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PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers’ win over the Los Angeles Lakers followed a mostly typical script from some of their previous wins. The Sixers took a lead in the first half and cruised to victory in the second while Joel Embiid sat out the fourth quarter. One thing that changed for them was Tyrese Maxey […]

Kelly Oubre Jr. was off to a strong start to his life as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers organization before a hit and run accident sent him to the injured list. Oubre has been out of action since November 10, missing the Sixers’ past nine games, including their 138-94 thrashing of the Los Angeles Lakers […]

Guarding Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is one of the hardest puzzles that NBA teams have to solve. While the Philadelphia 76ers didn’t exactly crack the code, they made life tough enough for him that he couldn’t lead his Oklahoma City Thunder to victory. The Sixers held on for a road win after limiting SGA to 3-11 shooting […]

The Philadelphia 76ers were in a tough spot taking on the Minnesota Timberwolves on the road on the second night of a back-to-back. Joel Embiid being ruled out due to hip soreness put them in an even bigger bind. Nick Nurse made a surprise choice for his replacement in the Sixers’ starting lineup: Marcus Morris […]

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers squandered their chance to win the first NBA In-Season Tournament by losing to the Cleveland Cavaliers in demoralizing fashion. While the Cavs are a talented team even with the absence of Donovan Mitchell and two other key rotation players, the Sixers met them with little resistance to start the game […]

The Philadelphia 76ers took on the Cleveland Cavaliers in the Sixers’ final Group Play game of the NBA In-Season Tournament on Tuesday night. Needing a win to keep their hopes for Las Vegas alive, the Sixers stumbled into overtime after a terrible first half and ended up losing by a final score of 122-119. The […]

CAMDEN, N.J. — The Philadelphia 76ers will still be without Kelly Oubre Jr. for a little while as he continues to recover from injuries he sustained when he was hit by a car last weekend. But the good news is that the Sixers forward continues to make progress. Oubre was at the Sixers’ Monday afternoon […]

The Philadelphia 76ers defeated the Atlanta Hawks in a game with major In-Season Tournament implications. Joel Embiid was great and Tyrese Maxey had a brutal start but still contributed to the victory. The reason he was able to do so was partly because of Nick Nurse skewing from his typical rotation plans. Nurse threw a […]

It has now been over two weeks since the Philadelphia 76ers moved on from James Harden, sending him to the Los Angeles Clippers. Daryl Morey made some very questionable moves this offseason but now has a roster that might be a bit too deep to incorporate everyone who could give them decent minutes into a […]

Philadelphia 76ers head coach Nick Nurse fully supports Sixers guard Kelly Oubre, Jr. amid the latter’s  hit-and-run incident. Kelly Oubre, Jr. was the pedestrian who was struck by a silver vehicle as it turned right onto Hicks Street this past weekend. The driver’s side mirror hit Oubre on the chest before speeding off, per The […]

CAMDEN, N.J. — Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey have been doing a superb job leading the Philadelphia 76ers on both ends of the floor. They’re third in te NBA in offensive rating, eighth in defensive rating and have the best record in the league right now. Offensively, they’re both so good that they could probably […]

PHILADELPHIA — Amid a great start to his stint with the Philadelphia 76ers, Kelly Oubre Jr. will be sidelined for at least the next week after getting hit by a car on Saturday night. Nick Nurse and the Sixers are very relieved that Oubre is back home and that his injuries shouldn’t end his season. […]

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia 76ers head coach Nick Nurse sounds like Kylo Ren with the way he wants Tyrese Maxey to shoot more. The Sixers coach is looking for even more growth from the rising star as he takes on more responsibilities for the team. So far, through five games of the 2023-24 season, the results […]

CAMDEN, N.J. — As they looked to find a trade to send James Harden to the Los Angeles Clippers, the Philadelphia 76ers prioritized flexibility and draft picks. But they also received four players that can help them this season and come off the books this summer. How do Marcus Morris Sr., Robert Covington, Nicolas Batum […]

CAMDEN, N.J. — The Philadelphia 76ers shook up their roster in a big way by trading James Harden to the Los Angeles Clippers. Nick Nurse has done what he can to get the Sixers to play well without Harden. Now, he will have to incorporate new players and fill another gap in the starting lineup. […]

The NBA world was rocked on Tuesday morning when it was announced that James Harden had been traded from the Philadelphia 76ers to the Los Angeles Clippers. The trade, which had been in the works for months, has significant implications for both teams. However, one of the most significant impacts of the trade could be […]

PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid showed out for the home crowd in the Philadelphia 76ers’ first game at the Wells Fargo Center in the 2023-24 season. He had a monstrous performance in the win against the Portland Trail Blazers, tallying 35 points on 12-22 shooting, 15 rebounds, seven assists, six blocks and two steals. Embiid hit […]

While Tyrese Maxey emerges as a star and Joel Embiid begins to find his footing, the Philadelphia 76ers have gotten some major production out of new addition Kelly Oubre Jr. Oubre has been an important contributor off the Sixers’ bench, scoring 27 points in the season opener and 18 in their first win against the […]

Every avid spectator of the NBA knows that Damian Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo are one of the most pick-your-poison duos in history. Teams would either have to choose between getting wrecked inside the paint with the former Milwaukee Bucks MVP or torched on the outside with the shooter’s touch. Nick Nurse had to deal with […]

Joel Embiid, as has become a standard for him, started off the 2023-24 season with a rough showing as the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Philadelphia 76ers by a score of 118-117. Embiid got better as the game went along but that just amounted to going from really bad to decent at times. The Sixers superstar […]

