76ers' Tiago Splitter: Could return in late March

Coach Brett Brown said Monday that Splitter (calf, hip) could be ready to play by the end of March, Tom Moore of the Bucks County Courier Times reports.

Splitter has been sidelined all season to the right leg injury and won't be asked to play many meaningful minutes for the 76ers even if Brown's projection for his return proves correct. Instead, the 32-year-old Splitter is expected to offer most of his value to the team in the locker room as one of the few veterans on a young squad.