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Ben Simmons, the top talent in this year’s NBA draft, won’t be working out for the Philadelphia 76ers, owners of the No. 1 pick in the 2016 prospect pageant. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? Absolutely nothing. From Philly.com’s Keith Pompey: Unless something changes, the 76ers won’t work out out Ben Simmons during the NBA predraft process [...]

Who is more likely to be wearing a Philadelphia 76ers uniform next season, Jahlil Okafor or Nerlens Noel? If the Sixers get their way, it’ll be Noel who sticks with the team. From Keith Pompey of philly.com: It’s unclear whether he’ll be a Sixer next season. The Sixers are shopping Okafor and center Nerlens Noel [...]

Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey thinks former Philadelphia 76ers general manager Sam Hinkie got a raw deal before resigning from his post in April. Here’s what Morey said of the situation during an appearance of “The Vertical Podcast with Woj,” via Jonathan Tannenwald of Philly.com: I wanted to take hits for him. The reality [...]

So, um, maybe Ben Simmons isn’t a lock to go No. 1 to the Philadelphia 76ers in the 2016 NBA draft? According to Shams Charania of The Vertical, the Sixers have a private workout set up with Duke’s Brandon Ingram: [tweet https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/741079446694862848] Quick, someone, anyone, sound the alarm. So long as it’s the alarm you [...]

Kentucky coach John Calipari has an idea. It’s out there. But just go with him. Instead of taking LSU’s Ben Simmons or Duke’s Brandon Ingram with the No. 1 pick in this year’s draft, the Philadelphia 76er should take Kentucky’s Jamal Murray. From ESPN.com’s Andy Katz: Kentucky coach John Calipari said the Philadelphia 76ers should [...]

Does Ben Simmons, the consensus top prospect in this year’s NBA draft, know something we don’t? Strike that. Does Ben Simmons know something we already suspect to be true? Though the Philadelphia 76ers have a ton of frontcourt players on their books—Joel Embiid, Nerlens Noel, Jahlil Okafor, Dario Saric—most are operating under the assumption they’ll [...]

The world has waited this long for Joel Embiid, the third overall pick in 2014, to make his NBA debut. What’s another few months? The 22-year-old seven-footer is expected to officially hit the hardwood in 2016-17 and, apparently, not a moment sooner. He will not be repping the Philadelphia 76ers during either of the NBA’s [...]

According to Bleacher Report Reporter Kevin Ding, the 76ers are leaning heavily toward drafting former LSU power forward Ben Simmons with the number one pick of the 2016 NBA Draft. [tweet https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/732935309294481408] The 76ers won the NBA lottery Tuesday night and will be drafting no. 1 for the first time since 1996 when they took [...]

The Philadelphia 76ers won Tuesday night’s draft lottery, which isn’t surprising. They had the best odds of securing the No. 1 pick. Plus, you know, Dikembe Mutombo, told us they had won hours beforehand: [tweet https://twitter.com/BleacherReport/status/732676479256006657] There are only four possible explanations for this. Scenario No. 1: this could have been accident. Maybe Mutombo, or [...]

Dario Saric, the NBA’s 12th overall pick in 2014, has spent the last two seasons playing in Croatia. But he may soon be coming to a team near you—insofar as you’re within reasonable proximity of the Philadelphia 76ers. From Keith Pompey of philly.com: A Croatian newspaper reported that Saric, a Croatia native, said he’ll play [...]