The 2023-24 season didn’t start the way the Philadelphia 76ers had hoped. James Harden remained behind as they hit the road to face the Milwaukee Bucks and ended up losing a close game that they led in the fourth quarter. But there was a massive silver lining: Tyrese Maxey hooped. Maxey lived up to the […]

The basketball world at large is fading the Philadelphia 76ers coming into the 2023-24 NBA season. As if last year’s playoff failure that undid a season full of positivity and growth wasn’t enough, the Sixers are once again dealing with a star guard holding out and demanding a trade. While they are more equipped mentally […]

CAMDEN, N.J. — In two days, the Philadelphia 76ers’ defense will face one of the biggest tests any defense will see all season: trying to slow down Giannis Antetokounmpo AND Damian Lillard. The Sixers open their 2023-24 season with a matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks, which offers them an early shot at one of the […]

CAMDEN, N.J. — Tired of getting rolled over in the deeper part of the playoffs, the Philadelphia 76ers are continuing to build an identity around toughness and physicality. Toughness has been at the forefront of the identity the Sixers have been trying to create since the beginning of last season when they prioritized hard-nosed veterans […]

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers are going to look a bit different under Nick Nurse. Joel Embiid isn’t just okay with it, he’s very pleased with what the Sixers’ new coach is looking to implement. Embiid helped the Sixers beat the Atlanta Hawks in his first game under Nurse, Philly’s preseason finale. He shot the […]

PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid and Nick Nurse’s first time joining forces led the Philadelphia 76ers to a victory. The Sixers ended their preseason with a win over the Atlanta Hawks despite a less-than-stellar scoring night from the reigning MVP. Embiid had 21 points on 3-12 shooting from the field in 33 minutes in his only […]

CAMDEN, N.J. — The Philadelphia 76ers’ preseason finale against the Atlanta Hawks will give them one more shot to get prepared for the season. Even as the game goes on, the focus will continue to be on James Harden, whose practice absences have renewed curiosity about his status with the Sixers and whether he will […]

Tension between the Sixers and James Harden continues to escalate after Harden skipped practice Wednesday. Harden previously attended a team meeting on Sunday, but is a no-show Wednesday. Coach Nick Nurse addressed Harden’s absence at the team’s press conference. “If [James Harden] is here, we go. If he’s not, we go. We’ve got work to […]

BROOKLYN, NY — The Philadelphia 76ers put on a clinic in disruptive defense in their first 2023 preseason victory. Going against the Brooklyn Nets, the Sixers showed as clearly as possible how great defense fuels great offense. De’Anthony Melton tallied four steals and a block and Kelly Oubre Jr. notched a pair of blocks and […]

BROOKLYN, NY — Nick Nurse has his first (unofficial) win as the head coach of the Philadelphia 76ers. In a wire-to-wire victory over the Brooklyn Nets, the Sixers continued to exude Nurse’s teachings with a wild display of up-tempo basketball. Nurse has stressed a multitude of talking points to the Sixers as he prepares them […]

WILMINGTON, DE — The Philadelphia 76ers made their annual trip to the Chase Fieldhouse, the home of their G League affiliate, the Delaware Blue Coats, to play their intrasquad scrimmage in front of fans who might not get the chance to see them regularly up in Philly. Most of the Sixers players won’t see the […]

CAMDEN, N.J. — Through two preseason games, Joel Embiid has yet to take the court for the Philadelphia 76ers. Is it a huge deal? No. But would it be nice for the Sixers’ superstar to get some experience with his new coach and teammates? Yeah. It’s something that Nick Nurse understands as he awaits the […]

PHILADELPHIA — Danny Green may not have drilled his last three-ball as a member of the Philadelphia 76ers. The 36-year-old wing is looking to stick around in the NBA and decided to come back to the Sixers because of the familiarity he has with the roster and head coach Nick Nurse. In his first time […]

PHILADELPHIA — Tyrese Maxey has taken on the challenge of being a lead creator for the Philadelphia 76ers as Joel Embiid and James Harden continue to sit out the preseason. In two preseason games against the Boston Celtics, he hasn’t shied away from leading the offense and balancing his playmaking and scoring. Still, Sixers head […]

PHILADELPHIA — De’Anthony Melton is ready to get back to the court with the Philadelphia 76ers. A new season is always exciting to an NBA veteran but Melton is particularly eager to play under Nick Nurse, who enters his first season as the Sixers head coach with a reputation of a schematic wizard. Melton will […]

James Harden has officially made it to the Philadelphia 76ers’ training camp on the campus of Colorado State University. Harden showing up to train with the Sixers seemed like an unlikely event after he skipped media day. Although he showed up a day late, he made it and seemingly went through practice as usual with […]

For better or worse, the Philadelphia 76ers have been a staple in sports media throughout the off-season because of the uncertainty regarding superstar James Harden, and unsurprisingly, their projected over/under win total shows this uncertainty. The 76ers have the fourth-highest win total line of the Eastern Conference teams, trailing Milwaukee, Boston, and Cleveland. Since this win totals became […]

CAMDEN, N.J. — After being fired by the Toronto Raptors, Nick Nurse took the Philadelphia 76ers’ head coaching job. No coaching vacancy offers the perfect opportunity but Nurse, after some huge efforts from the Sixers, decided he wanted to take a stab at it instead of taking the job with other playoff teams. The task […]

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid is one of the faces of the NBA’s new rules regarding stars taking off games. The Sixers will face fines if they rest their superstar center on certain games and will face more rest restrictions if James Harden suits up (which is also heavily incentivized by the new rules). Embiid […]