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Before the season began, NBA fans and bettors alike would have put all their money on the Golden State Warriors to meet the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals in June. And why not? That’s been the Finals match-up for three straight seasons. Is there a reason to suspect this year will be any different? [...]

Former Philadelphia 76ers general manager Sam Hinkie is not currently employed by an NBA team. He may never be employed by one again. His methods while in Philly were deemed too drastic by some, including the league itself. The Association is set for lottery reform after next season in large part because of his tanking [...]

Jabari Parker’s rookie deal is up at the end of this season and the former No. 2 pick of the 2014 NBA Draft did not sign an extension with the team before the deadline this past October. This is likely because Parker was in the midst of recovering from his second torn ACL in his [...]

Brett Brown is willing to let the Philadelphia 76ers attend next month’s Super Bowl to root on the Philadelphia Eagles. They just have to win every game they play until then. The problem is they are a .500 team right now, but they have won 7 of their last 10 games. If you were a [...]

Thursday night turned out to be a bittersweet one for the Boston Celtics and Kyrie Irving. On the one hand, the point guard was named as an All-Star starter, validating both himself and the team’s direction. On the other, he was unable to go for a nationally televised tilt with the Philadelphia 76ers—which Boston lost—due [...]

The NBA’s annual popularity contest has ended and the prom kings of each coast are…. you guessed it, LeBron James and Steph Curry. LeBron was the leading vote getter with 2,638,294 votes and Curry was 2nd with 2,379,494. Here are the remaining pool of fan voted starters that each captain will pick from to fill [...]

Philadelphia 76ers fans can rest easy. Sort of. J.J. Redick suffered a “bone edema and a small cortical crack in the fibular head of his left leg,” according to the Associated Press‘ Dan Gelston, and is expected to be re-evaluated in “approximately 10 days to two weeks.” This is either good or bad news depending on [...]

As you may (or may not) know, the rules and stipulations around the creation of the NBA All-Star teams changed this off-season. Instead of the teams being separated by conference affiliation, they will be chosen by the leading vote getter from each conference who will serve as a team captain. Each captain will have a [...]

So, um, Denzel Valentine is really starting to feel the 2017-18 Chicago Bulls. After starting the season 3-20, seemingly on the fast track towards the NBA’s best lottery odds, the boys in red and white have rattled off seven straight victories. This streak coincides with Nikola Mirotic’s return from facial fractures and a concussion following [...]

Remember when Markelle Fultz’s right shoulder injury wasn’t considered serious enough to pull him from the Philadelphia 76ers’ rotation? Well, we’re now nearly 20 games removed from the team officially shutting him down, and he still isn’t practicing, per The Athletic’s Derek Bodner: On October 29th, the #sixers said there was no structural damage in [...]