Team USA was eliminated by Canada over the weekend and will not place at this years FIBA World Cup. This would be much more shocking if Team USA really sent over the best team, but instead they decided to send over a group with borderline all-stars being the best players. The embarrassment that Team USA experienced over the weekend will …
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 …
Yes, we are back to Kevin Durant rumors as the NBA Trade Deadline quickly approaches later this week. The Nets have made the biggest splash thus far after Kyrie Irving requested a trade and was subsequently flipped to the Dallas Mavericks in exchange for Spencer Dinwiddie, Dorian Finney-Smith, and some picks. BREAKING: The Brooklyn Nets are trading Kyrie Irving to …
Joel Embiid has been among the most disrespected players in the NBA throughout his career, particularly in the last three seasons. Over his previous two seasons, he missed out on two MVP awards and two All-NBA first-team appearances, thanks to Nikola Jokic. This season has been no different, as the disrespect has worsened. Embiid was recently selected to the bench …
This random week in the middle of the offseason showed Tyrese Maxey’s true colors: red, white, and blue. Maxey has been floating around this offseason and was seen working out with different players all around the country, but that did not stop him from making a couple of visits around the city this past week. Maxey appeared on the Phillies …
For the 2021-2022 season, Joel Embiid was the 6th slowest player in the NBA(James Harden was the slowest). Embiid has been on a steady decline slower since his rookie season. Compared to Embiid’s rookie season Joel was 11% slower on average last year. All of this is terrific news. Other than Embiid and Harden, the slowest players in the league …
Rumors started to swirl this week after it was reported that the 76ers are among Kevin Durant’s preferred destinations. Durant and recently-resigned James Harden have seemed to let by gones be by gones and reportedly would like to play together again. Durant has also gone on record to say how much respect he has for Joel Embiid and would like …
The city rejoiced last February when the Sixers dealt Ben Simmons, Seth Curry, Andre Drummond, and picks for James Harden. Not only did Morey offload Simmons in the midst of an ugly holdout, but he was able to acquire an all-time great player in return. The excitement quickly turned to anxiousness as the version of James Harden that the Sixers …
When the 76ers acquired James Harden at the trade deadline last season, the city was ecstatic. Not only did they rid themselves of an ugly situation with Ben Simmons, but they managed to turn him into one of the best players of all time. Excitement turned to anger pretty quickly as the Sixers yet again failed to make it out …
Transition Troubles The Sixers have been for the most part have been very impressive since the trade for James Harden, but there is a glaring weakness that has started to show in these last couple of games. The Sixers have been getting exposed in transition recently and are consistently giving up large runs throughout games when the pace picks up. …
