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Net Rating: N/A (minus-11.5 in 91 minutes with four-man lineup of Shake Milton, Tobias Harris, Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid)
PG: Shake Milton
SG: Josh Richardson
SF: Tobias Harris
PF: Ben Simmons
C: Joel Embiid
Yet another team that could look completely different during the restart, the Sixers are moving All-Star point guard Simmons to power forward, benching Al Horford and handing the keys to Milton at point guard.
A five-man lineup of Milton, Richardson, Harris, Simmons and Embiid has yet to share the floor together at all this season, with the four-man combo of Milton, Harris, Simmons and Embiid registering a disastrous minus-11.5 net rating.
Despite a disappointing 39-26 start to the season, the starting unit of Simmons, Richardson, Harris, Horford and Embiid was actually pretty good together, putting up an 8.5 net rating in 244 total minutes.
Even though they’ve yet to play a minute together, going to a smaller and quicker lineup should help the team overall, and Milton could be the dead-eye shooter Philly has needed next to Simmons (45.3 percent from three this season).
