With the Sixers being up 2-0 in their first-round matchup, you would think everything would be sunshine and rainbows throughout the city. But, in natural Philadelphia form, they are not. Instead, this week’s complaint is the play of James Harden. Let’s break down if there should be a concern. So far in this series, Harden is averaging 15.5 points, 4.5 …
Here is a hot take, the Sixers are going to beat the Brooklyn Nets in the first round of the NBA playoffs this year. Yes, the Sixers have the soon-to-be NBA MVP in Joel Embiid, James Harden, and Tyrese Maxey, but they are not the reason they will beat the Nets handily in this series. The Nets’ head coach Jacque …
Are the 2022-2023 Philadelphia 76ers the best Sixers team in the Joel Embiid era? The fanbase took much longer to buy into this team than any other team in recent memory. After countless second round exits, the fanbase took a “prove it” approach to this team, and prove it they did. In a season that seemed pretty lackluster, the Sixers …
For as great as Joel Embiid has been this season, the past two games against the Warriors and Suns have shown exactly how important James Harden is to the 76ers not only this year but in the foreseeable future. With Harden out, the offense has sputtered in ways it just didn’t before Harden’s achilles injury. Despite Embiid’s 46 point game against …
The NBA playoffs are just around the corner, and once again, the Sixers are in contention to make a deep run. The Sixers have not gotten out of the second round since 2001. They have suffered horrific second-round defeats in the last five seasons — while there is plenty of blame to go around as to why, the truth is …
Joel Embiid is putting up video game like numbers. Embiid has now scored 30+ points in ten consecutive games and is leading the league in scoring with almost a 34 points per game average. The current front runner to win the MVP has been exactly that thus far, an MVP. What is so impressive about this recent run by Joel …
James Harden has been having an outstanding bounce-back season after an inconsistent year in 2022. Harden was dealing with a lingering hamstring injury all of last season and he finally appears to be healthy again. He has played his role to perfection alongside Joel Embiid this season and he hasn’t been getting his flowers thus far. For starters, Harden is …
It would be fair to say that fans of Philadelphia’s major sports teams have had plenty of misery to contend with over the past few months. The tale of woe started last November when the city’s soccer and baseball teams came up agonizingly short in their respective championships. The Union lost a penalty shootout against Los Angeles FC in the …
The Sixers have lost 12 games since December 1st, which means that they have an astounding 33-12 record over the past 3 and a half months. This is no longer some fluke hot streak, this team is the real deal and it’s time to believe in them. To a lot of people in the city, the Sixers need to prove …
After a crushing loss to the Boston Celtics on Saturday night it is easy to press the panic button and jump ship but we are not there yet. The Celtics and the Sixers are two of the Eastern Conference’s top teams and it was on full display in their prime time match up last night. The Sixers and Celtics traded …
