The Sixers have been difficult to watch this year. They have blown big leads, lost games against teams that they should beat, and have not shown up multiple times. They do not look like the reigning Eastern Conference Champions. Ben Simmons has put a curse on this team and they’ve played like it but this week we saw something from …
The next seven games for the Philadelphia 76ers could play a big role in deciding whether or not the team can hold onto the #1 seed in the east. From tonight against the Mavericks to April 24th against the Bucks for a second straight game, we will learn a lot about how this team stacks up to some of the …
In a year highlighted by Joel Embiid’s MVP performance, the Sixers are still currently not the favorites to win the Finals this year, in fact, they aren’t even in the top 5. The Nets, Lakers, Clippers, Bucks, and Jazz all have better odds according to Draft Kings SportsBook to win the 2021 NBA title. The Sixers currently sit at 32-14 …
At 26-12 the Sixers are still holding onto the top spot in the Eastern Conference, but for how long? The Brooklyn Nets are hot on the heels of the 76ers sitting a half a game out and 9-1 in their last 10 games. With the Sixers losing their MVP candidate Joel Embiid for the foreseeable future, the Nets are licking …
Over the last couple weeks, it’s become quite clear that the Eastern Conference is even more wide open than expected. The Raptors have struggled all year, the Celtics are a .500 team right now, the Bucks have lost three games in a row, and the Nets haven’t lived up to the hype just yet. With all of these teams underperforming …
The 2020-21 NBA season is underway, and what an exciting start to the season we’ve seen around the league. The Sixers came back and beat the Wizards on Opening Night. They handled the Knicks easily at MSG. The undefeated Cavaliers, however, moved to 3-0 after clobbering the Embiid-less 76ers. While it was disappointing to watch, it’s important to keep perspective …
In last week’s article, we looked at the four Eastern Conference teams with better odds to win the NBA Finals than the Sixers. This week we will be discussing how the Sixers stack up odds-wise with the teams in the Western Conference with better odds than them. A quick update, at the time of writing last week, the Sixers had …
9 months down, 3 to go. 2020 hasn’t been all that kind to any of us, the Sixers have been no exception. 2020 has been an absolute disaster for the 76ers organization and even with the team knocked out of the NBA Playoffs, it’s not really getting any better. The Sixers came into the 2019-2020 season with extremely high expectations. …
We know that the Sixers are pretty much locked in to be the sixth seed when the NBA returns but how do they match up against the rest of the playoff teams in the East? During this hiatus, it’s given us a long time to forget about the issues that they have and what they do well. Most times the …
Let’s all assume that the NBA resumes tomorrow and the playoffs begin right away. If this were to be the case, the Sixers would hold the sixth seed and face the Boston Celtics in the first round. This would be followed by the winner of the Toronto Raptors and the Brooklyn Nets series. Finally, the Eastern Conference Finals would be …
