Sixers Roll Out Absurd Superteam Lineup Against Pacers

The Philadelphia 76ers are rolling out a starting five on Wednesday that looks like a glitch in a fantasy draft lobby. Tyrese Maxey, VJ Edgecombe, Jaylen Brown, LeBron James, and Joel Embiid are officially getting the nod.

Underdog NBA dropped the lineup alert ahead of Philadelphia's road trip to Indiana. If you are holding tickets or looking at player props for this Pacers matchup, it is time to adjust your math. There is only one basketball to go around, and four of these guys are used to having it in their hands for 20 seconds a possession.

Let's just take a second to look at this roster construction. You have Embiid and Maxey, the homegrown cornerstones. You have Jaylen Brown and LeBron James, who apparently decided Philadelphia was the place to stack the deck in 2026. And then you have VJ Edgecombe, who gets to play the role of the most overqualified spot-up shooter in basketball history.

But here is the funniest part about this superteam experiment. Despite having a payroll that probably requires a congressional bailout, the Sixers just dropped a 106-93 game to the Detroit Pistons on Sunday. You can assemble all the Avengers you want, but sometimes you still get cooked by a random weekend villain.

Now they head to Indiana to face the Pacers on Wednesday night. The sportsbooks are going to have an absolute headache pricing the usage rates for this starting five, but the real entertainment is watching how long it takes for someone to get visibly annoyed about a missed rotation.