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The Philadelphia 76ers are already one of the NBA’s top teams. But if their young talent continues to develop, they could become downright scary. Point guard Ben Simmons came into his own this season, making the first All-Star appearance of his career. And Sixers head coach Brett Brown thinks Simmons is only getting better. When […]

Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid says he didn’t mean to laugh during his postgame press conference after the Sixers’ Game 2 win when he was talking about his elbow to Brooklyn Nets big man Jarrett Allen. Embiid, who wasn’t ejected and received a Flagrant 1 foul, says he apologized to Allen multiple times on […]

Brooklyn Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson is asking his team to strike a difficult balance for Game 3 against the Philadelphia 76ers. According to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin, Atkinson wants the Nets to exert more physicality. However, they should not compromise their identity in the process. Kenny Atkinson on being mindful of playing with more physicality, […]

Less than an hour away from tipoff at Barclays Center, the status of Joel Embiid remains unknown. Coach Brett Brown said during pre-game media availability that the Philadelphia 76ers superstar big man is a game-time decision for Game 3 of his team’s first-round series against the Brooklyn Nets. #Sixers coach Brett Brown on Joel Embiid’s […]

The petty wars between the Philadelphia 76ers and Brooklyn Nets continue. Ahead of Game 3 in Brooklyn, a missing jump shot poster of Sixers All-Star Ben Simmons was put up outside of Barclays Center. 📸 “Missing: Ben Simmons jump shot” hanging outside of Barclays Center prior to Game 3. pic.twitter.com/pC94WF8eAs — Anthony Puccio (@APOOCH) April […]

Philadelphia 76ers vice president of communications Dave Sholler has called a New York Daily News story on Sixers All-Star Ben Simmons a “steaming pile of trash.” The newspaper wrote a story citing sources which claimed Sixers general manager Elton Brand made it known to team ownership they needed to consider trading Simmons because he “was […]

Philadelphia 76ers general manager Elton Brand told the media the franchise had every intention of keeping the core of four star players together shortly after acquiring Tobias Harris in a trade with the L.A. Clippers. The Sixers had previously acquired Jimmy Butler early in the season, but was in need of another floor-spacer in the […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are currently in the playoffs and coming off a dominant victory over the Brooklyn Nets to even up their first-round playoff series at 1-1. Who would have thought that a few months back, general manager Elton Brand was actually looking to tear the team’s core apart by trading away young star Ben […]

Philadelphia 76ers point man Ben Simmons was dismissive during Thursday morning’s media session when asked to comment about what was said of him after a Game 2 win over the Brooklyn Nets. Jared Dudley, who did not play in Game 2 after going 0-for-2 in 28 minutes during a Game 1 Nets win, offered his […]

The Brooklyn Nets weren’t happy when Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid elbowed Jarrett Allen in Game 2 and was only called for a Flagrant 1 foul. To make matters even worse, Embiid and Ben Simmons were laughing during their postgame press conference with reporters when Embiid was telling the media he was sorry for […]

The Sixers are listing star center Joel Embiid as questionable to face the Brooklyn Nets in Game 3. Embiid is still dealing with left knee soreness. Joel Embiid is listed as questionable for tomorrow night. — Jon Johnson (@jonjohnsonwip) April 17, 2019 The Sixers and Nets are tied at 1-1. Games 3 and 4 will […]

Brooklyn Nets veteran forward Jared Dudley has never been one to mince words, and that trend didn’t change on Wednesday when he was asked to talk about Philadelphia 76ers point forward Ben Simmons. Dudley, whose Nets are tied 1-1 with the Sixers in their first-round series, told reporters on Wednesday Simmons is “average” when you […]

The Brooklyn Nets sorely missed Jared Dudley in their Game 2 loss to the Philadelphia 76ers. Fortunately, the playoffs’ most unlikely impact player is apparently healthy enough to play going forward. According to Brian Lewis of the New York Post, Dudley said on Wednesday that he will play in Game 3. Dudley says he’s good […]

Brooklyn Nets swingman Caris LeVert and the rest of his teammates weren’t big fans of what Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid and point forward Ben Simmons did during their Game 2 postgame press conference. Embiid and Simmons laughed while Embiid was “apologizing” to Nets big man Jarrett Allen. Embiid viciously elbowed Allen in Game 2 […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are absolutely behind head coach Brett Brown and what he is doing for the team. So much so, that Sixers VP of Communications Dave Sholler went out of his way to try and discredit a recent article stating that Brown was “heading for coaching purgatory.” Writer Chris Sheridan published an article on […]

The Sixers reportedly tried to hire Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers last summer after the whole Bryan Colangelo Twitter scandal, according to Marc Stein of the New York Times. The Sixers were obviously rebuffed in their attempt to hire Myers, who has been with the Warriors since 2012 and won three championships. The […]

Sixers star Joel Embiid’s Flagrant 1 foul against Nets center Jarrett Allen will not be upgraded to a Flagrant 2 upon league review, according to ESPN’s Tim Bontemps. Embiid landed a vicious elbow to Allen’s neck area with only seconds left in the first half, a play which could have landed the Philadelphia 76ers center […]

Ben Simmons did not look very good during the Philadelphia 76ers’ Game 1 loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday afternoon, finishing with just nine points, seven rebounds and three assists. It was universally accepted that Simmons would have to be better in Game 2—and throughout the rest of the series in general—for the 76ers […]

Joel Embiid’s vicious elbow on Brooklyn Nets center Jarrett Allen could have been one that turned the tide in favor of the road team, as a Flagrant 2 call would have seen the Philadelphia 76ers big man exit with only seconds left in the first half of Game 2 on Monday. The officials ruled the […]

