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With a four-game sample size, Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown is slowly pulling back the curtains on rookie center Joel Embiid, hinting he might tinker with his minutes restriction. The 7-foot big man has played up to expectations so far, playing in four of five games (sat out a back-to-back due to precautionary limits) and […]

Philadelphia 76ers center Nerlens Noel is currently recovering from a knee operation that will keep him sidelined temporarily. Noel has expressed his concerns with the team’s front court being overloaded with big men, and unsure of how it will all fit together. Now that he is out, Coach Brett Brown is finding it hard not to give […]

Philadelphia 76ers‘ center Joel Embiid capped of his impressive play during the preseason by scoring 18 points and grabbing nine rebounds in 18 minutes of action in their finale against the Miami Heat. But even after showing that he has the makings of becoming one of the elite centers of the league, the 7-foot center is […]

After an extremely slow rehabilitation process that was marred by a few setbacks, costing Joel Embiid his first two years in the NBA, the 2014 third overall pick is blazing through the preseason. Coach Brett Brown initially slated Embiid to play within a minutes restriction, and over a short amount of time, the Sixers’ prized […]

After missing the past two seasons due to recurring injuries, all signs are now pointing to Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid finally making his regular season debut in two weeks. The team, together with the their head coach, Brett Brown, are looking forward to seeing how the Kansas product will fit in their system. At the […]

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has had a very promising start to the preseason. His solid performances included glimpses of his post moves and shot blocking ability that proved to his team’s top brass that he was worth the wait. After sitting out the past two seasons due to a pair of procedures done on his […]

The Philadelphia 76ers made an impressive preseason debut on Tuesday night against the Boston Celtics. They won the game, 92-89, but it was not all good news for them as they lost another player due to injury. Newly-converted point guard Nik Stauskas was forced to leave the game due a hamstring strain and did not […]

After missing the last two seasons due to injury, Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid will not let his chance to start training camp slip away this time. Though battling a flu the night before, the 22-year-old made his trip to Stockton University to join his team for practice on Tuesday morning. Speaking to Keith Pompey of […]

It’s been a process for Nerlens Noel to figure out the best way to fit into this league. The former 6th overall pick of the 2013 NBA Draft missed his entire rookie season due to injury and has had mixed amounts of success the past two seasons. Philadelphia 76ers head coach Brett Brown is here […]

The Philadelphia 76ers enter the season as one of the NBA’s younger teams, but that won’t be an excuse for them not to play like an experienced group. Last season, they were among the worst defensive teams, so coach Brett Brown is looking at the upcoming campaign to instill a defensive mindset in his players. […]

The Philadelphia 76ers‘ rookie Dario Saric will begin his first NBA season at the age of 22. While that might signify a kid just coming fresh out of college, that isn’t necessarily where Saric stands. He’s coming to Philadelphia young, but with plenty of experience on his resume already. Coach Brett Brown has done his […]

They’ll never admit it, but it’s hard to say that the Philadelphia 76ers weren’t tanking these past few years. With the way things are looking, it seems that the question of not caring about losses won’t be asked for the coming years. The future is now for the Sixers. They got two young lads in […]

Brett Brown sounds to be pretty high on Sergio Rodriguez. The Spanish point guard is coming back over to the NBA this season to play for the Philadelphia 76ers. Brown is excited about what Rodriguez can bring to the team. Brown on Rodriguez: "Elite passer, might end up being best pick-and-roll player. He can make […]

Joel Embiid has shown, through workout videos, that he has the moves. However, it still remains to be seen how he’ll execute those nifty maneuvers with resistance in front. As good as Embiid’s offensive repertoire projects, he’s not all about the points. In fact, he was never known to be a scoring machine. According to […]

The Philadelphia 76ers remain to have a problem with its front court – but a good one at that. Three young and highly-talented giants are too much for this team, and Philadelphia is still keen on shipping one of them. Joel Embiid has the highest ceiling, Nerlens Noel projects to be the best defender, and […]

Philadelphia 76ers big man Joel Embiid is set to make his NBA debut next season. Embiid was the Sixers 2014 number three overall pick, but has yet to play a single NBA game since then due to injuries. After posting training videos earlier this month, head coach Brett Brown confirmed his young center has looked great, and […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have a much more attractive roster this year than in past years. Sergio Rodriguez, Jerryd Bayless, Gerald Henderson, and Ben Simmons are just some of the new faces on this roster to make them look much more competitive. Brett Brown is the leader of this young core and is excited about this […]

Joel Embiid has been one of the biggest mysteries in the league for the past two years. His ceiling, as high as it is, has been dragged by health concerns leaving him with no games under his belt despite being drafted back in 2014. But things are expected to change. In Zach Lowe’s podcast aptly […]

The Philadelphia 76ers have one of the more intriguing rosters this coming season. They added four rookies to their lineup and are also expecting to see Joel Embiid finally make his NBA debut. Among the rookies they have, the fans, not just of Philly but the whole league, are arguably most looking forward to seeing […]

Brett Brown will finally be coaching real basketball for the Philadelphia 76ers. The tanking days are over and the future pieces have arrived at the City of Brotherly Love. Ben Simmons, Dario Saric, and Joel Embiid are all key additions who are also poised to become very big pieces of the franchise’s goals. In Brian […]

The 76ers currently have two players in the Olympics, Sergio Rodriguez and Dario Saric. Both of them are new additions to the Sixers, and head coach Brett Brown has noticed their play: Brown and Sixers general manager Bryan Colangelo visited the NovaCare Complex on Monday, and during a brief interview near the practice fields, Brown […]

After having zero nationally televised games in the past two season, the Philadelphia 76ers are slated to have three games, two on ESPN and one on TNT, presented to a national audience during the 2016-17 season. To coach Brett Brown, this is a sign that people’s perspective on the team is on the up. Brown […]

Fans of the Philadelphia 76ers can see the light at the end of the tunnel after winning just 47 games over the course of the last three seasons. Number one overall pick Ben Simmons is primed to be a star, Joel Embiid is finally healthy, and while there’s still work to be done before getting […]

The #1 pick in the 2016 draft, Ben Simmons, was named to the Philadelphia 76ers‘ Summer League roster that has been competing over the last couple of weeks. He displayed the excellent court vision that many expected from him and wowed crowds with some spectacular highlight plays. He has drawn some highly complimentary comparisons to […]

With Mike D’Antoni leaving for the Houston Rockets, the Philadelphia 76ers have already found his replacement. According to David Aldridge, P.J. Carlesimo will replace D’Antoni as the Sixers’ lead assistant coach: Can confirm P.J. Carlesimo to join 76ers staff to replace Mike D’Antoni as top assistant, per source. @PompeyOnSixers on it first. — David Aldridge […]

The Philadelphia 76ers are undoubtedly on the come up. They’ve made the right moves by improving their upper management and have the number one overall pick in the NBA Draft this summer. They’ll have a chance at drafting either Ben Simmons or Brandon Ingram. Aside from the big pick, however, the Sixers have another major […]

The last three seasons have been excruciatingly tough for the Philadelphia 76ers and their fans. Their “process” of hoarding and valuing draft picks more than tangible players led to back-to-back-to-back years with under 20 wins, including just 10 in 2015-16. Will it all be worth it in the end with a renaissance of winning basketball in […]

As the regular season comes to a close, the attention toward impending and potential free agents continues to heat up. The most marquee name among them is obviously Kevin Durant, should he choose to opt out of his contract with the Thunder. A number of suitors have been dissected by pundits, based on their fit […]