Tony Wroten Released by 76ers: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction

December 24th, 2015 by Alec Nathan Leave a reply »

The Philadelphia 76ers are releasing point guard Tony Wroten to clear a roster spot for Ish Smith, who was acquired in a trade with the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday, according to Yahoo Sports' Marc J. Spears. 

The move comes eight games into Wroten's return from a partially torn ACL, which he suffered midway through the 2014-15 season. Prior to his release, Wroten averaged 8.4 points, 2.5 assists and 3.6 turnovers.

Philadelphia Magazine's Derek Bodner passed along one stat that told the whole story: 



Wroten later tweeted out a message confirming his release: 



With Wroten out of the picture, the Sixers will operate with a point guard trio consisting of Smith, rookie T.J. McConnell and Kendall Marshall.    

Although Wroten brought some energy to the Sixers offense over the past two-and-a-half seasons, he was never an effective scorer or passer. 

Despite averaging 16.9 points in 30 games before getting injured last year, he averaged a staggering 3.8 turnovers while shooting just 40.3 percent from the field and 26.1 percen ...

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