Shortly after hiring the new head coach, Nick Nurse, another change occurred for the Philadelphia 76ers coaching staff. Sam Cassell, an assistant coach in Philly for three seasons, will join the Boston Celtics under coach Joe Mazzulla. Cassell is on staff as the senior coach for the first time in his coaching career. Cassell was a candidate for the Sixers’ …
Behind every successful NBA team lies a visionary coach whose leadership and strategic acumen have shaped the course of basketball history. In this article, we delve into the world of the NBA’s most iconic and accomplished coaches, exploring their invaluable contributions to their teams’ triumphs. These coaching legends have not only guided their squads to multiple championships but have also …
We’re around 65 games through the 2022-23 NBA season, and for the first time in as long as I can remember, the top spot in the Eastern Conference is held by somebody who isn’t the Boston Celtics, as the Milwaukee Bucks extend their current win streak to sixteen games. But the Celtics will be hoping to regain first place and …
The Philadelphia 76ers and the Boston Celtics will battle on Wednesday, February 8, in a game that impacts the Eastern Conference playoffs come season’s end. When it comes to the Atlantic division, these teams are no strangers. They are rivals with no love lost. With only three games separating these two clubs, matchups like this will come into play when …
The Sixers looked so promising coming out of the rebuild. With Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid it looked like it would be easy to put a couple of players around them and take the league by storm. After back-to-back underwhelming finishes in 2018 and 2019, the Sixers placed the blame on former coach Brett Brown for the team’s shortcomings. With …
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 …
Recent reports from Shams Charania suggest that the New Orleans Pelicans have three teams in mind for a potential JJ Redick trade. Philadelphia is one of the three interested teams listed, but should they be pursuing a reunion with Redick? JJ Redick is having a rough start to his season to say the least. For those who haven’t been keeping …
It is well known if you’re a part of the Philadelphia fan base there are mixed opinions on Ben Simmons. Some people love him, some people hate him but there is no denying the unique once in a lifetime talent Simmons has the chance to be. Ben Simmons has all the potential in the world and there have been so …
In the middle of a two-game regular-season series with the Sixers, Marcus Smart has taken it upon himself to tackle one of the biggest plights currently facing the NBA. Flopping, a true dark art of basketball, is where a player flails their limbs or dives to the floor in order to exaggerate minor contact or give the impression that there …
The Philadelphia 76ers won yet another game that they would have lost last year, all thanks to a dominating performance by Joel Embiid. Embiid led the way for the Sixers win, scoring a game-high 42 points, 10 rebounds, and only one turnover in 33 minutes, as the Sixers erased a six-point deficit in the fourth quarter to defeat the Boston …
