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The stage is set for the Eastern Conference Semifinals as the Philadelphia 76ers will host the Atlanta Hawks in Game One this afternoon. The 76ers-Hawks playoff history is surprisingly short and one-sided. The teams have only faced each other twice before, with the last meeting taking place in 1982. Philadelphia is dominating the series historically, […] READ MORE
After coming off a blowout win against the Indiana Pacers in their second play-in game, the Washington Wizards will play the Philadelphia 76ers in the first round of the playoffs. While there is star power on both teams, one team has a clear advantage in this series. Despite this, there is potential for some high […] READ MORE
The NBA season hasn’t quite hit its halfway point just yet, but it’s quickly approaching the All-Star Break. The league and fans can already begin to understand the path certain teams will take this year, allowing an analysis for the Coach of the Year Award to begin. As of now, there are four coaches leading […] READ MORE
The Atlanta Hawks currently sit at 11-16 and are barely hanging on to the 10 seed in the Eastern Conference. A team that was 20-47 last year and only one game ahead of the last-place Cleveland Cavaliers is on pace to surpass that 20-win plateau easily. The issue is that is far from the goal. […] READ MORE
With the James Harden superstar trade officially done, another blockbuster deal is in the books. Throughout NBA history, trading players of this caliber is a rarity. Especially midseason. Only so many superstars have moved in the NBA’s 75-year history. Today we will be looking at these trades and counting down the five best superstar trades […] READ MORE
Year in and year out basketball fans anticipate the inevitable Top 50 lists of players published across various websites. These lists are normally released right before training camp. They have become a hot topic for debates in barbershops, sports bars, and living rooms. The most intensely scrutinized and debated portion of the list is always […] READ MORE
Waiting until the last minute to make some Eastern Conference playoff predictions: procrastination or wanting to gather the most information possible? It’s a bit of both, so with the tip-off for the 2020-21 NBA season, here are my 10 teams, in order, making the playoffs from the East (10 and not 8 because of the […] READ MORE
The Philadelphia 76ers underwent a full makeover this summer hiring a new president of basketball operations (Daryl Morey), head coach (Doc Rivers), and a host of new faces to the roster. General Manager Elton Brand spent the entire 2019-20 season left to rue humungous contracts to Tobias Harris and Al Horford as the latter failed […] READ MORE
From management to coaching, the Philadelphia 76ers made wholesale changes this off-season hiring Doc Rivers as its new Head Coach and Daryl Morey as President of Basketball Operations. The Sixers have been very disappointing the past two seasons after a promising run in 2018 behind Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons. Since then, Philadelphia lost in […] READ MORE
To say that last season was a disappointment for Al Horford would be a huge understatement. After three successful seasons as a member of the Boston Celtics, Horford surprised the basketball world by signing a four-year, $97 million deal with the Philadelphia 76ers last off-season. The Sixers had just been eliminated by a clutch buzzer-beater […] READ MORE