Philadelphia 76ers Articles - Page 142

The Philadelphia 76ers have been all over the news in the offseason because of the Ben Simmons shenanigans that have continued for several months already. Their Saturday night matchup will be against the Atlanta Hawks, who beat them in the Eastern Conference Semi-Finals in seven games. Their Game 7 loss to the Hawks was a […]

A lot can be taken away from the Philadelphia 76ers’ win over the Detroit Pistons on Thursday night, but one of the brightest storylines was the return of Shake Milton. After rolling his ankle in practice, the 25-year-old finally was able to make his season debut for the Sixers. Despite being sidelined for close to […]

With Ben Simmons not ready to take the floor for the Sixers, Doc Rivers has had a rather large hole to fill in his starting lineup. Since his arrival, the former number one pick has been the maestro of the Sixers’ offense. In Simmons’ absence, Tyrese Maxey has been called upon to step into the […]

The Philadelphia 76ers took the court at home Thursday night, looking to bounce back from a tough loss to the Knicks on Tuesday. Next up on their schedule was a matchup with the Cade Cunningham-less Detroit Pistons.  While the Pistons might have caused a minor scare, the Sixers managed to get back in the win […]

Philadelphia 76ers superstar Joel Embiid just got called for a technical foul for seemingly hyping himself up. Yup, you read that right. On Thursday against the Detroit Pistons at home, the four-time NBA All-Star apparently got a little too excited after a throwdown on Pistons rookie Luka Garza. Here’s the play where Embiid was deemed […]

The drama in Philly continues as Sixers want-away star Ben Simmons remains out of the lineup. Coach Doc Rivers recently provided an update on the status of the former Rookie of the Year and, right now, it does not sound like Simmons will be taking the floor for Philadelphia anytime soon. Simmons has been dealing […]

The Detroit Pistons and Philadelphia 76ers will play in an Eastern Conference matchup on Thursday night. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a Pistons-76ers prediction and pick. The Pistons and 76ers will play on Thursday night, and each side is already battling injury issues early in the new season. Detroit’s 2021 […]

The Philadelphia 76ers now have four regular season games under their belt and sit at a record of 2-2. There is a lot that can be taken away from their performance thus far, but one growing storyline involves the team’s franchise cornerstone. After coming off a dominant season that almost netted him the MVP award, […]

When the Philadelphia 76ers signed Dwight Howard prior to the 2020-21 season, many felt the team finally found the perfect backup center to Joel Embiid. As a former top center in the league, Howard could be a great mentor for Embiid during the prime of his career. This pairing did not last long after Howard […]

Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid is still dealing with a knee injury, and he recently made a shocking admission to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne about the severity of his problem. It’s not good: .@ramonashelburne on Joel Embiid playing through injuries (via NBA Today). "He told me after this game in New Orleans, he couldn't walk for […]

The Philadelphia 76ers took the floor at Madison Square Garden Tuesday night for the second half of a two-game road trip. After picking up a good all-around win against the Thunder in their last game, the same cannot be said for their meeting with the Knicks. New York busted the game open in the second […]

Remember those years when the New York Knicks absolutely sucked? Yeah, good times. But those are in the past now. After last season’s inspired run, they continue to regain their place among the NBA’s elite. The Knicks beat the Philadelphia 76ers, 112-99 on Tuesday night to improve to 3-1. They not only snapped their 15-game […]

Multiple factors can be attributed to the Philadelphia 76ers’ loss to the New York Knicks on Tuesday. But there is one glaring storyline from the matchup. It was the first time this season the Sixers looked like they missed Ben Simmons out on the floor. Through their first three games, they did a good job […]

After finishing as a runner-up in last season’s MVP race, Joel Embiid is having a somewhat pedestrian start to the new season. The Philadelphia 76ers suffered another tough loss on Tuesday night as they got handily beat by the New York Knicks, 112-99. Embiid suffered his first-ever loss to the Knicks, finishing with un-MVP-like numbers […]

We are now about a week into the regular season, and the Philadelphia 76ers have started off the season on a good note. If not for a late-game collapse against the Brooklyn Nets, the Sixers would find themselves sitting comfortably at 3-0.  Even with the minor blemish against Brooklyn, there are still a lot of […]

The Philadelphia 76ers and New York Knicks will play in an Eastern Conference matchup on Tuesday night. It’s time to continue our NBA odds series and make a 76ers-Knicks prediction and pick. The 76ers and Knicks both have big goals for 2021-22, and this will be their first meeting of the new season. Joel Embiid […]

Looking back a few months, the Philadelphia 76ers found themselves in a predicament no franchise wants to find themselves in. One of their young cornerstones was no longer happy with his situation and had sights set on a change of scenery. All summer, the talk around the basketball community debated on where Ben Simmons might […]

Ben Simmons is back with the Philadelphia 76ers. But the All-Star has yet to take the court and probably won’t for the foreseeable future. He may be back in town, but that hasn’t shielded him from criticism. Far from it, actually. Charles Barkley, a former Sixers top draft pick himself, spoke out on the Ben […]

The Philadelphia 76ers were no longer fine disgruntled All-Star Ben Simmons for missing games and practices, now that Simmons is excused for personal reasons. During an appearance on “NBA Today” on Monday, ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne detailed the latest development between Simmons and the Sixers. According to Shelburne, because Simmons’ absence is due to personal mental […]

The Philadelphia 76ers now have three games under their belt, and there is much to take away from what we’ve seen. One of the main talking points thus far has been the pleasant surprise Doc Rivers stumbled into with his second unit: Furkan Korkmaz. Between Ben Simmons still not being ready to take the floor […]

