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Jahlil Okafor has a new home, and he couldn’t be happier about it. As reported by ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe, the Philadelphia 76ers agreed to send the 22-year-old big man, who was drafted third overall in 2015, along with Nik Stauskas to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for Trevor Booker: [tweet https://twitter.com/ZachLowe_NBA/status/938879083320102912] [tweet https://twitter.com/ZachLowe_NBA/status/938879271967297539] The trade [...]

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 [...]

Plenty of teams will be waiting when LeBron James enters free agency this summer (player option). And the Philadelphia 76ers are expected to be among them, according to some NBA executives. From USA Today‘s Jeff Zillgitt: J.J. Redick is a smart man. He went to Duke, an excellent academic institution. So when asked about any Ben [...]

Jahlil Okafor hasn’t yet given up hope that he’ll soon escape the Philadelphia 76ers. Buried on the bench, with his fourth-year team option long since declined, he knows his future isn’t in the City of Brotherly Love. The Sixers have Joel Embiid, Dario Saric, Ben Simmons and Richaun Holmes to develop up front. Okafor’s future [...]

Another one of the Philadelphia 76ers’ core members of “The Process” is about to get paid. Joel Embiid was the first to secure a lucrative extension, albeit one with plenty of complex non-guarantees and performance-based incentives. Robert Covington will follow suit, though his deal will be significantly less absurd-sounding. The 26-year-old became eligible for a [...]

One benefit of being around the cap floor in the NBA is you have the flexibility and rare ability to re-negotiate a player’s salary for the current season. This appears to be the case with the 76ers and Robert Covington. Covington signed a four-year, $50 million extension with the 76ers this off-season that was set [...]

The Markelle Fultz situation in Philadelphia is one of the most bizarre things I have seen in the NBA. The No. 1 pick of the 2017 NBA Draft, who was known for his sweet shooting stroke in college and his ability to score from anywhere on the court, apparently decided to completely change his jump [...]

There was a time when it seemed like Joel Embiid may never have an actual NBA career and tensions were high between the No. 3 pick of the 2014 NBA Draft and the 76ers as Embiid sat out his first two seasons with foot issues and was away from the team for long periods. While [...]

It doesn’t look like Jahlil Okafor will be getting the buy out he seeks. Not before the February trade deadline anyway. Though the Philadelphia 76ers declined Okafor’s fourth-year option, suggesting they’re willing to move on from him without any compensation, ESPN.com’s Adrian Wojanrowski is hearing that general manager Bryan Colangelo still wants to trade him: [...]

Scenario: You’re a 23-year-old professional basketball player. Actually, strike that. You’re a 23-year-old anything. And someone gives you a five-year, $140-plus million extension. Are you buying anything after putting pen to paper? Probably. Most definitely. Unless you’re Joel Embiid. ESPN.com’s Jackie MacMullan penned an interesting profile on the Philadelphia 76ers’ big man, within which she [...]