Jason Richardson, Old Man, May be Back Soon

Actually, Jason Richardson is allegedly only 34, but I’ll be damned if he’s not close to 60: Richardson, who was drafted 5th overall when Nerlens Noel and Joel Embiid were only 7-years-old, has been sidelined with injuries since January 2013. First, it was a kneecap injury (such an old man thing), and then he injured his foot while rehabbing his knee.

Now Richardson — in his 14th season — is trying to make it back on the court. And he’s close. According to Brett Brown, J-Rich could see playing time “sooner rather than later,” which likely means right after the All-Star break. A career 17 point-per-game player, Richardson was averaging 10.5 points on a very different Sixers team when he went down. He’s 16th all-time with 1577 three-pointers-made, and his game when he returns would most likely consist of throwing up threes and trying not to break his kneecap again. Either way, he’ll help.