The Sixers’ early returns: How players are stacking up

The Sixers’ probably should be 4-1 right now, with a bad loss to a mediocre Jazz team, but I’m not going to complain coming home from an unprecedented 5-game road trip to start the season at 3-2. 5 games isn’t enough to make full blown proclamations about players, but it does give you a chance to see how players’ games might have changed from the prior year. Let’s take a look at the 9-man rotation, sorted by minutes played per game. Jrue Holiday (35.8 min) – Was horrible in the opener but has improved since and capped it with an excellent performance last night against New Orleans. He’s showing improved shooting from the field, 3pt line and FT line.  I think Jrue needs to become our “go-to” scorer in the 4th quarter and he did it last night. Assist numbers need to come up as well. It’s easy to forget he’s still only 21 years old – but games like last night (23 points, 8 assists, 0 TO, and a couple dagger 3′...