Happy Monday! As always, let's kick off the week with some notes and observations about the Sixers in another edition of , ranging from head coach Nick Nurse's eventual starting five and the team's depth to its national television schedule:

Should Jared McCain start no matter what?

In an earlier edition of 5 Sixers thoughts from this month, I attempted to categorize every player on the Sixers' current roster based on their roles in 2025-26 . Of course, Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Paul George will all be locked into starting roles when healthy. In their next tier, "most critical supporting players," I had Quentin Grimes (assuming there is an eventual new contract), Kelly Oubre Jr. and Jared McCain.

Conventional thinking, understandably so, has been that Grimes would more or less be

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