trying to soak up as much information as I can from Doc Rivers to PJ Tucker to the GM and everything like that. It’s just a blessing to be here.”
Speaking of Tucker, the veteran is serving as an example to Queen. The young man out of New Mexico State is looking to be a star in his role just as Tucker has developed into in his career.
“Just as far as he got to the league and his journey,” Queen said of Tucker. “I kinda fit into that. It took a while to get to where he wanted to go, and I look at him as a dawg mentality. He’s the same PJ Tucker every time he comes in here. He plays hard the whole game so, hopefully, I can look at that as the way I can fit in. Just play hard all the time.”
As the Sixers get set to begin preseason action on Monday against the Brooklyn Nets, now is the time for Queen and others like him on the roster to make his mark.
“Just go out there and play Philly basketball and just learn from the game,” he finished. “It’s preseason so you wanna do the best that you can, but also have a lot of learning points. The game isn’t gonna be perfect. … We’re just gonna go out there and do the best we can and learn from that.”
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