The Sixers reportedly plan to bring in another big man.
The team intends to sign DJ Wilson to a 10-day contract, Athletic’s Shams Charania reported late Tuesday evening.
Wilson averaged 19.4 points, 9.5 rebounds and 4.8 assists this season for Osceola Magic of the G League. he is shot 39.6 percent from three-point range on 4.7 attempts per game.
The Michigan product recorded a game-high 35 points, 13 rebounds and seven assists against the Delaware Blue Coats on March 3.
Picked 17th overall by the Bucks in the 2017 NBA Draft, Wilson is 6-foot-10, 231 pounds with a 7-foot-3 wingspan. The 28-year-old’s last appearance in the NBA was on February 28, 2022 with the Raptors under Nick Nurse, who is in his first year at the helm of the Sixers.
Wilson did not stay long term in Toronto, playing only four times for the franchise. Still, Nurse saw positive qualities in Wilson, calling him a “right place, right time” guy.
“The handle is pretty good, it bounces pretty well, can mark it a little,” The nurse told reporters in 2022. “I like what he showed us as a good all-around player.”
The Sixers also signed center Kai Jones to a 10-day agreement last Friday. Nurse said the Sixers “just wanted to get him 10 days there (in the G League), first and foremost. And then after those 10 days, we’ll reevaluate and go from there.
After recording 14 points, eight rebounds, five assists and five steals in his debut with the Blue Coats, Jones suffered a right hamstring strain in his second game and has been out since.
At the NBA level, Paul Reed and Mo Bamba have been the Sixers’ two consistent big men over the team’s last 22 games without Joel Embiid.
As Embiid recovers from his left lateral meniscus injury, the Sixers 38-30 still have 14 regular season games to play. Nine of them are on the road, starting with a Wednesday night game against the Suns.
