But the Sixers are well aware of Andre Drummond’s immense worth. His selflessness guarantees that he’ll never be forgotten as one of the most unheralded players on the team. How does someone with his resumé accept such a role? “I’m at a point now where I’ve done everything individually, accolade-wise,” said Drummond, who’s in his 13th NBA season. “A lot of things that guys in this league haven’t done, I’ve done it already, individually. My goal now is to win. And whatever capacity that comes in, you know, I’m down to do for the team. “Do I want to play more? Of course, who doesn’t want to play more? But that’s not best for the team right now.”
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer
What’s the buzz on Twitter?
Adam Aaronson @SixersAdam
Adem Bona is getting a cameo here. Andre Drummond has four fouls and is really struggling. Sixers looking for energy from Bona. – 9:43 PM
Adem Bona is getting a cameo here. Andre Drummond has four fouls and is really struggling. Sixers looking for energy from Bona. – 9:43 PM
Adam Aaronson @SixersAdam
After a 9-0 Cavs run in three minutes opened the third quarter, Nick Nurse called timeout and made sweeping changes. He brought in Council/C. Martin/Yabusele for Oubre/KJ Martin/Drummond.
The Sixers’ resulting unit — Maxey/Council/George/C. Martin/Yabusele — went +12 in 3:36. – 9:39 PM
After a 9-0 Cavs run in three minutes opened the third quarter, Nick Nurse called timeout and made sweeping changes. He brought in Council/C. Martin/Yabusele for Oubre/KJ Martin/Drummond.
The Sixers’ resulting unit — Maxey/Council/George/C. Martin/Yabusele — went +12 in 3:36. – 9:39 PM
Adam Aaronson @SixersAdam
After a 9-0 Cavs run to open the third quarter in three minutes, Nick Nurse called timeout and made sweeping changes. Brought in Council/C. Martin/Yabusele for Oubre/KJ Martin/Drummond.
The Sixers’ resulting lineup — Maxey, Council, George, C. Martin, Yabusele — is +9 in 3:36. – 9:35 PM
After a 9-0 Cavs run to open the third quarter in three minutes, Nick Nurse called timeout and made sweeping changes. Brought in Council/C. Martin/Yabusele for Oubre/KJ Martin/Drummond.
The Sixers’ resulting lineup — Maxey, Council, George, C. Martin, Yabusele — is +9 in 3:36. – 9:35 PM
Adam Aaronson @SixersAdam
Tyrese Maxey is not on the floor to open the third quarter. Sixers are going without any guards. George, Oubre Jr., C. Martin, KJ Martin, Drummond are the five. – 9:19 PM
Tyrese Maxey is not on the floor to open the third quarter. Sixers are going without any guards. George, Oubre Jr., C. Martin, KJ Martin, Drummond are the five. – 9:19 PM
Danny Cunningham @RealDCunningham
Whew. Donovan Mitchell just made Andre Drummond touch the earth and then buried the 3-pointer. He’s up to 19 points with 7:35 left in the first half. – 8:43 PM
Whew. Donovan Mitchell just made Andre Drummond touch the earth and then buried the 3-pointer. He’s up to 19 points with 7:35 left in the first half. – 8:43 PM
More on this storyline
He did, however, finish that season as the Brooklyn Nets starting center after being traded there on Feb. 10, 2022. After that season, he signed a contract to be Nikola Vučević’s backup with the Chicago Bulls. It was a role at which Drummond excelled the past two seasons. “Do I want to start? Do I think I’m a starter? Sure, who wouldn’t?” he said. “It is what it is. I’m not about how you start. It’s about if you are winning a game, how you impact the team. I don’t even look at stats anymore. I look at my plus-minus and see if I affected the game in any way. “If I had a bad plus-minus and I had eight points and 10 rebounds, that’s not a good night. I’d rather have … plus-3 and zero points. That means I impacted the game, someway and somehow helped us win. I’m content with the small victories.” -via The Philadelphia Inquirer / December 23, 2024
Until his first Sixers stint during the 2021-22 season, Drummond only imagined himself as a starter. That was understandable, considering he was one during his tenures with the Pistons, Cavs, and Los Angeles Lakers. “The first time was when I came here,” Drummond said. “That was the first time I came off the bench for anybody.” How was it? “That … was awful,” he said. “It was a humbling experience. I tell everybody this. It is a humbling experience coming from playing 38 to 40 minutes to coming off the bench and playing behind one of the best centers to play the game. “So it was very humbling, but also it gave me a different outlook of the game that there’s other ways I can impact the game besides playing 40-plus minutes.” -via The Philadelphia Inquirer / December 23, 2024
Golden State, as one recent example, offered multiple first-round draft picks for Caruso at last February’s trade deadline and was even willing to part with Moses Moody, along with other players, sources said, in a trade construction that could have also landed Torrey Craig and Andre Drummond with Golden State. That’s the same Moody, of course, who came to terms with the Warriors on a Caruso-esque contract extension in October: $39 million over three years. -via marcstein.substack.com / December 21, 2024
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