By Eurohoops team/ info@eurohoops.net
“We want to get a better, closer look at him (and) get him in the gym,” said president of basketball operations Bryan Colangelo on Monday. “I want the coaches to get a better feel for him before a decision is made as to what happens, roster-wise, next year. I think it’s a good first step.”
According to the report by “Couriers Times” Korkmaz has the permission of Anadolu Efes to play even in the summer league with the Sixers, though ge could end up playing for the Turkish Under-20 team instead. However his buy out will probably keep him in Turkey for next season.
“That would be great for him to be part of (a Sixers‘ summer league entry),” Colangelo said. “We want to instill as many ideas and things that are going to help him develop, whether he comes or not at this early stage of his development, getting with our strength-and-conditioning staff, performance staff and talking about ways to get better, bigger, stronger. He’s agile and a good athlete, but he needs to put some weight on and get a little bit stronger. I think even just seeing him here working out with some of our guys will give him a better feel for where he is and give us a better feel for just how he rates right now with respect to the components of his game.”