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After yet another disappointing end to the season, the Philadelphia 76ers are faced with some tough decisions in the offseason.  While there have been rumors about a potential Ben Simmons trade, it appears that the Sixers are not at all interested in letting their superstar go — not even for either of the top two […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves are keeping an eye on the relationship between Devin Booker and the Phoenix Suns in their pursuit of a third star to pair with Karl-Anthony Towns and D’Angelo Russell, per Shams Charania of The Athletic. “The Wolves have been looking into Booker’s potential availability for months but have been given no indication […]

Newly appointed Philadelphia 76ers head coach Doc Rivers is pretty pleased to have two young superstars like Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons at his disposal next season. Although they are two of the most promising players in their respective positions in the league right now, Rivers admitted that the Sixers’ culture must change for them […]

The question on the minds of many ever since Daryl Morey was hired as the new president for the Philadelphia 76ers is whether he will look to shake things up with a big trade, or several. Morey was asked about that possibility during his introductory press conference on Monday. The Sixers’ new president stressed patience and […]

NBA teams are getting ready to sport new looks in the 2020-21 NBA campaign, as several potential jersey designs have already been leaked online. The Philadelphia 76ers will also unveil some fresh threads next season, and it looks like their star player Ben Simmons could have a hand in the designing process. Sixers team president Chris […]

Philadelphia 76ers general manager Elton Brand has signed a multi-year extension with the organization, The Athletic’s Shams Charania confirmed on Sunday. 76ers GM Elton Brand has signed a multiyear contract extension, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium. Daryl Morey’s five-year deal to be new 76ers President of Basketball Ops. is now official and he will be introduced […]

The Philadelphia 76ers reportedly signed general manager Elton Brand to a two-year extension, despite the impending arrival of Daryl Morey, Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Brian Windhorst of ESPN are reporting about the Sixers. “There’s a report out of Philly today, from Keith Pompey, that Elton Brand has three years left on his […]

There’s a lot of talk that the Philadelphia 76ers should split up the All-Star duo of Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons. They just don’t seem to be a good fit. However, they’ve only played a total of 165 regular season games together which is basically only two seasons worth. Plus, the Sixers have now changed […]

Jeff Teague is a free agent for the time since 2017. The 32-year-old point guard began the 2019-20 campaign with the Minnesota Timberwolves, before being traded midseason to the Atlanta Hawks. It marked Teague’s second go-around in Atlanta, having spent the first seven seasons of his career with the franchise. Teague, the No. 19 overall […]

The Los Angeles Lakers won the 2020 title in six games over the Miami Heat behind the brilliance of superstars LeBron James and Anthony Davis. James made NBA history by becoming the first player to win three Finals MVP awards with three different teams, while Davis finally captured that elusive first title. According to the […]

Philadelphia 76ers head coach Doc Rivers has begun beefing up his coaching staff. According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Rivers will be bringing on the former head coach of the Sacramento Kings and Memphis Grizzlies, Dave Joerger, as his assistant coach. Rivers begins building out his 76ers coaching staff with Joerger, who had recently interviewed for […]

Doc Rivers addressed the media on Monday for the first time since officially being hired as the new head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers. Rivers answered a host of questions regarding the Sixers makeup, including his thoughts on the Joel Embiid-Ben Simmons dynamic. There have been questions about whether the Sixers can function with both […]

Doc Rivers is set to begin his duties as the newly minted head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers, with the Sixers’ social media account posting him arriving at his office.  Back to business. 💼 pic.twitter.com/eIvfoEs94I — Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) October 5, 2020 One of the first orders of business for the former coach of the […]

NFL Hall of Famer Terrell Owens expressed the need for the Philadelphia 76ers to shake things up a bit as they enter the Doc Rivers-era. The former Philadelphia Eagles WR backed the rumors of the Sixers possibly sending superstar Ben Simmons to the Minnesota Timberwolves in exchange for the first overall pick of the 2020 […]

Former Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown reportedly let Sixers stars Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons “do whatever they wanted” while he was running things in the City of Brotherly Love, per an Eastern Conference executive who spoke to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype. By Brown not holding Embiid and Simmons accountable, the Sixers’ culture took […]

ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith had some high praise for Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons, recently labeling him the second coming of LeBron James. That is, of course, under the presumption that Simmons is able to develop his mid-range game. Smith made his argument on ESPN’s SportsCenter on Friday: “It’s very simple,” Smith started. “If […]

Many NBA players criticized US President Donald Trump after his recent appearance on the first 2020 Presidential Debate. Now, Philadelphia 76ers star guard Ben Simmons has denounced him completely, endorsing the tandem of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris for the upcoming elections. In a video posted on his Twitter, he encouraged 76ers fans to show […]

Doc Rivers might know that following the Philadelphia 76ers’ season ending loss to the Boston Celtics in the first round of the NBA playoffs, Josh Richardson spoke to reporters about Brett Brown, the Sixers’ head coach many viewed as being in danger of losing his position. “He’s a good guy,” Richardson said via video conference. […]

As Doc Rivers embarks on the challenge of turning the Philadelphia 76ers into true championship contenders, much of the focus is and will continue to be, on how he coaches Sixers stars Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons. And understandably so. How the two superstars continue to develop their games and chemistry will have a bigger […]

The trickiest part about naming the All-NBA Teams is choosing just 15 players—with positions in mind—from dozens of deserving superstars. Leaving out someone is as inevitable as a sunset. That’s why every year, debating who got snubbed is as recurrent as celebrating those who made the cut. The NBA originally only had two All-NBA Teams […]

