PHILADELPHIA — It’s all so simple yet very complicated for the Sixers right now. The simplicity of the problems — and yes there are problems as they’ve lost three in a row now after Thursday’s 117-107 setback to the visiting Atlanta Hawks — start and end with the unavailability of Joel Embiid. The team fell to…
It appears to have been a pretty busy Monday after the All-Star break for the Sixers. Per a report from ESPN’s Sham Charania, the team is expected to sign Jabari Walker to a two-year deal. The Philadelphia 76ers intend to sign forward Jabari Walker to a new two-year contract, sources tell ESPN. 76ers and Klutch…
The Sixers appear to have addressed some much-needed backcourt help as the team reportedly will sign guard Cam Payne to a contract for the rest of the season, according to Marc Stein. The left-handed Payne will bring some much needed help to coach Nick Nurse’s guard rotation which currently consists of just starters Tyrese Maxey…
NBA All-Star Weekend may have not been able to go any better for Sixers guard Tyrese Maxey, capped Sunday with his USA Stars winning the three-team round robin tournament at the Intuit Dome in Los Angeles. Maxey led his team in the winning quarter over the USA Stripes team with nine points and three steals….
While this is a much-needed down week for many in the NBA, sometimes there is no rest for the weary. Consider Sixers’ coach Nick Nurse in that group, as he is taking this week away from games to better figure out his group, improve at both ends of the floor and hopefully find a rotation…
There is very little mystery as to the biggest need for the Sixers to reach their goals in the final 28 games of the season after the All-Star break. The main goal being a climb in the Eastern Conference standings, where they currently find themselves at the sixth seed, with a chance to perhaps move…
It’s a dilemma the Sixers knew they would have to encounter way back before the season started, then dealt with it admirably when it arrived, but lately have somewhat lost their way in how to survive it. That dilemma is the absence of Joel Embiid. Chronic knee problems will probably plague him for the rest…
PHILADELPHIA — The dreaded words that have surrounded the Sixers for more than a couple of seasons are starting to creep their way around the organization with alarming normalcy lately. “Right knee soreness” is a phrase that makes the Delaware Valley cringe and think of one person — Joel Embiid. The center missed his second…
Sometimes numbers don’t exactly explain the success or failures of teams, no matter the sport. They do lend to some facts, certainly to strong opinions, but rarely to total resolutions. The staggering numbers that are facing the 76ers when it comes to the third quarter do all of that. Monday, it couldn’t have been more…
When your legs are battling the toll of playing five games in nine days on the other side of the country, and a charter flight is waiting to get you back home, the last thing you want to see in that final game of the road trip is a team that plays with the pace…
When the Phillies lost ace starting pitcher Zack Wheeler in mid-August last season due to thoracic outlet syndrome, manager Rob Thomson and president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski spoke of the “next man up” approach that has become so popular in sports over the past few years. Monday, the two revealed that Wheeler probably won’t…
Sometimes when you aren’t careful, the next to last game of a long road trip can become a time when the thoughts of returning home creep into tired minds. Focus can get somewhat lost and, before you know it, so can that game. The Phoenix Suns didn’t let the Sixers’ minds wander at all Saturday…
According to Sixers’ president of basketball operations Daryl Morey, the Sixers did indeed have a plan and even completed the first phase of the plan when it came to the trade deadline. But ultimately, the closing of it never came to fruition as Thursday’s deadline came and went without the Sixers adding any help to…
The body doesn’t necessarily scream NBA worthy. The shot isn’t true to form anywhere outside the lane and the defense is unconventional and out of position at times. But what Sixers forward Dominick Barlow may not possess in the “eye-candy” department when it comes to his basketball game, he more than makes up for with…
The Sixers didn’t wow anyone with their activity leading up to the trade deadline, leading you to wonder if their plans are more for the future than the present. In any case, they followed Wednesday’s trade of Jared McCain to the Oklahoma City Thunder by dealing seldom-used veteran guard Eric Gordon to the Memphis Grizzlies…
The trade winds caught up to the 76ers out on the West Coast, as they parted ways with second-year guard Jared McCain. The Sixers made a deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder, who will send the first-round pick of the Houston Rockets in 2026, and three second-round picks for McCain. The second-round picks gotten by…
There’s probably not a scenario that could have been better than the first two games of this Sixers’ West Coast trip. A dominating win over a short-handed Los Angeles Clippers team, who had won 17 of their previous 21 games, followed by a sound thumping of the Golden State Warriors, who were also missing players,…
It simply can’t always be about Joel Embiid and/or Tyrese Maxey when the Sixers win basketball games. Yes, they are two of the biggest superstars in the league and the team won’t be going very far if they aren’t the driving forces most nights. But with Paul George serving his 25-game suspension, and VJ Edgecombe…
Eight days and five games. That is the immediate future for the Sixers on this current West Coast trip that begins Monday against the Los Angeles Clippers, a team that has won 17 of their last 21 games after beginning the season at 6-21. The Clippers post challenges all over the court with supreme scorers…
PHILADELPHIA — With the throwback jerseys, the retro court and former executives and players consuming the Xfinity Mobile Arena Saturday night, it wasn’t hard to try and find parallels between two teams: the 2000-01 Sixers being honored, and the current team, 25 years later. What stuck out most of all was the challenge of trying to…