76ers Tyrese Maxey Assembles NBA Avengers Luka Doncic, LeBron

Tyrese Maxey turned late-night TV into a playground for his imagination, naming an NBA Avengers squad on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. He pegged himself or Donovan Mitchell as Spider-Man, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as Iron Man, Isaiah Stewart as the Hulk, LeBron James as Captain America and Luka Dončić as Thor, calling Spider-Man a "normal, genuine person behind his mask" and Dončić "magical." The bit was lighthearted but underscores how Maxey sees himself among the league’s top personalities. Merlin sees more than a clever analogy. Even sidelined with a finger injury, Maxey is having a career year — 29.0 points, 6.7 assists and 3.3 threes over 61 games — and has grown from a No. 21 pick into a bona fide star. Expect more national moments and comparisons as he returns and the 76ers lean on his scoring and swagger.