By leading the Miami Heat to an improbable run to the NBA Finals, Jimmy Butler pretty much destroyed the “bad teammate” narrative the media had bestowed upon him. Prior to Miami, Butler plied his trade with the Philadelphia 76ers, where many saw him as somewhat detrimental to the team. As it turns out, however, it […]

Philadelphia 76ers star Ben Simmons is keeping himself busy during the offseason. According to Danny Pommells of NBC Sports Philadelphia, the 24-year-old is set to be a keynote speaker in an upcoming ESports Business Summit in October. The reports states that the summit will be held on October 27 to 29, with Simmons slated to […]

Mike D’Antoni has emerged as one of the most coveted coaches in the NBA following his recent decision to part ways with the Houston Rockets. The Philadelphia 76ers are reportedly one of the teams eyeing the veteran head coach, with the Sixers hopeful that D’Antoni will be able to address a number of pressing issues […]

Ben Simmons, Rudy Gobert and Pascal Siakam will all benefit by earning All-NBA honors in 2020, per Bobby Marks of ESPN. Simmons, who signed a lucrative rookie-scale extension with the Sixers during the summer of 2019, has a starting salary of 25 percent of the 2020-21 salary cap. The starting salary will now be adjusted […]

Despite having two superstars in Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons, the Philadelphia 76ers haven’t had much success in the playoffs. Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant, however, thinks it is not because the Sixers lack talent. During his recent appearance on JJ Redick’s podcast, Durant talked about the Sixers’ player turnover ever since the famed “process” […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are set to face a very interesting offseason. They suffered a very disappointing first-round exit in this year’s playoffs, courtesy of their arch-rivals in the Boston Celtics. To make matters worse, the C’s made easy work of the Sixers, sweeping them almost effortlessly in the opening round. Enter: Chris Paul, but more […]

The Milwaukee Bucks front office have very little time, if any, to wallow in yet another disappointing end to their season this term. After embarrassingly falling to an underdog Miami Heat side 4-1 in the second round, the Bucks now have one pressing matter at hand: Giannis Antetokounmpo. The newly-crowned Defensive Player of the Year […]

The Portland Trail Blazers needed an absurd bubble performance from superstar Damian Lillard just to sneak into the postseason. Led by Dame Time, Portland nabbed the 8th seed in the West after going 6-2 in the seeding games and defeating the Memphis Grizzlies in the play-in. However, the No. 1-seeded Los Angeles Lakers proved to […]

The Indiana Pacers secured the fourth-seed in the Eastern Conference (45-28), only to be swept by the 5th-seeded Miami Heat in the first round of the 2020 NBA playoffs. The disappointing turnout led to the dismissal of former head coach Nate McMillan, effectively ending his four-year stint with the team. While the young Pacers team […]

Portland Trail Blazers superstar Damian Lillard has been the best player in the entire league since the restart. He was named as the bubble MVP, as he led the Blazers to a furious run during the seeding games that resulted in a postseason berth for the team. Today, however, we’re going to look at some […]

Former Philadelphia 76ers head coach and NBA legend Larry Brown has become just the latest key figure to chime in regarding the current status of the Eastern Conference franchise, a team that was just swept out of the playoffs by the rival Boston Celtics. With the trio of guard Ben Simmons center Joel Embiid and […]

What’s next for Ben Simmons, Joel Embiid and the rest of the Philadelphia 76ers? After being swept by the Boston Celtics in the first round of the playoffs, Sixers general manager Elton Brand is now staring this question right in the face. Has “The Process” worked? Injuries played role in Philly’s early exit from the […]

The Process is over for the Philadelphia 76ers, but the major problems may just be beginning. After being swept in the first round of the NBA Playoffs by the Boston Celtics, the Sixers face substantial uncertainty on my levels. Head coach Brett Brown was fired on Monday. There are still questions surrounding Joel Embiid’s conditioning […]

The Philadelphia 76ers saw their postseason come to an early and convincing end over the weekend, as the Sixers were swept by the Boston Celtics in the first round of the Eastern Conference Playoffs. For Sixers All-Star Ben Simmons, it’s a feeling he hopes to never have again: Watching my team get swept hurt, and […]

The Philadelphia 76ers could have used Jimmy Butler in their first-round loss to the Boston Celtics, who swept the shorthanded Sixers (without Ben Simmons) on Sunday, ending Philly’s stay in the bubble and likely Brett Brown’s tenure as head coach. As the Sixers organization takes a long, hard look at its personnel and reassesses its […]

The season officially ended for the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday in one of the worst ways possible: a sweep at the hands of the rival Boston Celtics in the first round. New reports have emerged regarding the Sixers’ offseason plans, and as it turns out, the front office may have no intentions to break up […]

Remember when the Philadelphia 76ers were one of the worst teams in the NBA for multiple years? Remember how former Sixers general manager Sam Hinkie was scrutinized by the media, making him responsible for Philadelphia being an embarrassment and losing games on purpose to secure a high draft pick? And remember how the narrative suddenly […]

The Brooklyn Nets appear to be headed for a busy offseason, as ESPN’s Brian Windhorst revealed that the team will aggressively trade for a third superstar to pair with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving next season. The Nets brass is reportedly open to shipping away promising studs like Spencer Dinwiddie, Caris LeVert, and Jarett Allen. […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves won the 2020 NBA Draft Lottery on Thursday, as D’Angelo Russell was the good luck charm the franchise needed. The Wolves’ new point guard represented the team virtually and was all smiles after Minnesota got the No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 draft, beating out the Golden State Warriors and Charlotte […]