76ers, needing frontcourt help, convert 7-foot-6 Tacko Fall to two-way contract

PHILADELPHIA -- The 76ers have converted center Tacko Fall to a two-way contract, the team announced Saturday.

Last month, the Sixers signed the 7-foot-6 center to an Exhibit 10 deal, and injuries to the frontcourt likely led to Fall getting this spot.

Ariel Hukporti, projected to be the Sixers' backup center, suffered a season-ending right Achilles tear in the preseason. Center Adem Bona, potentially the next man up, has been sidelined with a foot injury, and Dominick Barlow has battled back soreness that kept him out of the preseason.