The statuses of multiple Sixers are up in the air as the team prepares to host the red-hot New York Knicks on Wednesday.

Unsurprisingly, our weekly call for Sixers mailbag questions netted a whole bunch of inquiries about the team jettisoning Jared McCain.

The Sixers were down Joel Embiid (right knee injury management), Dominick Barlow (illness) and Quentin Grimes (illness). Portland’s injured players included Damian Lillard, Shaedon Sharpe and Matisse Thybulle.

The Philadelphia 76ers have shown enough positive signs to give fans hope for an eventful postseason this year. Joel Embiid’s missed games and Paul George’s suspension could have easily harmed the team’s playoff chances,

It has been hard to believe Dominick Barlow has been such a valuable piece to the Sixers. His inevitable standard contract finally came to fruition on Thursday.

PHILADELPHIA — It was a little jarring to see the reaction that Jared McCain got the other night when he checked into a game against the Houston Rockets for his first minutes as a member of the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The Sixers entered the night without Quentin Grimes (illness) and Jabari Walker (two-way days), and saw late scratches for both Dominick Barlow (illness) and Joel Embiid (right knee management). Despite being thin on reinforcements, the Sixers played a very strong offensive first half and led Portland 65-64 at the break.

Here are three buyout candidates for the Philadelphia 76ers after the trade deadline has gone and went.