Philadelphia 76ers Warned About Mistake After Signing Lester Quinones

Philadelphia 76ers fans are buzzing heading towards the 2024-25 season and for good reason. The Sixers have been very active over the summer, adding players like Paul George, Andre Drummond, Caleb Martin and more to their roster while agreeing on long-term extensions with Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey.

The 76ers have gone from a good side to Championship contenders even though we are yet to see this new-look team take to the court.

The latest addition to the 76ers is Lester Quinones. He has signed a two-way contract with the Sixers.

He spent the last couple of seasons playing for the Golden State Warriors. Last season, he played 37 times for Steph Curry's side and averaged over 10 minutes per game.

Quinones is not expected to play a major role for the 76ers next season. But some believe that such additions could prove to be a costly mistake on the part of the Sixers.

That take does not have to do with Quinones as a player but instead the construction of this 76ers roster, which will be under pressure to bring a ring to Philadelphia.

As Nicolas Kyle Pring wrote on The Sixer Sense : "Quinones himself isn't a bad choice for one of the team's two-way spots, but he is yet another undersized shooting guard in a team already overflowing with players of the same ilk. Despite the team's clear need for bigger bodies on the wings and at forward, they decided to spend a two-way spot on someone to add to their embarrassment of riches in the backcourt.

"The 76ers need to start getting more circumspect moving forward, especially with the roster inching toward a grand lack of balance. Aside from Joel Embiid and Andre Drummond, the team has little going for it on the brawn department. It would have been wiser to sign a forward or big man to a two-way spot, especially under the premise that they would need to part with one anyway."

It would be safe to say that the Sixers do lack size at the moment. That is not a new issue for the franchise either. Add to that Embiid's injury record and the situation feels worse.

One would hope that Nick Nurse, a former NBA Champion with the Toronto Raptors, will be able to solve the puzzle. Size is no longer the be-all and end-all that it once was.

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