{"id":919741,"date":"2026-10-07T19:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T19:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/919741\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T19:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T19:24:16","slug":"sixers-injury-notes-barlow-simons-bona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/919741\/","title":{"rendered":"Sixers Injury Notes: Barlow, Simons, Bona"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sixers are currently operating right up against their first-apron hard cap and don\u2019t have the ability to add a 15th man without making a cost-cutting trade. On top of that, one of their 14 players on standard contracts is expected to miss the entire 2026\/27 season, as Ariel Hukporti<\/a> underwent surgery on Tuesday<\/a> to repair a ruptured right Achilles tendon.<\/p>\n

That leaves Philadelphia with 13 players on standard contracts, and several of those players are dealing with their own minor health problems. The Sixers announced the following injury updates on Wednesday, per Kyle Neubeck of PHLY Sports and Dave McMenamin of ESPN (Twitter<\/a> links<\/a>):<\/p>\n

Forward Dominick Barlow<\/a>, who sat out the 76ers\u2019 preseason opener on Monday due to a back issue, will remain sidelined for at least the team\u2019s next two games on Thursday vs. Brooklyn and Saturday vs. Boston. He\u2019s consulting with the medical staff regarding treatment options.
\nOffseason addition Anfernee Simons<\/a> will also remain on the shelf for the next two preseason games after missing Monday\u2019s opener. The veteran guard was a limited participant in Wednesday\u2019s practice as he deals with a hamstring problem.
\nBig man Adem Bona<\/a> continues to recover from the left foot sprain<\/a> he sustained while playing for the Turkish national team in the World Cup qualifiers. He advanced to on-court work for the first time on Wednesday but won\u2019t play on Thursday or Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Sixers are scheduled to play just four total games during the preseason, so the October 16 contest vs. Boston will be the last chance for Barlow, Simons, and Bona to see any action before the regular season tips off on Oct. 20. It remains to be seen whether one or more of them will be active for that preseason finale next Friday.<\/p>\n

While Philadelphia is missing several role players, the expectation is that the club\u2019s star-studded starting five will be active on Thursday, head coach Nick Nurse said today (Twitter link<\/a> via Neubeck). With a handful of reserves unavailable, Nurse should also have an opportunity to evaluate the camp invitees on non-guaranteed deals, who could be under consideration for the team\u2019s open two-way contract slot<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Of course, with Hukporti out for the season and Bona still on the mend, the team may want to use that third two-way spot on a center \u2014 Tacko Fall<\/a> is the only one of the Sixers\u2019 five Exhibit 10 players who fits the bill, and he\u2019s out due to a hip strain<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For now, it sounds like the 76ers will lean on small-ball looks when starting center Joel Embiid<\/a> isn\u2019t on the floor. Speaking today to reporters, Nurse identified Barlow (when healthy), Jabari Walker<\/a>, Dean Wade<\/a>, and even LeBron James<\/a> as potential options at the five (Twitter link<\/a> via Neubeck).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Sixers are currently operating right up against their first-apron hard cap and don\u2019t have the ability to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":919742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[70744,32215,64,63,233324,144914,403554,7896,590,85],"class_list":["post-919741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-adem-bona","tag-anfernee-simons","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-dean-wade","tag-dominick-barlow","tag-jabari-walker","tag-lebron-james","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/919742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}