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 [...]
June 13, 2016
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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 [...]
June 10, 2016
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The Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers will not be the only teams making headlines during the NBA Finals. The Philadelphia 76ers and Atlanta Hawks are making sure of it. According to The Vertical’s Shams Charania, the two sides are talking about a potential Nerlens Noel-for-Jeff Teague swap: Atlanta and Philadelphia are discussing a possible [...]
We’ve known for quite some time now that the NBA would be allowing advertising on the front of team jerseys. This will be a thing beginning in the 2017-18 season. The NBA is usually a trendsetter with marketing ventures, but it’s still up for debate as to whether or not this is a good thing. [...]
May 16, 2016
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Mike D’Antoni has held head coaching positions in the two largest media markets in the NBA: New York and Los Angeles for both the Knicks and Lakers. He also quit both jobs when times got tough. Truthfully speaking, he hasn’t done a whole lot since his days in Phoenix and that seems like a lifetime [...]
April 14, 2016
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Ready for some good news on Joel Embiid, the third overall pick from the 2014 NBA draft who has yet to make his debut for the Philadelphia 76ers? Of course you are. And depending on how you define good news, Tom Moore of Calkins Media may have some for you: [tweet https://twitter.com/tmoore76ers/status/717134754554970114] So, basically, Embiid [...]
April 5, 2016
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There is a chance Jahlil Okafor’s tenure with the Philadelphia 76ers lasts just one season. Stacked with bigs, the Sixers need to clean up their frontcourt logjam. Joel Embiid, Nerlens Noel and Okafor are all best suited at the 5. Philly ran into issues with just Noel and Okafor this season, and that problem will [...]
March 28, 2016
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During the Brooklyn Nets’ Tuesday night victory over the Philadelphia 76ers, the NBA had itself a good ol’ fashion fan war. Nets supporters started things off at Barclays Center, per Calkins Media’s Tom Moore: #Nets fans chanting 'You're not Ish. You're not Ish.' #Sixers — Tom Moore (@TomMoorePhilly) March 15, 2016 Get it? Because the [...]
March 16, 2016
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Sooner or later, the Sixers need to decide to start winning. Otherwise, incoming rookies will avoid them like the plague. Or, like Kristaps Porzingis reportedly did. Kristaps Porzingis went fourth overall to the Knicks, but the Sixers were interested in the big man at number 3. But the problem is that the team never met [...]
February 1, 2016
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Dear Philly, I appreciate the out-of-the-box thinking that you had with Joel Embiid. I think it’s lovely that you saw athletic potential in this young man, and decided to bring him over to the US to play basketball. I like that, I really do. But he’s failed in his capacity as a player in the [...]
November 20, 2015
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