The Philadelphia 76ers took the court Sunday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder, looking to bounce back from a late-game loss against the Brooklyn Nets. The Sixers held the Thunder at bay for the majority of the game and staved off a rally in the fourth quarter to win by a final score of 115-1o3. […]

Despite a rough offseason that saw their family go through a very personal matter, Stephen Curry and Seth Curry are doing quite well to start the NBA season. The Golden State Warriors and the Philadelphia 76ers both won on Sunday night, with the sweet-shooting Curry brothers lighting it up for their respective teams. But this […]

Following an offseason full of rumors and a stalemate between Ben Simmons and the front office, the Philadelphia 76ers had a lot of eyes on them heading into the season. While Simmons has rejoined the team, he has stated he is not mentally ready to take the court yet, leaving a hole at point guard […]

It looks like the Ben Simmons story will have to take a backseat for the Philadelphia 76ers. Maybe at least for today. The Sixers visited the Oklahoma City Thunder on Sunday night. Late in the fourth quarter, with them comfortably ahead, star big man Joel Embiid chased down Thunder rookie Josh Giddey on a breakaway […]

Philadelphia 76ers star Seth Curry channelled his inner-Stephen Curry as the younger Curry exploded for a huge 23-point first quarter on Sunday night. Doing his best impersonation of his older brother, Seth went absolutely bonkers against the Oklahoma City Thunder and dropped 23 points in the game’s first 12 minutes, including six huge three-point bombs. […]

Even with no NBA basketball for a couple of months, the Philadelphia 76ers continued to flood the news in the sporting world because of all the Ben Simmons shenanigans. There have been negative progress with the relationship between Simmons, his teammates, and the 76ers franchise. Currently, Simmons has approached the team and admitted that he […]

Daryl Morey and the Philadelphia 76ers seem determined to trade Ben Simmons, but they are not rushing things as they look to get the most out of their All-Star guard. According to NBA insider Marc Stein (via Bryan Toporek of Bleacher Report), league sources believe there is no imminent trade for Simmons. It is also […]

NBPA executive director Michelle Roberts is not happy with Daryl Morey’s unsympathetic comments about the Philadelphia 76ers’ wantaway star Ben Simmons. When addressing the situation recently, Morey didn’t hold back his thoughts about their plans for Simmons if he continues to hold out and refuse to play for the Sixers. He highlighted how they won’t […]

Dating back to the offseason, the standoff between Ben Simmons and the Philadelphia 76ers has not been pretty. The former number one pick has done all he can to get himself a change of scenery. Things looked to be heading in a positive direction when the 25-year-old spontaneously ended his holdout during the preseason. But […]

Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons met with the team on Friday and made it clear that he’s not mentally ready to play quite yet. By no surprise, his Sixers teammates were asked about the whole situation. Tobias Harris gave a heartfelt response and made it very clear that he has Simmons’ back. Via Sixers Wire: […]

The Philadelphia 76ers looked well on their way to a resounding win over the Brooklyn Nets during their home opener. But the game slowly shifted the other way in the fourth quarter as Kevin Durant’s Nets slowly chipped away at the Sixers’ lead. The Sixers were holding onto a precarious 2-point lead with just over […]

Joel Embiid and the Philadelphia 76ers failed to get a win in their home debut this season, as the Sixers lost to the visiting Brooklyn Nets Friday night, 114-109. Beating the Nets in front of the Philly crowd would have injected even more confidence into the Sixers’ title chances even without Ben Simmons, but Embiid […]

The Philadelphia 76ers dropped the ball on Friday night against the Brooklyn Nets, losing in the dying minutes of the fourth quarter despite leading for the entirety of the game. Sixers head coach Doc Rivers made a controversial decision late in the final period when Danny Green looked like he took a charge from Kevin […]

The Brooklyn Nets executed a major comeback in a hostile environment on Friday night. Led by Kevin Durant’s triple-double (29 points, 15 boards, 12 assists) the Nets closed the game on a 16-1 run to put the Sixers away late. The final score was 114-109. Their defensive execution really picked up as the game unfolded. […]

The Philadelphia 76ers took the court at home for the first time this season Friday night in a nationally televised matchup against the Brooklyn Nets. This battle of Eastern Conference juggernauts did not disappoint as things went down to the wire. In the end, the Nets walked away with a 114-109 win on the back […]

Ben Simmons wants out of Philadelphia. The Brooklyn Nets are reportedly open to the idea of trading Kyrie Irving amid his anti-vax stance. If you put two and two together, it only makes sense that both parties would at least explore a straight-up swap involving these two controversial superstars. According to ESPN’s NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski, […]

Amid Ben Simmons’ trade demand, Joel Embiid has said a lot of things about his Philadelphia 76ers teammate that can be deemed negatively. However, he assured everyone he still has nothing but love for Simmons despite the situation. Before they take on the Brooklyn Nets on Friday for their first home game, Embiid addressed the […]

It’s easy to overreact to the first game of the season. The Milwaukee Bucks torched the Brooklyn Nets, with Steve Nash’s team looking like it’s going to have lots of problems in the season’s early going. Of course, all of the narratives might get flipped on their heads in a few hours after the Nets […]

Ben Simmons finally addressed the Philadelphia 76ers directly on Friday. While the team seems to have responded well to the disgruntled All-Star’s admission of ongoing mental health issues, Joel Embiid was still surely left frustrated by Simmons’ refusal to shed light on the justification of his trade demand. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic […]