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The Philadelphia 76ers lost a heartbreaker in overtime to the Detroit Pistons on Tuesday. The deciding play came on a bullish drive from Blake Griffin, resulting in an and-1 and a one-point lead for the Pistons. But Griffin’s game-winning drive should never have happened. The NBA’s Last Two Minute Report for the game concludes that […]

Joel Embiid is officially on notice from the NBA for his most recent antics against the Detroit Pistons and Andre Drummond. An Embiid flop led to Drummond’s ejection despite the fact that there was minimal contact on the play. The NBA has also rescinded the technical foul on #Pistons’ Andre Drummond from late in last […]

Detroit Pistons head coach Dwane Casey is standing behind his center, Andre Drummond, and calling out Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid. In Tuesday night’s game in Detroit, Andre Drummond was ejected in the fourth quarter after picking up his second technical foul for arguing with the refs. Drummond picked up a foul on Joel […]

The Philadelphia 76ers take on the Milwaukee Bucks Wednesday night, and star point forward Ben Simmons plans to make his return to the lineup from back tightness, according to Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports. Simmons suffered a back injury Saturday night at home against the Orlando Magic and didn’t return to the game. The reigning Rookie of […]

Ben Simmons is one of the biggest rising stars in the NBA and has taken over as the co-face of the Philadelphia 76ers’ franchise. After winning the Rookie of the Year Award last season, expectations were super high for Simmons coming into the 2018-19 NBA season. He has not put up huge scoring numbers, but […]

With two wins and two losses, the Philadelphia 76ers have had a so-so start to the new campaign. However, the same cannot be said for superstar big man Joel Embiid, who just recently matched a 52-year-old Sixers record held by the great Wilt Chamberlain for most 20-point, 10-rebound games to open the season. Joel Embiid […]

After the Detroit Pistons’ 133-132 overtime victory over the Philadelphia 76ers, there was some postgame drama between Joel Embiid and Andre Drummond. The latter had gotten ejected from the game in the last minute of regulation, after apparently elbowing Embiid to the floor following a layup by the Sixers star. The Sixers center conducted a […]

JJ Reddick of the Philadelphia 76ers had a great game against the Detroit Pistons only to be spoiled by a career-night by his former teammate Blake Griffin. The big man finished with a career-high 50 points, along with 14 rebounds, and six assists in their overtime victory against the Sixers. Reddick, too, had a stellar performance […]

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid is known throughout the league for his never-ending trash talk. He is has gotten into scraps with multiple players, including a playoff dustup with Marcus Morris of the Boston Celtics. The Sixers star’s most recent target was Detroit Pistons center Andre Drummond. The Sixers and the Pistons faced off in Detroit […]

Josh Hart of the Los Angeles Lakers was tuning into the game between the Detroit Pistons and the Philadelphia 76ers. With less than a minute remaining in regulation, Joel Embiid fished for a foul leading to an Andre Drummond ejection. Hart immediately let the world know what he felt about the call. Via his Twitter […]

The Sixers will continue their 2017-18 regular season campaign on Tuesday night with a match-up against the Detroit Pistons. However, it sounds like the Sixers could be without the services of Ben Simmons, who is now listed as doubtful due to lower back tightness. Sixers head coach Brett Brown gave an official update on Simmons’ […]

Statistics reveal that Markelle Fultz, the first overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, has a negative effect on the Sixers. As reported by Zach Lowe of ESPN, when Fultz is on the court, the 76ers have a -12.9 rating. On the other hand, when he’s off the court, the 76ers have a 28.1 net […]

The Sixers will be in Detroit on Tuesday night for a match-up against the Pistons, but it sounds like they could be without the service of Ben Simmons, who’s been dealing with a bit of back soreness. According to a report from Serena Winters of NBC Sports Philadelphia, Simmons, who did not participate in Monday’s […]

Though he’s established himself as one of the more dominant bigs in today’s NBA, Sixers center Joel Embiid had several off-the-court dreams as a youngster growing up in Cameroon. In a wide-ranging interview with Clay Skipper of GQ, Embiid noted that he had dreams of becoming an astronaut or president. “[In] Cameroon, we don’t know […]

In case the Orlando Magic need any reminding, Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has a deft euro step that he can boast. With Philly hosting Orlando at Wells Fargo Center, the Sixers big man showed the Magic why they can’t leave him with wide open space as he pulled off one of his polished moves […]

Philadelphia 76ers point-forward Ben Simmons suffered a back injury Saturday night at home against the Orlando Magic and will not return to the game. The Sixers say that Simmons, the reigning Rookie of the Year, has back tightness. Ben Simmons has back tightness and will NOT return for the #sixers. — Derek Bodner (@DerekBodnerNBA) October […]

Markelle Fultz is showing signs of improvement after hitting his first 3-pointer of the season on Thursday night against the Chicago Bulls, but the short sample has shown that he’s just simply not as effective as Sixers head coach Brett Brown felt he would be upon giving him the starting shooting guard spot. Fultz went […]

Sixers guard Markelle Fultz hit his first regular season 3-pointer last night against the Chicago Bulls, a more pronounced feat for the Washington product than any other player in the Sixers roster due to his history of shooting woes through his rookie season. Now boasting a re-constructed shot with new mechanics and a higher release […]

New season, same old Ben Simmons. The Philadelphia 76ers’ star point-forward recorded a triple-double Thursday night against the Chicago Bulls at home, finishing with 13 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists in the Sixers’ 127-108 win. According to the Associated Press (h/t NJ.com), Simmons became the first player in Sixers’ franchise history to record a triple-double in a […]

