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It seems Shaquille O’Neal has been looking at memes lately, as he saw one claiming that Joel Embiid would “lock up and contain” a prime Shaq. Shaquille O’Neal reposted the image on his Instagram, and asked for people’s thoughts, while making his opinion on the topic known. “i like these conversations. give me your thoughts. […]

The NBA is back, baby! After a quiet period, things are starting to heat up again. Already, two All-Star players have requested a trade: Portland Trail Blazers PG Damian Lillard and Philadelphia 76ers G James Harden. With all the chaos going on, fans are also eager to see the reactions of players. Sixers fans, however, […]

All indications point to James Harden re-signing with the Philadelphia 76ers in free agency. Even if he spurns a reunion with the Houston Rockets to chase championships in Philly, though, Harden’s return won’t necessarily quiet rumors of Joel Embiid’s potential departure from the Sixers. As free agency dawns Friday afternoon, teams across the league are […]

Joel Embiid has emerged into one of the best basketball players in the world for the Philadelphia 76ers, and will be looking forward to getting himself back on the court for the upcoming 2023-24 season. But before that, Embiid has to make a decision whether or not he is going to participate in the 2023 […]

The Philadelphia 76ers and James Harden have a huge decision to make with free agency just days away. After another unsuccessful postseason trip that resulted in head coach Doc Rivers being fired, there is overwhelming pressure on the franchise to build a roster that can finally reach the Eastern Conference Finals. Kendrick Perkins thinks the […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are amid a huge offseason with intentions of trying to retain James Harden in NBA free agency. Regardless of if they retain him or not, NBA insider Nick Friedell believes that if the Sixers don’t win next year, the New York Knicks might be a threat to poach Joel Embiid from Philadelphia, […]

NBA players are some of the most competitive athletes in the world and it’s no surprise that their emotions can sometimes get the best of them. “Beef” between players can start for a multitude of reasons. Some even go beyond the basketball court and beef with their teammates. While there have been too many on-court […]

It has been a long time coming, but it seems like a Bradley Beal and Washington Wizards divorce may finally be in the works. Both sides are reportedly in talks about potentially parting ways through a trade if Wizards officials decide to hit a reset this summer, per Shams Charania of The Athletic. Beal should […]

A rock, a hard place or a third option that is equally not ideal? The Philadelphia 76ers are met with a multitude of options for stars to put next to Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey but none of the realistic options are home runs. The balance of the Sixers’ future currently weighs on James Harden’s […]

How can Joel Embiid be better for the Philadelphia 76ers? His status as the franchise player means he gets a lot of credit for the Sixers being really good. But it also means that the expectations are sky-high. Failing in the playoffs again means that the burden of improvement is mostly on him. Doc Rivers, […]

Nikola Jokic has finally achieved the only trophy that matters to him: The Larry O’Brien Trophy. That’s after the Denver Nuggets finished the job in the 2023 NBA Finals with a 94-89 win at home over Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat Monday night. Of course, Twitter is going off at the moment, with even […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have to revamp their play style heading into the 2023-24 season. New head coach Nick Nurse has been tasked with installing a plan around Joel Embiid that can make him and the Sixers a real threat in the postseason. Should James Harden decide to stick around, Nurse is prepared to build a […]

He’s not quite gone yet, but the prospect of Chris Paul leaving the Phoenix Suns is well and truly on the table. He might be 38 and coming off the back of a season which indicated even further decline for a man already well past his prime, but Paul is still a player who plenty […]

There is quite a lot of offensive talent in the NBA currently, and one such guy who is contributing to that group of players is CJ McCollum. While he’s not the greatest player to ever set foot on the court, McCollum is a source of offensive consistency, having averaged over 20 points per game in […]

The dust has settled after the Philadelphia 76ers’ 2022-23 season. A new record in wins since the franchise’s last Finals appearance didn’t lift the lid on the conference finals. There were a lot of great moments for the Sixers throughout the season but they will all be remembered in tandem with an ending no one […]

There’s no denying that Nick Nurse will be inheriting a lot of issues now that he’s taking over as the new head coach for the Philadelphia 76ers. At the same time, though, he will have the privilege of coaching a generational talent in Joel Embiid — an undeniably significant factor in Nurse’s decision to sign […]

CAMDEN, NJ — After a decade with the Toronto Raptors, Nick Nurse has been named the newest head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers. As both an assistant and head coach, Nurse helped them grow into a champion. Now, he will take on the same challenge with the Sixers, building around Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey […]

As good as any NBA star is, they aren’t immune to injuries. Given that basketball is a physical sport, injuries are a part of the game. Unfortunately, injuries, especially serious ones, can have a serious affect on a player’s career. In fact, more often than not, some teams would rather cut their losses by trading […]

While a lot of the Philadelphia 76ers faithful love the Nick Nurse hiring, some NBA fans couldn’t help but make jokes about the decision and how it will impact Joel Embiid. The biggest reason for the trolling, of course, is Nurse’s minutes distribution for his team … or the lack thereof. During his time with […]

With the Philadelphia 76ers reportedly hiring a new head coach in Nick Nurse, attention immediately turned to how the hiring would be received by superstar Joel Embiid. Embiid previously told Nurse, who used to coach the Toronto Raptors, to “stop b**ching about calls” during the 76ers-Raptors 2022 playoff series. The good news for Philadelphia is […]