The Philadelphia 76ers were already embarrassed and booed on their own home floor after a Game 1 loss to the Brooklyn Nets, but head coach Brett Brown wouldn’t allow for that horror to happen again in Game 2. The Sixers held a one-point lead after a lackluster defensive effort in the second quarter, which caused […]

The Philadelphia 76ers notched a much-needed win on Monday night, as they handily defeated the Brooklyn Nets, 145-123, to tie the series at one game apiece. However, despite the lopsided score, the game did not go without incident. Nets rookie Rodions Kurucs was hit with a Flagrant 1 in the second quarter of the contest […]

Things got pretty heated in Game 2 of the first-round series matchup between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Brooklyn Nets. At one point in the game, Sixers big man Joel Embiid got hit with a Flagrant 1 after catching Nets center Jarrett Allen with an elbow right on the face. After his team’s lopsided 145-123 […]

At the trade deadline, the Philadelphia 76ers acquired forward Tobias Harris in a much-discussed deal with the Los Angeles Clippers. But the Sixers also picked up another player in that trade: big man Boban Marjanovic. Harris and Marjanovic have been traded together twice. Before they were dealt from the Clippers to the 76ers, they were […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have had legends play for them. Wilt Chamberlain, Charles Barkley, and Allen Iverson are some of the great Sixers from the past. However, the 76ers of 2019 broke a record with a show of offensive dominance over the Brooklyn Nets on Monday night: With their 142nd point of the night, the Sixers […]

The Philadelphia 76ers had a very slow start to the 2019 NBA Playoffs. Game 1 resulted in a 111-102 loss to the sixth-seeded Brooklyn Nets, and Game 2 didn’t start much better on Monday. After the first half, the heavily-favored Sixers led by only a single point. Something must have happened in the locker room […]

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has a reputation around the NBA. He always plays hard, aggressive basketball, but sometimes he takes it a bit too far. On Monday night, he did just that. Late in the second quarter of Game 2 of the Sixers’ first-round matchup against the Brooklyn Nets, Embiid tried to drive to […]

The 2018-19 NBA MVP Race is almost over with the Milwaukee Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Houston Rockets’ James Harden all but guaranteeing that this year’s battle for the crown will come down to just them. Both are considered locks for the 2018-19 All-NBA First Team, but the question remains as to who will join […]

When the Philadelphia 76ers hired Brett Brown as their head coach back in 2013, patience was the name of the game. “The Process” was still in the early stages at that time. Joel Embiid was still in college. Ben Simmons was in high school. The Sixers’ roster featured an unenviable cast of characters that even […]

Sixers swingman James Ennis has reportedly been cleared to play in Game 2 against the Brooklyn Nets on Monday, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium. Ennis has been dealing with a right quad contusion. He missed the last four games of the regular season. Just in: Sixers swingman James Ennis (quad) has […]

An anonymous NBA executive thinks the 2019 playoffs are going to have a massive impact on what happens this summer in free agency, especially in the Eastern Conference, according to Sean Deveney of Sporting News. Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving, Philadelphia 76ers small forward Jimmy Butler and Toronto Raptors swingman Kawhi Leonard will become […]

Well, that was a fun, interesting opening weekend of the 2019 NBA Playoffs, wasn’t it? Aside from the last two games on Sunday night, which were both blowouts, Game 1 of the playoffs was full of intrigue around the bracket. Upsets, home-court advantage not being home-court advantage, scores from the mid ’90s. You name it, […]

The Brooklyn Nets pulled off an upset in Game 1 of their first-round Eastern Conference playoff series against the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday afternoon, thumping them 111-102 in a game that wasn’t really as close as the score indicates. Now, the Nets, who have already “stolen” home-court advantage from the 76ers, will have a chance […]

The Philadelphia 76ers took a gut punch in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series against the Brooklyn Nets, taking a 111-102 loss at home, where they were fervently booed throughout the course of the game. Jimmy Butler’s game-high 36 points weren’t enough to catch up to the Nets, and neither was his impactful play […]

The Philadelphia 76ers rolled out a questionable Joel Embiid for Game 1 of the first round against the Brooklyn Nets, but his 24 minutes of action quickly saw something was not right with the big man. Dr. David Chao, a former NFL team doctor who writes a column for The San Diego Union-Tribune, wrote a […]

The Brooklyn Nets shocked the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 1 of their first-round playoff series over the weekend, and Sixers star Ben Simmons knows his team must make some adjustments in order to turn things around: “I think we just got to move the ball more, offensively. Defensively, switch up a few things in terms […]

Philadelphia 76ers backup forward Amir Johnson wants to put the cellphone fiasco during Game 1 of the first-round playoff series behind him. Johnson was caught on camera using his phone while on the bench, a clear violation of NBA rules. He was eventually asked to leave the game by the Sixers staff. Later in the […]

Even though the Philadelphia 76ers dropped their series opener against the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday amidst a cellphone controversy and some back talk between Ben Simmons and some fans, they are remaining positive, including Jimmy Butler. Speaking of Butler, he was easily the best player on the floor for Philly in Game 1. He posted […]

Philadelphia 76ers star center Joel Embiid has been listed as questionable for Game 2 of the best-of-seven first-round series against the Brooklyn Nets Monday night. The injury report that Brett Brown referred to earlier in the afternoon has been released. Joel Embiid is officially questionable for Game 2 with left knee soreness https://t.co/ccEp1cNSIs — Dave […]

The Philadelphia 76ers did not start the postseason as they would have liked. Jimmy Butler knows it, and he knows what his team must do to change the conversation. With the 76ers coming up way short against the Brooklyn Nets in Game 1 of the team’s opening-round series, Philadelphia knows a strong bounce-back effort will […]