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Philadelphia 76ers All-Star point-forward Ben Simmons and Utah Jazz shooting guard Donovan Mitchell have been named the Players of the Week for Week 20 of the NBA season. Simmons and Mitchell have been intertwined with each other ever since last year’s Rookie of the Year race. Simmons won the award, with Mitchell coming in second […]

The Los Angeles Clippers upended the lowly New York Knicks at home on Sunday afternoon, remaining right in the thick of the current Western Conference playoff picture. However, Clippers rookie point guard Landry Shamet had more important things to discuss after the team’s latest win… like his current nickname situation. “My nickname situation is crazy,” […]

The Philadelphia 76ers and Golden State Warriors battled back and forth in the fourth quarter on Saturday night, with neither team willing to give an inch in a display of two of the NBA’s most talented teams. With Golden State leading 117-111 with under 40 seconds to play, things looked iffy for Philly. However, Tobias […]

34-year-old veteran big man Andrew Bogut might just be nearing a return to the NBA within the next couple of weeks. According to The Athletic’s Shams Charania, the former first overall pick’s outstanding play in Australia’s NBL this season has caught the eye of at least two NBA teams, with the Golden State Warriros and […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green once again showed why he is one of the best passing big men in the game today. With around eight minutes left in the second quarter of Golden State’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers, Green found an open Andre Iguodala under the basket with a nifty look-away bounce pass […]

One of the biggest stories of the Major League Baseball offseason finally came to an end on Saturday morning. Superstar free agent outfielder Bryce Harper officially signed a record 13-year, $330 million contract with the Philadelphia Phillies. Harper wore the number 34 during his time with the Washington Nationals. But that number was worn by […]

Philadelphia 76ers’ Joel Embiid is still recovering from a knee tendinitis that has caused him to miss the team’s last four games. It is believed that he can play through the injury, but both he and the Sixers management are taking extra precautionary measures to protect him long-term, according to Serena Winters of NBC Sports. Joel […]

Philadelphia 76ers star big man Joel Embiid says Golden State Warriors superstar Kevin Durant is “probably the best player in the league” for him. The Sixers host the Warriors on Saturday. Embiid is still out with knee soreness, but he told local reporters that KD is the best player in the NBA right now. Joel […]

Philadelphia 76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid has missed the team’s last four games due to knee tendinitis. However, he has been making significant progress and could suit up with the team as early as next week, according to Serena Winters of NBC Sports. Joel Embiid says he is feeling good and his knee has been getting […]

Philadelphia 76ers owner Josh Harris recently said in an interview that the team’s front office usually asks the opinion of All-Star center Joel Embiid before going forward with decision that will help improve the team. “Joel respects our job. He’s our most important player. He’s clearly our future — they’re all an important part of […]

Philadelphia 76ers owner Josh Harris says it would be “problematic” if the Sixers lost to the Boston Celtics in the playoffs this season. The Sixers lost to the Celtics in the second-round of the 2018 postseason in five games. Philly is just 2-9 against Boston over the past three regular seasons. With a revamped roster […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have improved the roster when they acquired Tobias Harris and Boban Marjanovic during the trade deadline last month, joining the star-studded core of Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons and Jimmy Butler. Now, team owner Josh Harris believes that the Sixers have enough talent to win the championship this season. “I think we have […]

Philadelphia 76ers owner Josh Harris knows the franchise is going to have to pay both Tobias Harris and Jimmy Butler max money in free agency this summer to keep the small forwards with the Sixers. Tobias becomes an unrestricted free agent after this season ends. Butler has a player-option worth $19,841,627 for next season, but he […]

Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid will not play in his team’s showdown with the Golden State Warriors on Saturday night, according to Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Embiid is dealing with tendinitis in his left knee and has not played since the All-Star Game. 76ers head coach Brett Brown revealed after the All-Star […]

Thanks in large part to the outstanding play of Jimmy Butler, the Sixers walked away from Thursday night’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder with a 108-104 victory. It was Philly’s first win against the Thunder since Nov. 15, 2008, and only the second ever against the team since it relocated to Oklahoma City. According […]

Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid has yet to suit up for the Sixers since after the All-Star break. The 24-year-old has been nursing a sore left knee and has missed his team’s past four games, but appears to be nearing a return. The Sixers have been playing well despite the absence of their superstar, […]

The Philadelphia 76ers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 108-104 on Thursday, beating one of the league’s best teams without Joel Embiid. But this victory was about far more for Philadelphia, at least from an organization standpoint, than making a statement against another team with hopeful championship aspirations. Why? The Sixers’ win was their first against […]

Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown says the organization is “still learning more” about star center Joel Embiid’s knee injury, according to Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Embiid is dealing with left knee soreness and hasn’t played post All-Star break. Asked about Embiid's re-evaluation, Brown responded, "We are still learning more." — Keith Pompey (@PompeyOnSixers) […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are unsure whether they will have their star center Joel Embiid when they go up against the Golden State Warriors on Saturday. In a tweet by Keith Pompey, Sixers coach Brett Brown was entirely non-committal on the status of Embiid. The big man very well could play, but he also could not. […]

Bryce Harper has finally decided where to sign, and he is going to join the Philadelphia Phillies. He joins Philadelphia 76ers players Tobias Harris and Boban Marjanovic as new athlete faces in area. This idea of new faces prompted Harris to tweet his welcome to Harper. Bobi, Tobi and Bryci? 🤔 — τobias Harris (@tobias31) […]

