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Joel Embiid came up with another monstrous performance on Tuesday night as he led the Sixers to a 131-122 win against the Indiana Pacers. The five-time All-Star exploded for 45 points en route to surpassing Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James in the race for this year’s scoring title. After Tuesday’s eruption, Embiid is now […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have been all sorts of dangerous since acquiring James Harden from the Brooklyn Nets in a trade centered around Ben Simmons. Harden has been a perfect fit alongside Joel Embiid, as the Sixers continue their ascent heading into the NBA Playoffs. The Sixers beat the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night, 131-122 to […]

Kevin Love is a trailblazer when it comes to mental health in the NBA. The Cavs star was one of the first individuals to come out publicly about his mental health illness, which basically started a movement within the league. Love has now chimed in on the nasty rumors involving Brooklyn Nets star Ben Simmons […]

After a truly transformational offseason, the Chicago Bulls returned to playing a winning brand of basketball in 2021-22. As they’ve returned to playoff relevance and put together a deep and dynamic roster, the Bulls look primed for postseason success. But Chicago has seen its fair share of hardships throughout the regular season, too. Currently holding […]

On Monday, Steve Nash shared the disappointing but not surprising update that Ben Simmons will be out through the remaining four games and the play-in tournament, set to tipoff on April 12. The Brooklyn Nets have been without the third All-Star on their roster ever since they traded James Harden and Paul Millsap for Simmons, […]

It’s no secret that Doc Rivers’ future with the Philadelphia 76ers is in jeopardy. Many fans have scrutinized the head coach’s inability to adjust in dire game-time situations. However, even if the Sixers move on from Rivers, it doesn’t sound like he’ll be unemployed for long. Rumor has it that both the Los Angeles Lakers […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have already clinched a playoff berth and are sitting in the fourth spot in the Eastern Conference. The Sixers are jockeying for position at the top of the East, sitting 2.5 games behind the top-seeded Miami Heat while tied with the third-seeded Milwaukee Bucks and a half-game back of the No. 2 […]

Joel Embiid is one of the clear frontrunners for the Most Valuable Player award this season. But one Philadelphia 76ers icon doesn’t see him as the leading candidate. Hall of Famer Julius Erving was asked during a recent appearance on The Rich Eisen Show about his vote for the MVP winner this season. While he’s […]

Joel Embiid has had to carry a massive load this season. With the cloud of the Ben Simmons trade saga hovering over his Philadelphia 76ers earlier in the season, how things would play out throughout the drama was a huge question mark that needed to be answered. But even with Ben Simmons not playing a […]

The NBA season is coming to an end soon, which means MVP votes should be pouring in. Joel Embiid has been playing some of his best basketball and believes he’s the most deserving of the award. He attempts to make his case after the Philadelphia 76ers’ massive victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers. According to ESPN, […]

Joel Embiid is a man possessed. That perhaps is the only way to describe the Philadelphia 76ers star center’s play this season. After narrowly missing out on the MVP award last season, the Cameroonian star picked up where he left off and carried his team to a successful regular season once again. On Sunday night, […]

Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid has been leading the charge for the team of late, but an apparently ankle injury could slow his roll. With a crucial clash against the Cleveland Cavaliers on the slate for Sunday, fans will be eager to know whether or not Joel Embiid is playing today vs. the Cavs. *Watch […]

The Philadelphia 76ers begin a three-game road trip as they take on the Cleveland Cavaliers in a Sunday night showdown. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a 76ers-Cavaliers prediction and pick. The 76ers demolished the Charlotte Hornets 144-114 at home on Saturday. Philadelphia snapped a three-game skid in colossal fashion. After building […]

Doc Rivers and the Philadelphia 76ers took their home floor Saturday afternoon, looking to put an end to their three-game losing skid. Next up on the schedule was a meeting with a possible playoff opponent in the Charlotte Hornets. This game was neck-and-neck heading into halftime, but that change quickly when both teams took the […]

The Brooklyn Nets take on the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday in a game that will have major implications on both teams’ playoff hopes this season. Ben Simmons is still out of action for the Nets and the possibility of the former Rookie of the Year sitting out the rest of the season is now sounding […]

The Philadelphia 76ers dismantled the Charlotte Hornets as they look to become the top seed in the Eastern Conference. Joel Embiid is in a similar race for the MVP award. Sixers head coach Doc Rivers looked to kill two birds with one stone against the Hornets. Philadelphia won 144-114 against Charlotte. After the game, Rivers […]

The Brooklyn Nets are one of biggest the disappointments of the 2021-22 NBA season. In what was expected to be the first full season of Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving, all three have either missed significant time or are already gone from the roster. Harden was dealt to the Philadelphia 76ers at the […]

The Charlotte Hornets will pay a visit to Wells Fargo Center to take on the Philadelphia 76ers in a 12:30 PM ET tip off. With that said, it’s a good time to check out our NBA odds series, which includes our Hornets-Sixers prediction, odds, and pick we have laid out below. Charlotte took down the New […]

Despite being traded to the Brooklyn Nets after holding out for months, Ben Simmons isn’t done with the Philadelphia 76ers just yet. According to Adrian Wojnarowski, Bobby Marks and Ramona Shelbourne of ESPN, Simmons is filing a grievance over the Sixers withholding nearly $20 million of salary. The NBPA is backing up the Nets’ star […]

