Why the Sixers’ Matisse Thybulle can’t play in playoff games in Toronto, explained

This is actually a big deal.

Welcome to FTW Explains, a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. You may have seen that Philadelphia 76ers guard Matisse Thybulle won’t be able to play some playoff games that will take place in Toronto soon, and wondered what was up with that. We’ve got you covered.

The NBA playoffs are here, but there could be some trouble brewing for the Sixers now that we know Thybulle can’t play in Games 3 and 4 against the Raptors. But we’ll get into that, why he’s unable to play and what he said about all of that in a second: