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You Can’t Stop Ricky Council IV, You Can Only Hope to Contain Him
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Ricky Council IV went for 29 points in the Summer League and dropped 19 in the fourth quarter alone:
Ricky Council IV (29 PTS, 5 3PM) dropped 19 PTS in the 4Q 🤯
Went TAKEOVER MODE 🔥 pic.twitter.com/2YJc426V06
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) July 9, 2024
Can’t get ahead of ourselves with Summer League. Furkan Korkmaz once scored 40 in one of these games. But with the Sixers paying Paul George, Joel Embiid, and Tyrese Maxey a combined $135 million, you’re looking for one or more of these young guys to contribute off the bench, or even as a spot starter. Council IV went undrafted last year but ended up with the Sixers on a two-way contract and played 32 games, embarking on a nice February stretch where he averaged 8 points and 3 boards in about 13 minutes per game.
He’s bombing a variety of three pointers in that Bleacher Report clip. A couple of step back threes, one off a simple switch at the break line. He knocks down some catch-and-shoot looks and caps it off with a little downhill burst and dunk. The guy can play, and showed as much if you watched any of his 11 Blue Coats games. He averaged 23 points, 5 rebounds, and 2.5 assists in 32 minutes per. He’s 6’6″, bouncy as hell, and somewhere between 205 and 210 pounds. He’s got the profile to be a capable NBA wing.
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com