The Philadelphia 76ers need to start cutting 31-year old Elton Brand’s minutes as he is starting to look like a old man on the basketball court. Brand has played in 57 games (38 starts) this season for the Sixers in which he is averaging 30.7 minutes, 13.7 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.2 blocked shots per game. The Sixers should be giving a lot of Brand’s minutes to Marreese Speights who is a up and comer.

The Sixers got outrebounded 47-32 last night and they didn’t play any D as the Hawks shot 50% so the scoreboard shouldn’t shock anyone. Lou Williams led the way for the Sixers last night with 30 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals. Willie Green had a solid game of the bench with 17 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists last night. Andre Iguodala pitched in with 11 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists last night for the Sixers. Samuel Dalembert was the only player who really brought his A-game near the basket for the Sixers last night as he finished up with 10 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocked shots. The 76ers are now 22-38 on the year.

The Sixers didn’t play any defense as the Magic shot 58.4% from the floor and it killed them last night. Jrue Holiday led the way for the Sixers last night with 23 points and 6 assists in 28 minutes on the court. Andre Iguodala (19 points), Thaddeus Young (17 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists) and Samuel Dalembert (12 points, 11 rebounds, 3 blocked shots and 2 steals) all came to play last night but it wasn’t enough to compete with the Magic. The 76ers are now 22-37 on the year.

Point guard Jrue Holiday has moved into the starting lineup for the Sixers at the age of 19. He has played in 47 games (25 starts) for the Sixers this season and he is averaging 19.3 minutes, 5.8 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game. Holiday needs to improve his shot selection a little bit as he is only shooting 39.6% from the floor this season. Shooting guard Jodie Meeks came over last week in a trade with the Bucks. He has played in 2 games (0 starts) for the Sixers so far and he is averaging 3.5 minutes and 0.5 points per game. Meeks has now played into 43 games (0 starts) for the Bucks & 76ers this season and he is averaging 11.5 minutes, 4.0 points, 1.7 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game. Meeks is only shooting 35.4% from the floor and he will need to improve on that to get on the court for the 76ers.

The 76ers got two new players last week on trade deadline day but neither has had a shot to prove anything yet. Jodie Meeks has played in 2 games (0 starts) for the Sixers so far and he is averaging 3.5 minutes and 0.5 points per game. The 76ers still like his upside but he’s buried on the depth chart. Francisco Elson was hurting when the 76ers acquired him so don’t expect too much out of him the rest of the year.