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Brandon Austin participates in Sixers' workouts

Former Imhotep Charter standout Brandon Austin has been at the 76ers practice facility working on his game with members of the team.

The 6-foot-7 point guard, who had a predraft workout with the Sixers last summer, is still trying to clean up his image.

Austin has denied two separate sexual assault accusations, and he was not charged with a crime in either case.

But the standout has dealt with the public perception that goes with being dismissed from Providence College and Oregon amid allegations of sexual misconduct.

The Providence incident occurred in the fall of 2013 during his freshman year. Then, during the summer of 2014, a second incident happened at Oregon.

"Everything was consensual. I didn't do anything wrong," Austin told Philly.com on June 2, 2016 after his predraft workout with Sixers.

"The intention wasn't wrong," he said. "I just made a mistake. A lot of people make mistakes. I just grew from it, and I continue to [grow] today."

Back then, Austin made a solid impression on the Sixers. He was by far the best shooter in the portion of the workout that was open to the media. Austin made threes, mid-range jumpers and maneuvered past defenders en route to scoring layups.

However, he was not selected in the 2016 draft.

For now, the Sixers say they're only making their gym available to him as they're doing for local NBA and NBA Development League players this summer.

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