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The Philadelphia 76ers have ruled out Tyrese Maxey for the remainder of the 24-25 season with a finger tendon injury. Maxey hasn’t played since March 3rd to rehab the injury.

Maxey finishes the season with averages of 26.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 6.1 assists.

Maxey and the Sixers signed a five-year, $204 million deal this past offseason after he was the NBA’s Most Improved Player.

The Sixers have previously ruled out Joel Embiid and Paul George for the remainder of the season. Philadelphia owes a top-6 protected pick to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

It’s a fairly open secret that the NBA is going to expand sometime in the relatively near future. NBA commissioner Adam Silver has said the league will look into expansion after they complete their new media rights deal in the next year or so.

ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski is adding some additional reporting that the NBA will focus on adding two teams after the media rights deal is done.

“Certainly, Las Vegas is going to be at or among the primary cities, along with Seattle,” Wojnarowski said. “The league has been migrating towards Las Vegas for years.”

Wojnarowski added that expansion is “not far off” and will include two cities.