The Philadelphia 76ers were short-handed in their 135-118 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday night. The loss caused the Sixers to end their 5-game West Coast road trip with a thud, but coach Nick Nurse was able to see what he has in MarJon Beauchamp.
Signed to a two-way deal, the former first-round pick hopped off the bench and had 10 points, four assists, and four rebounds in 20 minutes. His points came when the game was already decided, but the Sixers have to like what they saw from Beauchamp off the bench.
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“He did a good job,” Nurse told reporters after the loss. “I think there’s some speed and quickness there and he jarred a couple rebounds loose. I loved his aggressiveness up the floor once he got the rebound and it was a good run out for him, for sure.”
Beauchamp has been with the Sixers for a bit now after signing his two-way deal back in December. He has spent a lot of time in the G League with the Delaware Blue Coats to get acquainted with the system and everything, but Nurse has liked what he has brought to the table.
“Gotta do all that stuff leading up to that,” Nurse explained. “He’s done a decent job in his minutes in Delaware. A lot of that carries over. You gotta really work at it in between times, shootarounds, stuff like that, so I didn’t think he didn’t do anything as far as not knowing what to do tonight so that’s a good job by him and our staff preparing him.”
Beauchamp is an athletic wing player who can do a number of things on the floor. He brings athleticism to the wing spot that should be helpful to the Sixers with Paul George sidelined with the suspension. Also, if Dominick Barlow has to miss more time with his illness, then Philadelphia can rely on him to provide minutes.
This article originally appeared on Sixers Wire: Sixers evaluate play of MarJon Beauchamp in debut vs. Trail Blazers
