Philadelphia 76ers: 5 players the team needs to move on from

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2. Alec Burks (PG/SG)

This may surprise some as Alec Burks was one of the few 76ers that fans wanted to see more of during the playoffs. Burks provided some much-needed ball-handling and scoring ability in the series against the Celtics, this was especially important due to Simmons’ season ending injury. With that being said, we must take Burks’ “success” in the playoffs with a grain of salt.

Burks shot just 18.8% from three and 32.7% from the field in the Boston series, that my friends is what we call inefficient. While Burks provides a nice spark in short spurts, we tend to see him make bad decisions and take bad shots during extended periods of play. The 76ers traded for Burks and Glenn Robinson III in hopes that this would fill the lack of shooting needed for Philadelphia, in return neither proved they could provide that consistently.

In a perfect world the 76ers would bring Burks back on a cheap deal as a spark plug off the bench. In reality it’s likely Burks garners more attention and money on the market than he necessarily deserves, which likely results in him ending up on a different team. Burks would certainly fit better with a team that has more shooters and the 76ers certainly would benefit more from a consistent shooter themselves.