Landry Shamet's shooting; Ben Simmons injury scare; T.J. McConnell at the 2?

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Some non-Markelle Fultz observations from the Sixers' 120-114 win over the Magic. You can read here all about Fultz's game — and expanded range.

• Joel Embiid vs. Nikola Vucevic is a serious mismatch. Embiid was aggressive early against the former Sixer, using his superior strength in the post. He had 21 points and 7 rebounds.

• Embiid vs. the rookie Mo Bamba also wasn’t a fair fight.

This was actually the second time Embiid has faced this year’s No. 6 draft pick. Embiid welcomed Bamba to the league in rather savage fashion this summer during a pickup game.

Early in Monday night’s action, Embiid backed the rookie down and forced him into a bear hug of a foul. Joel smiled and had a few words for the 20-year-old with the record 7-foot-10 wingspan.

Bamba later showed some of his immense potential in his NBA debut, nailing a three-pointer and hanging in the air to finish over Embiid early in the second quarter. He posted 12 points and 3 rebounds.

• It looks like Landry Shamet has a shot to take over Wilson Chandler’s minutes, and possibly to be part of the rotation when Chandler returns. With Chandler sidelined by a left hamstring strain, there’s an opportunity for a wing player to earn playing time, and Shamet, the Sixers' No. 26 pick in this year's draft, got the first crack at it.

Shamet looked competent defensively, moved well without the ball, and scored 12 points on 3 for 6 shooting from the field (2 for 4 from three-point range).

• Unlike Friday night, Furkan Korkmaz and T.J. McConnell saw the floor before the fourth quarter (which the Sixers again reserved for players on the fringe of the regular rotation). Korkmaz played seven minutes before the fourth, while McConnell played the final four minutes of the third. Both played the entire final period. Korkmaz got hot in the fourth, scoring 14 of his 18 points.

Brett Brown prefers to use McConnell at the point, though he mentioned Sunday that the 6-foot-2 guard, "no matter what you call him, is a pretty good player. (I) might shove him into the two-spot ... all those things are on the table.”

However, McConnell played exclusively at the one against the Magic.

• Simmons went to the locker room late in the first half, bleeding from a laceration over his right eye after an incidental collision with Aaron Gordon. He re-emerged for the second half with a Band-Aid over his eye after receiving stitches.

After failing to get to the foul line in the Sixers' preseason opener, Simmons made 3 of 4 free throws. He had 9 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds in 22 minutes.

• Jerryd Bayless will be out at least 3-4 weeks after injuring his left knee at the end of Sunday's practice. He suffered a sprain of the posterolateral corner.

His chances of playing his way into the rotation take a hit with this diagnosis since it appears he'll miss at least the Sixers' first few regular-season games.

Neither Bayless or Chandler will be part of the Sixers' upcoming trip to China.

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