{"id":22017,"date":"2025-07-25T21:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T21:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/22017\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T21:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T21:12:08","slug":"philadelphia-76ers-release-2-year-nba-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/22017\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia 76ers Release 2-Year NBA Player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_9gtbdtskc\">Ricky Council IV has spent each of his first two NBA seasons playing for the Philadelphia 76ers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_9y3ifypa2\">He finished last year with averages of 7.3 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.3 assists per contest while shooting 38.2% from the field and 25.8% from the three-point range in 73 games. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_g020xfeoy\">On Friday, the 76ers announced that they had waived the 23-year-old. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_lja4l4mhc\"><a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_ksj615\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/sixers\/news\/76ers-waive-ricky-council-iv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> Via 76ers PR:<\/a> &#8220;Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations Daryl Morey announced today that the team has waived Ricky Council IV.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">we have waived Ricky Council IV. <\/p>\n<p>full release: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dnjU2tBdTD\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/dnjU2tBdTD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sixers\/status\/1948850949088575522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_ml1majzga\">Council IV played his college basketball for Wichita State and Arkansas. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_9nkzgesru\">His career averages are 6.7 points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.1 assists per contest while shooting 40.2% from the field and 27.3% from the three-point range in 105 games. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_saq7jeenw\"><a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_ksj615\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Sean_Barnard1\/status\/1948851790990151916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Via Sean Barnard of Fox Sports PHL Gambler:<\/a> &#8220;The writing has been on the wall for Ricky Council IV<\/p>\n<p>His three-point percentage went from 37.5% as a rookie to 25.8% last year and he shot just 38.2% from the field <\/p>\n<p>What is most frustrating to me is in the madness of last year in which he should have thrived he struggled&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The writing has been on the wall for Ricky Council IV<\/p>\n<p>His three-point percentage went from 37.5% as a rookie to 25.8% last year and he shot just 38.2% from the field <\/p>\n<p>What is most frustrating to me is in the madness of last year in which he should have thrived he struggled<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sean Barnard (@Sean_Barnard1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sean_Barnard1\/status\/1948851790990151916?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_bxil4mxus\">The 76ers had a tough 2024-25 season where they dealt with injuries to many key players. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_tjuicasp0\">They finished as the 13th seed in the Eastern Conference with a 24-58 record. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_zbi5oxcgu\">Via Evan Sidery of Forbes: &#8220;The Sixers announced they waived Ricky Council IV.<\/p>\n<p>The athletic 23-year-old wing averaged 7.3 points per game this season.<\/p>\n<p>Council will have interest on the open market from other teams.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ricky Council IV has spent each of his first two NBA seasons playing for the Philadelphia 76ers. 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