{"id":27504,"date":"2025-07-27T09:06:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T09:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/27504\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T09:06:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T09:06:07","slug":"nba-fans-react-to-philadelphia-76ers-releasing-2-year-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/27504\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Fans React To Philadelphia 76ers Releasing 2-Year Player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_tvcr5mavt\">Ricky Council IV is coming off a year where he appeared in 73 games 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=\"_2d588ansf\">The 23-year-old had 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. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_e4pibhx90\">This week, the 76ers <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_ksj615\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/sixers\/status\/1948850949088575522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">waived<\/a> the former Arkansas star. <\/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=\"_uywz8s2oz\">Many fans reacted to the news on social media. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_lgmatk8c0\">@PhillyHotspur: &#8220;Y\u2019all should just keep Ricky Council and waive Eric Gordon&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_0lzbzc8su\">@misssinapprop: &#8220;I would be more upset but perhaps the right move for him. Hopefully RC4 will find success in another team. He seemed limited and only showed flashes last year. I have been a huge fan of his during his two years with the Sixers. Wish it could have worked out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_sc9pf936m\">@lilsharccv2: &#8220;i beg for once be a serious team in my life time&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_rje2yega8\">@onlycmb: &#8220;He was actually good!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"base_1emrqjj-o_O-initial_fzbddc-o_O-style_1a1csmw\" alt=\"Ricky Council IV \" title=\"Ricky Council IV \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mar 21, 2025; San Antonio, Texas, USA; Philadelphia 76ers guard Ricky Council IV (14) looks on during the fourth quarter against the San Antonio Spurs at Frost Bank Center. Mandatory Credit: Dustin Safranek-Imagn Images \/ Dustin Safranek-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_5c5gvuxpb\">@AidanDoc__: &#8220;Ricky Council IV was a great value pickup, but his development here likely stalled. He should get a nice opportunity elsewhere. Still showed so much potential in the pair of years here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_6scrs0z0m\">@CrystalsHimself: &#8220;I\u2019m gonna miss him but if we\u2019re being real, he wasn\u2019t showing much improvement and he\u2019s not gonna get any playing time this season&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_kvvdbz75l\">@AJET5F: &#8220;Not suprised go develop some where and maybe you can be somewhere and be a positive impact&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_z9vs3i0x9\">@RalphLongstaff: &#8220;Clearest evidence I\u2019ve seen that the NBA needs expansion&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"base_1emrqjj-o_O-initial_fzbddc-o_O-style_1a1csmw\" alt=\"NBA \" title=\"NBA \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mar 30, 2025; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia 76ers guard Ricky Council IV (14) reacts after dunking the ball against the Toronto Raptors during the second quarter at Wells Fargo Center. Mandatory Credit: Bill Streicher-Imagn Images \/ Bill Streicher-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_69zzed743\">The 76ers missed the 2025 NBA playoffs after finishing the season as the 13th seed in the Eastern Conference with a 24-58 record. <\/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 is coming off a year where he appeared in 73 games for the Philadelphia 76ers.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27505,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-27504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27504\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27505"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}