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Nearly a month ago, there were rumblings that former 2014 NBA Lottery pick Joel Embiid may have had a setback in his season long recovery from foot surgery, with more news to come. Over the weekend the hammer dropped on the 76ers organization as GM Sam Hinkie revealed what we all hoped wasn’t true, that [...]

The supposed payoff of the Philadelphia 76ers “tanking” the past few seasons, winning just 37 games since 2013, was going to begin to show some promise this upcoming season as former #3 overall Draft pick Joel Embiid was set to make his NBA debut following missing his entire rookie year rehabbing a stress fracture in [...]

At one point early this season, it appeared as if the Sixers were tanking for high draft picks and cap space. Then after a few key trades before the deadline to help with cap space and picks, they ended up with a log jam of big men (Nerlens Noel, Joel Embiid, and JaVale McGee). There [...]

Of all the non-basketball things one could see JaVale McGee doing, mentoring young NBA talents is not among them. Professional volleyball-spiker? Uh-huh. Gumby imitator? For sure. Gangly hug-giver. You bet. Mentor? Not so much. Alas, McGee himself feels differently. Per the Philadelphia Inquirer‘s Keith Pompey: “I don’t want to get bought out,” said McGee, a [...]

For 2 seasons now, the Philadelphia 76ers have been going through a very public franchise rebuild, as they clearly try to pile up losses and accumulate high draft picks. Experts, fans, and even other NBA personnel have been on the fence on whether the “tanking” will work, but Philly is apparently set on letting the [...]

Rookie big man Joel Embiid had us laughing at his ‘schmoney dance’ a couple months ago on the streets of Philadelphia. Well Embiid brought the moves out to the Sixers game against the Bulls on Friday to hype the team up in a huddle. It doesn’t appear to have worked though, as the Sixers are [...]

Joel Embiid is a funny guy. Excuse me, kid. That’s what 20-year-olds are: kids. Embiid definitely has the body of a man, and he’ll be expected to conduct himself like a man, but 20-year-olds are, at their core, kids still trying to find their way. That’s what Embiid is. That’s what his Twitter account represents. [...]

It’s the endangered species in the NBA…the Center position. Some of the best players to ever lace them up on the hardwood were deemed centers.  When compiling any Top 25 list in NBA history it’s littered with big men like Chamberlain, Russell, O’Neal, Olajuwon, Robinson, and Ewing. Problem is, it’s been quite some time since [...]

Given all that has been going on with Donald Sterling recently, you’d think every NBA owner would punt when the topic of race arises. Apparently, Mark Cuban didn’t get that memo. Also, Joel Embiid should not be taken first overall. Kevin Burke explains why… Please enable Javascript to watch this video If you have a [...]

Scouting combines are a necessary evil. Necessary because it’s a way to see how a guy can perform with no one around. It’s evil because it’s an evalutation of how a guy can perform with no one around. Frankly, it’s only necessary for guys on the fringe. For sure-fire lottery picks like Andrew Wiggins, Joel [...]