Oklahoma City Thunder All-Star Paul George will be held out of Thursday night’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers due to a bout of shoulder soreness: Paul George (right shoulder soreness) is out tonight against the Sixers. — Brett Dawson (@BDawsonWrites) February 28, 2019 This is obviously tough news for Thunder fans, as George has become […]

The final stretch of the season is underway, and the Philadelphia 76ers are in a position to make the playoffs once again. They are currently one of the top four teams in the Eastern Conference, and are expected to get better after the moves they have made during the trade deadline. All thanks in major […]

When Zhaire Smith was selected 16th overall in the 2018 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns before being traded to the Philadelphia 76ers, likely one of the last places the Sixers rookie would have expected to make his season debut would have been Maine while playing for the Delaware Blue Coats. But according to Keith Pompey […]

Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade says Philadelphia 76ers All-Star small forward Jimmy Butler can’t play the hero-ball role with the Sixers like he did with the Chicago Bulls and Minnesota Timberwolves. Because Philly has so much talent, Wade believes Butler has to adapt to his teammates and pick his spots when to take over games […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are one of the Eastern Conference’s best teams. Currently battling for playoff seeding near the top of the conference, every win counts right now for the Sixers. Unfortunately, the team will be without young shooting guard Furkan Korkmaz for an extended period of time. On Tuesday afternoon, the Sixers released a medical […]

Philadelphia 76ers big man Boban Marjanovic has a bone bruise and mild sprain of the right knee and will be re-evaluated in five to seven days, according to the team. Marjanovic suffered the injury on Monday against the New Orleans Pelicans. A medical update on Furkan Korkmaz and Boban Marjanovic: pic.twitter.com/W2vB76ZiYI — Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) February […]

Sixers big man Joel Embiid will be held out of Thursday night’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder as he continues to recover from a sore knee, according to Keith Pompey of the Philly Inquirer. Pompey also notes that Embiid, whose MRI didn’t show any structural damage, is yet to receive a re-evaluation, though it […]

Philadelphia 76ers center Boban Marjanovic avoided a serious knee injury after a narrow 111-110 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans.  A Tuesday morning MRI revealed no long-term concerns, and he isn’t expected to be out for long. The 7-foot-3, 290-pound center hurt his knee during a defensive play with a whisker over a minute left. […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are getting thinner and thinner. As if it wasn’t already enough that Joel Embiid was out with a sore knee, it looks like fellow big man Boban Marjanovic may be joining him on the sidelines, as he injured his knee in the Sixers’ win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday night […]

Philadelphia 76ers center Amir Johnson has volunteered to play for the Sixers’ G League affiliate, the Delaware Blue Coats, and head coach Brett Brown was pleased with the efforts of the 14-year veteran. 👏 @Sixers center @IamAmirJohnson, a 14-year @NBA vet, volunteered to play for the @Blue_Coats on Friday, drove to Wilmington, Delaware, and wore […]

Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid made waves last week when he threw in his opinion on the NBA’s greatest of all-time discussion. Appearing on The Ringer’s NBA Desktop, the Sixers star claimed that the GOAT title belonged to historic big man Wilt Chamberlain, rather than Michael Jordan or LeBron James. A former teammate of […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are playing the Los Angeles Lakers in ESPN’s Sunday Showcase on Feb. 10, just before the All-Star break. With time winding down in the third quarter, the Sixers have the ball and Ben Simmons crosses the timeline … with absolutely nobody within 20 feet of him. Rather than choosing to guard Simmons […]

Philadelphia 76ers forward Tobias Harris and center Boban Marjanovic took advantage of the Oscar fever by sharing a couple of movie posters that were edited to their liking. Harris took it to Twitter to share the edited movie posters, which featured the Sixers duo starring in the ‘The BFG’ and ‘Men In Black.’ The internet […]

Ben Simmons poked the Bosnian Bear. The Philadelphia 76ers star, then, is lucky to have come away from his encounter with Portland Trail Blazers big man Jusuf Nurkic with scars inflicted solely from social media. In the third quarter of his team’s matinee against the Blazers on Saturday, Simmons — after missing a free throw […]

The Philadelphia 76ers just haven’t fared well against the Portland Trail Blazers this season, and it didn’t get much better in Saturday afternoon’s 130-115 blunder. Without Joel Embiid for the second consecutive game, the Sixers’ bigs failed to counterbalance everything the All-Star center does so effortlessly. After Boban Marjanovic took full control in Thursday night’s […]

The Philadelphia 76ers got off to a good start without Joel Embiid on Thursday night, topping the Miami Heat, but on Saturday afternoon, they were hit with a reality check as the Portland Trail Blazers thumped them by a score of 130-115. Afterward, Simmons said that the 76ers need to push the ball more in […]

Portland Trail Blazers big man Jusuf Nurkic got into it with Philadelphia 76ers All-Star Ben Simmons on Saturday during Portland’s 130-115 win in Philly, and the 7-footer didn’t stop there, as he called out Simmons in the postgame locker room when he met with reporters. Nurkic says he’s a way better shooter than Simmons and that […]

Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons was involved in a couple of altercations during his team’s loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday afternoon. First, Simmons had some explicit words for Blazers big man Jusuf Nurkic after Nurkic had been talking some trash. Then, new Portland center Enes Kanter went after Simmons after the two […]

Portland Trail Blazers big man Jusuf Nurkic is known for running his mouth a bit on the court, and on Saturday afternoon, Nurkic was letting the Philadelphia 76ers have it as his Blazers were thumping them. Sixers star Ben Simmons grew tired of Nurkic’s trash talking during the game, and in between free throws, he […]