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Would Jevon Carter Make Sense for the Sixers?

By Kevin Kinkead

Published: Feb 22nd, 2022 · 11:43 AM EST

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The Nets brought in Goran Dragic and waived Jevon Carter in the process.

We all know the Sixers need a big in the buyout market, and Daryl Morey and Doc Rivers suggested they’d be adding that player soon, but is Carter worth a look?

Maybe. He’s a decent player. Not amazing offensively, but a hound on the perimeter who can give you 10-12 minutes off the bench. It really depends on a couple of things:

1. Will Doc stagger Tyrese Maxey into the second unit as the primary ball handler?
2. Are they satisfied with Shake Milton running point with the backups?
3. Do they see Matisse Thybulle as a starter or bench player when James Harden makes his debut?

Carter is a defense-first point guard. He’s been that his entire career, which I watched closely as a WVU guy. Bob Huggins rubbed off on him in a BIG way. He is not an offensive dynamo, just a 33% three-point shooter this year and a career 36.9% from deep on about 2.5 attempts per game. He does hit the three at a decent enough clip to warrant some attention, and will catch and shoot, but he’s not gonna give you double-digit scoring on any kind of consistent basis.

It’s hard for me to explain, but even going back to his college days, it seemed like when he was on, he was really on, and when he was off, he was REALLY off. There’s fluctuation in his shooting, which you can see here:

Jevon Carter/Sixers chatter on the feed. From his last Brooklyn game: pic.twitter.com/fmWML7P7qG

— Kevin Kinkead (@Kevin_Kinkead) February 22, 2022

To me, if the Sixers decided to put Thybulle into the starting five, and move Danny Green down to the bench, you could roll out some sort of lineup looking like this:

1. Milton
2. Furkan Korkmaz
3. Green
4. Georges Niang
5. Paul Millsap or buyout big

And then you’re really asking yourself if you’re finding minutes for Carter to run that unit, and sitting one of Shake or Kork instead. If you had Green in the starting lineup and Thybulle with the second unit, I don’t know if there’s enough back court shooting to make that effective, though Matisse with Jevon Carter on the perimeter would be incredibly difficult on opposing guards.

It’s something to think about. Carter is a great defender and spotty shooter, so you have to decide whether or not he improves your team in any meaningful way. Does the second unit look better with Jevon Carter on the floor?