Regardless of whether he wins the award this year or not, Joel Embiid is the MVP for the Philadelphia 76ers franchise. But the man himself credits another All-Star for getting him to where he is today: Andrew Wiggins of the Golden State Warriors. Joel Embiid was candid in a recent appearance on The Old Man […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have six games to go in the 2021-22 regular season after a disappointing loss to the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night. The defeat dropped the Sixers to 46-30, which is good for fourth place in a tight Eastern Conference. Even with so few games left, there are still multiple variations of how […]

On the surface, the Philadelphia 76ers are having a pretty successful season. With an MVP-level season from Joel Embiid and the mid-season acquisition of James Harden, Philly is looking like a dangerous contender at the end of the season. Some fans even call them the favorites to win the Eastern Conference. However, behind the scenes, […]

In what was projected to be an easy victory by most, the Philadelphia 76ers fell flat on their face on Thursday night against the Detroit Pistons. Joel Embiid posted his usual MVP-level stat line with 37 points and 15 rebounds on an efficient 11-for-19 from the field and 14-for-16 from the free throw line. But […]

The blockbuster trade between the Brooklyn Nets and the Philadelphia 76ers was arguably the biggest of the season. Ben Simmons wanted out of Philadelphia, and James Harden wanted out of New York. It was a win-win situation all around. However, Kevin Durant doesn’t think of it like that. He recently revealed to The Ringer that […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have spent the better part of a decade in a giant rebuild. The roster reconstruction, also known as “The Process,” is centered around Joel Embiid and the team’s journey to a championship title. Embiid has been a part of “The Process” since the Sixers drafted him third overall in 2014. In the […]

The Philadelphia 76ers head to the Motor City to take on the Detroit Pistons in a Thursday night showdown. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series with a 76ers-Pistons prediction and pick. The 76ers lost a nail-biter to the Milwaukee Bucks 118-116 on Tuesday night. With seconds ticking off the clock, the 76ers had […]

Jayson Tatum has catapulted himself in the MVP conversation with his monstrous play for the Boston Celtics this second half of the season. While the star forward knows it might be a little late for him to make a stronger push for the award, he knows he is more than capable of getting the job […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are in an undeniably much better place right now than they were a couple of months back. The Sixers were winning games but a huge, Ben Simmons-sized cloud was looming over the entire team as the front office tried to find a way to get rid of their disgruntled star. This finally […]

Throughout all the drama leading up to Ben Simmons’ exit from the Philadelphia 76ers, it just felt like he was burning bridges. He had no intention of playing for the Sixers ever again and he was not afraid to make his feelings known about it. One of the biggest storylines surrounding Simmons’ ugly divorce from […]

As the Philadelphia 76ers approach the final lap of the regular season, all eyes are on the playoff picture. The Sixers have seven games left before the bright lights of the 2022 NBA Playoffs turn on. This late in the year, teams typically have a good idea of how their playoff fate will unfold. In […]

Joel Embiid has spent the past few seasons carrying the Philadelphia 76ers on his back. He has continued to do so this season, though he now has James Harden to help him out. With a solid supporting cast around them, the Sixers are looking to finally break into title contention. Embiid told Sports Illustrated’s Chris […]

The LA Clippers took on the Philadelphia 76ers on Friday night in what was a blowout out for the Sixers, 122-97. Philly came out of nowhere to blow out the Clippers, and it was Joel Embiid who quickly had the last laugh after Tyronn Lue‘s pregame interviews. Prior to the game, Lue made some comments […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are in a packed race for the Eastern Conference’s top seed. They can hardly afford to lose, especially against the other three teams in the race. Unfortunately for the Sixers, they did just that against the Milwaukee Bucks. The Sixers’ 118-116 loss to the Bucks pushed them back to fourth place in […]

The Philadelphia 76ers were back on their home floor Tuesday night for a high-profile matchup with Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks. Between playoff seeding and the MVP rack, a lot hung in the balance of this battle between two of the Eastern Conference’s top teams. Thanks to strong showings from Joel Embiid, James Harden, […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo was in a jovial mood on Tuesday night after taking down Joel Embiid and the Sixers in their Eastern Conference marquee matchup. So much so, that the Milwaukee Bucks superstar decided to open his post-game press conference in the most unusual way. Giannis was literally carrying a Dad Jokes book to his post-game presser. […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo’s Bucks came out on top in the heavyweight Eastern Conference bout against Joel Embiid’s Sixers on Tuesday night, 118-116. With the 76ers down two points on the final possession, James Harden missed what would have been the go-ahead three-pointer. The ball ricocheted into the hands of Joel Embiid right underneath the basket, but […]

The New York Knicks are in the middle of a four-game winning streak after upsetting the Chicago Bulls, 109-104 on Monday. But it seems Julius Randle still isn’t too happy. The All-Star forward, who’s playing through a quad injury, was limited to only five points, missing eight of his nine attempts. He did have 13 […]

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo won his showdown with Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid on Tuesday night, and Shaquille O’Neal knows the reason why. The Bucks edged the Sixers 118-116 in the game, with Giannis exploding for 40 points on top of 14 rebounds and six assists. Even better, the Greek Freak delivered the […]

Milwaukee Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo has won the MVP award twice already, and he just showed Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid how he did that: by making game-winning plays. On Tuesday as the Bucks faced off against the Sixers, Antetokounmpo delivered for Milwaukee with an incredible performance. He finished with 40 points, 14 rebounds and […]