Markelle Fultz’s jump shot is still a work in progress but Philadelphia 76ers fans are all behind him as he continues to search for his stroke. In the Sixers’ home opener against the Chicago Bulls, 19,000 Philly fans even reminded the sophomore guard, in unison, to take his shot. Via ESPN’s Bobby Marks: Probably not a […]

Everyone in Philadelphia is rooting for Sixers second-year guard Markelle Fultz after the former No. 1 overall pick had one of the strangest rookie seasons in recent memory. Fultz, who only played in 14 games last year due to scapular muscle imbalance in his right shoulder, worked diligently all summer to get his jump shot […]

NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley spent the first eight years of his NBA career with the Philadelphia 76ers, and Sir Charles said on Thursday’s TNT pregame show that he “played with some damn bums in Philly.” As we all know, Barkley is very outspoken and will never mince his words. It’s one of the reasons […]

Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown says small forward Wilson Chandler and power forward Mike Muscala are going to be out for a while with separate injuries, via Kyle Neubeck of The Philly Voice. Chandler has a hamstring injury which he suffered in the Sixers’ preseason opener, while Muscala is dealing with an ankle ailment. […]

Philadelphia 76ers guard T.J. McConnell is becoming an NBA success against the odds. After going undrafted, McConnell played for the Sixers’ Summer League team and eventually worked his way onto the regular-season roster. He has become an excellent role player and can act as a spark plug off the bench. Unfortunately, Philadelphia has a logjam […]

Markelle Fultz has yet to live up to the hype of a first overall pick. In fact, the Philadelphia 76ers guard had one of the oddest rookie seasons in recent memory. He lost his shot and suffered through shoulder problems that caused him to miss a majority of his rookie year. He’s fully healthy now […]

For a group of people that spent years preaching patience, a wide swath of Philadelphia 76ers fans quickly plunged into panic mode Tuesday night. Apparently, it’s Markelle Fultz panic time. The Sixers’ season-opening 105-87 loss to the Boston Celtics at TD Garden re-exposed warts that the Celtics routinely abused during the Eastern Conference semifinals this past […]

The Philadelphia 76ers lost to the Boston Celtics on opening night Tuesday, and it was a rough evening for second-year guard Markelle Fultz, who got the start in place of veteran sharpshooter J.J. Redick. Fultz scored just five points on 2-of-7 shooting from the field and had three turnovers as well. ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, […]

Boston Celtics forward Gordon Hayward made his highly-anticipated return to the basketball court on Tuesday night following a year on the sidelines recovering from a gruesome leg injury almost exactly one year ago. The 28-year-old did show some rust and had a sub-par performance, but Hayward believes that it was a momentous game for him […]

Call it overreaction Wednesday, but if the season-opener between the Philadelphia Sixers and the Boston Celtics showed us something last night, was their dire need for a shooter in the starting lineup. Yes J.J. Redick, they need you — just like you thought they would when head coach Brett Brown recently pitched the idea of […]

Philadelphia 76ers superstar Joel Embiid is anything but your typical NBA player. As it turns out, even the Sixers big man’s pregame routine is out of the ordinary. The 24-year-old Cameroonian was caught on camera watching an episode of the popular cartoon show “Rick and Morty” as he was being treated on the trainer’s table […]

Terry Rozier was one of the spark plugs coming off an electric Boston Celtics bench to help rout the Philadelphia Sixers during Tuesday night’s season-opener. Rozier put up 11 points and eight rebounds in 27 minutes, helping keep the Sixers at bay in several instances throughout the game. His block on Joel Embiid during the […]

Philadelphia 76ers star big man Joel Embiid says the team doesn’t have a rivalry with the Boston Celtics because the Celtics are always beating them. The Sixers lost to the Celtics on opening night by a final score of 105-87. Embiid told reporters postgame the Celtics are always “kicking their a**” and that’s why the […]

The Philadelphia 76ers kicked their 2018-19 NBA campaign with a bitter 105-87 loss at the hands of the Boston Celtics, who they were supposed to give a big challenge Wednesday night. But at least, Sixers big man Joel Embiid did not lose his social media swagger, as he took to Twitter to post a hilarious […]

The biggest news this side of the world today is that the NBA is back after a long absence, with the Philadelphia 76ers taking on the Boston Celtics at TD Garden in Beantown. But while fans were expecting high-quality basketball they’ve never laid eyes on for quite some time, they were instead treated to a […]

The Boston Celtics kicked off their 2018-19 in the same manner the Boston Red Sox did in Game 3 of the ALCS: with a decisive victory. And just like Red Sox outfield Jackie Bradley Jr, who hit a huge grand slam Tuesday night against the Houston Astros, forward Jaylen Brown provided the Celtics’ own signature […]

Philadelphia 76ers star Joel Embiid is off to a bad start in the 2018-19 NBA season, to say the least. During the pre-game warm-ups of their high-profile match with the Boston Celtics, the Sixers’ big man got hit by a ball on the face. Embiid clearly wasn’t looking at the ball when it was passed […]

The Phoenix Suns have been active in attempting to trade for an established point guard and tried to acquire Philadelphia 76ers reserve, T.J. McConnell. The Suns offered the Sixers a second-round pick for McConnell, and Philly declined, according to Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer. The Suns traded Brandon Knight to the Houston Rockets in a deal […]

The Los Angeles Clippers open the NBA season this week and there’s an argument that the team should embrace a rebuild. L.A.C. will have almost $70 million in cap space after this season. They’d also lose their draft pick if it falls outside the 1-14 range. Yes, they finished last season with a 42-40 overall record that […]

The new NBA season finally tips off on Tuesday night featuring a a budding rivalry between the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics. However, the Sixers recently confirmed that they will be without 6-foot-11 big man Mike Muscala, who is currently nursing a right ankle sprain. The Philadelphia 76ers announced that Mike Muscala is out tonight […]