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Brett Brown is entering his fourth season as head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, and if we’re to believe team president Bryan Colangelo, there’s a fifth year in his future, too. From the Philadelphia Inquirer‘s Keith Pompey: Everyone from bloggers to reporters to opposing NBA personnel has been speculating on Brown’s job security. Some have [...]

In addition to being without rookie Ben Simmons for the next few months, the Philadelphia 76ers also expect to begin the 2016-17 season without Nerlens Noel. Said head coach Brett Brown of Noel, who is dealing with a groin injury, per Tom Moore of Calkins Moore: [tweet https://twitter.com/tmoore76ers/status/787404219590512640] Welp. Fortunately for the Sixers, I guess, [...]

Ben Simmons has undergone successful surgery to repair an acute Jones fracture in his right foot. No timetable has been given for his return to the court. Simmons suffered the injury when he landed on another player’s foot during a September 30th scrimmage. The 76ers’ said that his recovery timetable would be “provided as available [...]

Camp hasn’t even opened up yet, but you already get the feeling in Philly that Ben Simmons will be asked to do a whole lot for the Sixers right out the gate. Based on what he showed in Summer League, he’s going to be a huge asset and will present matchup problems for the opposition. [...]

Nerlens Noel thinks the Philadelphia 76ers’ center rotation is funny—in a very un-funny sort of way. Just prior to the team opening for training camp, Noel expressed high-key disgust for a frontcourt logjam that features himself, Jahlil Okafor and Joel Embiid at center, in addition to Richaun Holmes, Dario Saric and Ben Simmons at power [...]

At this point, with Joel Embiid having missed his first two seasons in the NBA due to foot injuries, simply seeing him on the court, in an actual game, will be a boon for the Philadelphia 76ers’ morale. Just don’t expect to see him on the hardwood too much, or even on back-to-back nights. From [...]

A number of teams unveiled some new alternate jerseys that they will be wearing on occasion during the 2016-17 season including the Grizzlies, 76ers and Nets. All of which are paying homage to their franchise or territory’s history. Here is the Brooklyn Remix Uniform that the Nets will wear for 12 games in the 2016-17 [...]

37-year-old Elton Brand is returning for another season, re-signing with the 76ers. [tweet https://twitter.com/TheVertical/status/773615652594671616] Brand played four somewhat injury riddled and disappointing seasons for the 76ers in his fist stint with the team, averaging 12 points and seven rebounds in 263 games after signing a five-year, $80 million contract as a free agent in 2008. [...]

Nerlens Noel and Jahlil Okafor are both still members of the Philadelphia 76ers…for now. But that could change…eventually. The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski dropped this tidbit at the end of his report that the Sixers had signed Elton Brand to a one-year deal: The Sixers have had periodic trade talks this summer involving Noel and Okafor [...]

We should finally get to see what the Joel Embiid hype is all about in Philly this year. The big man, who has yet to see regular season minutes, has been medically cleared and has had no set backs from the foot injuries that have sidelined him for two seasons. He should be a go [...]