It looks like Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid will now have more chances to tell Nick Nurse to “stop b**ching” … or not. After the Sixers decided to hire Nurse to be Doc Rivers’ replacement as their head coach, an old video of Embiid quickly went viral. In the said clip, Embiid was recalling […]

Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard still believes that Joel Embiid deserved to win the 2022-23 MVP award, but that doesn’t mean he’s better than Denver Nuggets big man Nikola Jokic. Lillard clarified as much in a recent Instagram Live session, during which he went as far as to saying that Jokic “might be the […]

Victor Wembanyama is set to become the next franchise cornerstone of the San Antonio Spurs after the ping pong balls went in the Spurs’ favor in the 2023 NBA Draft lottery. Still, that did not stop ESPN from putting out an absurd list of hypothetical trades involving the prized top overall pick. That list included a […]

The 2023 NBA offseason has not been a very fun one for the Philadelphia 76ers so far. Daryl Morey reiterated his desire to build around both Joel Embiid and James Harden but the gravitational pull the Houston Rockets have on Harden is complicating matters. Many folks in the know expect Harden to bounce from the […]

There has been a lot of speculation about the New York Knicks potentially trading for star players like Joel Embiid or Karl-Anthony Towns this summer, and the team has plenty of assets to acquire a star due to not pulling the trigger on a trade for Donovan Mitchell last summer, but the idea of the […]

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has the memory of an elephant, that much we know of. Who could forget the time when Green named all 34 players who were taken before him in the 2012 NBA Draft? Thus, it’s certainly quite like Green to recall a joke statement from Joel Embiid back in the […]

Denver Nuggets superstar Nikola Jokic narrowly missed out on his third-consecutive NBA MVP Award this season. He’s not thinking about that though, as he and the Nuggets are preparing for the franchise’s first NBA Finals appearance. Jokic called out those who think Joel Embiid’s performance in the playoffs takes away from the Philadelphia 76ers star’s […]

After the Philadelphia 76ers’ disappointing playoffs exit, the future of Joel Embiid, James Harden and the team has been put into question. There have been several trade rumblings involving the team, many of which point to the Sixers being forced to blow up the roster. Among the recent rumors include the New York Knicks potentially […]

Intradivision trades between playoff contenders are of the rare sort. Nonetheless, with the New York Knicks rumored to have interest in trading for Philadelphia 76ers superstar center Joel Embiid, it’s worth wondering what it would take for both sides to agree to a deal. Embiid, the 2023 NBA MVP, is one of the league’s premier […]

Could Joel Embiid leave Philly after the Philadelphia 76ers’ conference semifinal loss to the Boston Celtics? Apparently, there is a belief the Sixers could trade for Embiid, who is 29 years old and just won the NBA’s Most Valuable Player award, per Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News. Been told since midseason that […]

The Philadelphia 76ers gained notoriety in the mid-2010s when they blew up their roster and began their infamous process that entailed bottoming out to earn the chance to grab some of the best draft prospects in all of basketball. And it’s not like it didn’t work, even though it has yet to bear a championship […]

The Philadelphia 76ers shocked the basketball world recently after they decided to fire Doc Rivers as the team’s head coach. This came shortly after the Sixers suffered a devastating NBA Playoffs second-round exit at the hands of the Boston Celtics. As it turns out, however, even superstar big man Joel Embiid was left shell-shocked by […]

It was a grueling seven-game series that ended in embarrassment for the Philadelphia 76ers. The Sixers held a 3-2 the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Boston Celtics, and they even led Game 6 heading into the fourth quarter. The team proceeded to lose that contest at home before bowing out in Game 7 after an […]

Apparently, Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey did not even consult Joel Embiid about the firing of now ex-head coach Doc Rivers. This is according to the intel that was gathered by one-time NBA championed turned ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins, who further adds that Rivers’ axing had a lot to do with James […]

CAMDEN, NJ — Joel Embiid came up short in the playoffs again. The Philadelphia 76ers and their fans are tired of hearing that same old song but it’s the loudest tune in the city after a no-show in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Boston Celtics. Improvements to his scoring repertoire weren’t […]

As the dust settles on the 2023 NBA Draft Lottery, attention turns to the upcoming 2023 NBA Draft, where the San Antonio Spurs find themselves in a unique position. Keep in mind that they are coming off a campaign where they finished with the second-worst win-loss record in the league. Now, they have the No. […]

The Philadelphia 76ers decided to move on from veteran head coach Doc Rivers after yet another failed attempt to reach the Eastern Conference Finals. The Sixers will be busy bringing in several coaches, although the future of the roster is unclear as James Harden-Houston Rockets rumors pick up steam. The Sixers lost Game 7 to […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have once again fallen short of their goal of winning an NBA championship. Despite taking a 3-2 series lead at home against division rival Boston Celtics, they proceeded to crap the bed, choking away a fourth quarter lead at home in Game 6 while lacking the requisite effort to keep up with […]

After sharing his confusion on Joel Embiid’s comments following the Philadelphia 76ers’ playoff exit, Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard remains unimpressed by the big man. To recall, Embiid seemingly pinned the blame on his teammates for their disastrous loss to the Boston Celtics. In his postgame presser, the Sixers center and 2022-23 MVP shared […]