Maxey is expected to miss several weeks with a hamstring injury – NBC Sports Philadelphia

The Sixers will still have to wait until all members of their star trio are active.

ESPN's Shams Charania reported Thursday that All-Star guard Tyrese Maxey is “expected to miss a few weeks” with a right hamstring injury. Charania said a full evaluation of Maxey will come later Thursday. John Clark of NBC Sports Philadelphia confirmed this report.

Maxey was sidelined in the fourth quarter of the Sixers' loss to the Clippers on Wednesday night with what the Sixers described at the time as a “right hamstring sore.”

Despite this early exit, Maxey remains first in the NBA with 39.7 minutes per game. He averaged 27.6 points, 3.9 assists, 3.0 rebounds and 1.4 steals for the Sixers, who are 1-6 heading into Friday night's game against the Lakers.

The Sixers are 26th in offensive rating and 28th in net rating. Paul George has played in two games after injuring his left knee in the preseason. Joel Embiid appeared in Zero. He still has two games to serve of an NBA suspension for shoving Philadelphia Inquirer columnist Marcus Hayes in the Sixers' home locker room last week.

The team has obviously seen sunnier times.

Without Maxey, the Sixers will likely promote rookie Jared McCain to a larger role. With the exception of two-way contract players like Jeff Dowtin Jr., the other guards on the team's roster are veterans Kyle Lowry, Eric Gordon and Reggie Jackson.