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The accolades just keep piling up for Michael Carter-Williams.

Thursday, the 76ers point guard was named to the NBA’s All-Rookie Team. Earlier this month, Carter-Williams was named NBA Rookie of the Year following a successful debut pro campaign, during which he led all first-year players in points, rebounds, assists and steals.

Carter-Williams was a unanimous selection for the All-Rookie Team, receiving 125 first-team votes. Orlando’s Victor Oladipo picked up 124 of 125 first-team votes. Joining them on the First Team were Utah’s Trey Burke, Brooklyn’s Mason Plumlee and New York’s Tim Hardaway.

The Sixers’ Hollis Thompson also received votes, but made neither the First or Second Teams.

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The 76ers’ Lavoy Allen will miss the next two games, beginning Friday against visiting Detroit.

Allen has a nagging right calf injury from which the Sixers would prefer not to rush him back. The third-year forward will sit Friday vs. Detroit and Saturday against visiting New York.

“The medical staff would use really big words and give you a better answer. He’s got a sore calf and can’t play tonight,” Sixers coach Brett Brown said. “In relation to the longevity of it, it might be as severe as we first thought. Is it going to keep him out a long time? We don’t suspect that. My experience with calf injuries is not a good one. We saw many good players – Brent Barry comes to mind – where if you go too fast, and you rush it back, it can knock out another six weeks. We just want to be smart with it. Most definitely, he will be out the next two games.”

Also of note, the Sixers listed as a probable starter against the Pistons. The shooting guard got his first start since Nov. 29. Hollis Thompson had started the last 18 games at that spot.

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At the start of the week, the 76ers bench featured never-healthy veteran Kwame Brown and one of the league’s worst returns from its collective of reserves.

Friday night, a funny thing happened: The Sixers actually got something from its second-stringers.

The Sixers’ bench pulled its weight in a 115-107 overtime victory over Milwaukee. The reserves accounted for 35 points on 14-for-25 shooting, to go with 18 rebounds and 12 assists. The group was led by undrafted wing Hollis Thompson, who shot 7-for-9 from the floor for 16 points in 21 minutes.

Thompson turned in two of the game’s finer plays: a second-quarter alley-oop dunk, off a pass from Tony Wroten, on which Thompson’s chin was at rim-level, and a 3-pointer in overtime that pushed the game out of the Bucks’ reach.

The contributions of the Sixers’ bench players were a far cry from what they’ve averaged coming into their game against Milwaukee. The Sixers’ second unit had been posting fewer than 16 points per game, the fifth-worst average in the league.

“Hollis had a big night,” said Evan Turner, who scored eight of the Sixers’ 13 points in overtime.

Other players chipping in off the bench were: Lavoy Allen (nine points, eight rebounds, 34 minutes), Elliot Williams (six points, 14 minutes) and Tony Wroten (six assists, 11 minutes).

Williams and Lorenzo Brown were signed Wednesday to replace Darius Morris and Kwame Brown, who were waived. Those two guards already appear to be upgrades, as Williams was a player without a contract anywhere and Brown was playing for Springfield (Mass.) in the D-League.

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76ers coach Brett Brown said second-year forward Hollis Thompson could “be a keeper,” despite being the last man to make his team’s roster.

Thompson, 22, has been getting increasing opportunities to play, including 17 minutes Monday against Golden State and five minutes in the first half Wednesday against Washington. The 6-8, 206-pounder figures to be one of the first guys off the bench for however long center Daniel Orton is sidelined with right knee soreness.

“I think he has a real chance to be a keeper,” Brown said of Thompson. “His process is going to be slower. The time’s he’s come into the games, I think he’s been OK. His opportunity is in a comfortable place. … I think he’s an NBA player for a while. His worth ethic is high. I like him.”

Thompson, the last player to survive preseason cuts late last month, views these last few games as an opportunity to find footing with the Sixers.

“I do what the coaches tell me to do, and do it to the best of my abilities,” said Thompson, a Georgetown product. “Coach (Brown) has given me an opportunity to help the team, so when I go in, I try to rebound. …I definitely think that I have something to prove.”

The Sixers hosted Cleveland Friday in the front-end of a home-and-home series. They’ll visit the Cavaliers Saturday.

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With time winding down before the 76ers have to get their roster in compliance with NBA mandates, coach Brett Brown offered a glimpse into what he’s looking for from the group of players vying to avoid being the last man cut.

“An NBA skill,” Brown said after Friday’s practice. “Is he an NBA shooter? Is he an NBA athlete? Can he become an NBA shooter? Can he became an NBA athlete?”

Brown said “a few of the young guys” are in the mix to make the team before the Sixers, who are carrying 16 players, have to trim their roster by one to get down to a league-maximum 15. Among the players who face being waived by the Sixers are: Rodney Williams, Hollis Thompson, Gani Lawal and Kwame Brown.

A 13^th-year center, Kwame Brown (pictured) remains a possibility to be waived or moved by the Sixers, as they cannot afford to have such little roster flexibility at the beginning of the season. Brown has yet to play in the preseason and has seen little to no court time along the way while battling with a hamstring strain. Carrying Brown would mean the Sixers, who already have three players (Nerlens Noel, Jason Richardson and Arnett Moultrie) dealing with long-term injuries, will be limited to 11 healthy players for Wednesday’s opener against visiting Miami.

“I’m terrified by the reality of our injured list,” Brett Brown said. “How many NBA teams start the year with four guys on the injured list? We have no relief. To carry 11 people and try to play hard games and try to practice hard and reduce injury, that is a funny mix. At the minute, I’d like to say, ‘Heck yeah, that’s what I’d like to do,’ but I want to be smart with the realities of our roster.”

The other possibility is that the Sixers cut no one.

Brett Brown could petition the league to get a fourth player on the injury list and a 16^th roster spot, though that usually requires having a player who will miss the full season. And since neither the Sixers nor Richardson or Noel have declared either of those two out for good, that might be a stretch.

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Amid the highs and lows of his NBA career, Evan Turner has always been one to have fun. Count Friday’s practice among those fun moments for him.

Wearing a white jersey with green trim, Turner said he had to swap out his usual practice threads – the ones that comply with the Sixers’ color scheme – because of a hit from Hollis Thompson.

“I got hacked,” Turner said. “If I die, his fingerprints will be all over it. … I’m bleeding from somewhere. I got hit. I felt blood. I didn’t cry.”

Having fun isn’t enough to keep Turner from thinking about his future, which may or may not be with the 76ers. Turner, the fourth-year forward, is slated to make $6.7 million in the final year of his contract.

“It doesn’t really bother me. I take it one day at a time,” he said. “Like I’ve said, I’ll be somewhere next year. All of that other stuff doesn’t really bother me. … I’ll be fine. I’ll play hard and I’m going to get money regardless. I don’t worry about that.”

You’d like to think Turner’s focus is on this season, but he seemed to indicate that he doesn’t think he’ll be here all season,.

“I’m not a GM. It’s a new system. I really don’t know,” he said. “That’s a year or so away. A few months away. I don’t know.”

What do you think: Does Turner finish the season with the 76ers? Get traded at the deadline? Re-sign with them next season?