Tyrese Maxey typically is “super animated” whenever a health issue has forced him to watch his team play on television. But when the 76ers’ star guard tried to express such outward enthusiasm while ill at home for Friday’s victory over the Indiana Pacers and Sunday’s three-point loss to Atlanta Hawks,

In a recently surfaced video, Tyrese Maxey jokes about the NBA Cup prize money with the Knicks star Jalen Brunson.

The Philadelphia 76ers outlasted the New York Knicks in a thriller at Madison Square Garden on Friday, ending the home team’s seven-game winning streak with a 116- 107 victory. The Sixers entered the matchup without the services of Joel Embiid (illness/knee), but saw the return of Tyrese Maxey from his two-game absence (illness).

The Sixers announced on Thursday that Maxey will return after a two-game absence. The team did so by not including Maxey on the official injury report for the Knicks game. Barring any unforeseen setbacks, the All-Star guard should be back in his usual spot in the starting lineup against New York.

Kicking off the week with a collection of Sixers notes, from the latest example of Tyrese Maxey's improvement to NBA trade rumors beginning to swirl.