Daily News | Former Sixer Isaiah Joe finds success with Oklahoma City Thunder and sticks in rotation
As a 76er, the shooting guard was buried deep on the bench behind reserves De’Anthony Melton, Shake Milton, Danuel House Jr., Matisse Thybulle and Furkan Korkmaz. That led to him being waived on Oct. 13.
He ranked sixth in the NBA in three-point percentage at 43.5% heading into Thursday’s game against the Sixers at the Wells Fargo Center.“There’s like spikes,” Sixers coach Doc Rivers said. “He plays a lot of minutes some nights. Some nights he doesn’t play a lot. But when he does get an opportunity, he looks great. He’s making shots.
Joe has averaged career highs of 7.0 points, 2.0 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 13.5 minutes in 34 games with one start.Joe was an accomplished three-point shooter and a solid defender during his two seasons with the Sixers. However, he couldn’t stay in the rotation last season. He followed that up by playing a total of 1 minute, 8 seconds in the final four games of his team’s second-round playoff loss to the Miami Heat.
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