Doc Rivers reveals Shake Milton will be in permanent rotation for Sixers
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The Philadelphia 76ers have been dealing with a slew of injuries recently as their top stars such as Joel Embiid, James Harden, and Tyrese Maxey have all missed time due to injuries. That has forced others to step up and produce when the time calls for it.
The player who has taken advantage of this opportunity has been Shake Milton. The veteran out of SMU, who has been in and out of the rotation for the Sixers, is averaging 21.3 points, 6.0 assists, and 5.3 rebounds while shooting 54.7% from the floor and 45.5% from deep over his last eight games starting for Philadelphia.
With the return of Harden set for Monday against the Houston Rockets, one has to wonder what happens with Milton’s role on the team as the Sixers get healthy. Per Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer, coach Doc Rivers says Milton will have a spot in the rotation:
“We’re deep,” Rivers said. “So everybody is not going to play. But certain guys will and Shake [Milton] will be one of them.”
“There’s always a competition going on, a competition for minutes” Rivers said, “and Shake has proven that he should play. Hopefully that continues, you know? Can he play this role with shorter minutes? That’s what happens.
“Guys get a lot of minutes and they can play. They get shorter minutes and sometimes they can’t. But he will be able to. Shake is just another guard. We know we can use him, so that’s really good.”
The big question now will be whether Milton can keep up this same type of production when he returns to his reserve role. In 11 games off the bench, he’s shooting just 18.2% from deep and averaged 4.9 points per game. The Sixers will have to hope they can still get the same type of production out of him as Philadelphia gets healthy.
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