The summer league has ended for the Philadelphia 76ers after they finished 2-3 out in Las Vegas. They won their first two games, but then ended on a 3-game skid. However, wins and losses do not matter out in Vegas. It's all about how the young players look and how they can adjust to the NBA game after to prepare for what's to come.
Sixers big man Johni Broome went out to Vegas looking to still establish himself in the league. He had a tough rookie season in which he was limited to only 11 games due to a torn meniscus in his right knee, but he was able to get some run while in the summer league. The No. 35 pick of the 2025 draft averaged 14.7 points, 9.0 rebounds, and 1.7 ****** ists in the three games he played.
For Broome, here are three observations that stood out in the 2026 summer league:
Broome had a poor showing in his third and final summer league game, but he was a monster on the boards in the first two games. He grabbed 13 rebounds in the first game against the Detroit Pistons and then 11 in an overtime win over the Indiana Pacers. There was ****** ody on either team who could slow him down on the glass and Broome went to work as he attacked the glass and really gave Philadelphia a presence in the paint. That has to continue into the 2026-27 season as it would give him a real chance to produce and earn some minutes from coach Nick Nurse and the coaching staff.
If one has been following along with Sixers Wire, they would know that summer league coach TJ DiLeo wanted Broome to launch some 3s and show off his work there. Broome struggled as he shot just 2-for-15 from deep in the three games, but he has been working hard on that shot and has been wanting to show it off in a game setting. As he continues to develop his game, Broome will get more opportunities to show his game, but he will have to beat out both Adem Bona and Ariel Hukporti in the coming season in order to earn some minutes behind Joel Embiid in the center rotation.
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Sixers big man Johni Broome went out to Vegas looking to still establish himself in the league. He had a tough rookie season in which he was limited to only 11 games due to a torn meniscus in his right knee, but he was able to get some run while in the summer league. The No. 35 pick of the 2025 draft averaged 14.7 points, 9.0 rebounds, and 1.7 ****** ists in the three games he played.
For Broome, here are three observations that stood out in the 2026 summer league:
Broome had a poor showing in his third and final summer league game, but he was a monster on the boards in the first two games. He grabbed 13 rebounds in the first game against the Detroit Pistons and then 11 in an overtime win over the Indiana Pacers. There was ****** ody on either team who could slow him down on the glass and Broome went to work as he attacked the glass and really gave Philadelphia a presence in the paint. That has to continue into the 2026-27 season as it would give him a real chance to produce and earn some minutes from coach Nick Nurse and the coaching staff.
If one has been following along with Sixers Wire, they would know that summer league coach TJ DiLeo wanted Broome to launch some 3s and show off his work there. Broome struggled as he shot just 2-for-15 from deep in the three games, but he has been working hard on that shot and has been wanting to show it off in a game setting. As he continues to develop his game, Broome will get more opportunities to show his game, but he will have to beat out both Adem Bona and Ariel Hukporti in the coming season in order to earn some minutes behind Joel Embiid in the center rotation.
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