Basketball News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumors
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
Sam Presti is back at it again. The Oklahoma City Thunder acquired veteran center Al Horford from the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for guard Danny Green, Terrance Ferguson, and two draft picks. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports that the Sixers will send a lightly-protected 2025 first-round pick and the No. 34 pick in tonight’s draft. Oklahoma City will […] READ MORE
The Philadelphia 76ers are on the hunt to find a suitor for former All-Star big man Al Horford. The 34-year-old had a rough season in the City of Brotherly Love, averaging just 11.9 points and 6.8 rebounds on 45 percent shooting, 35 percent from three, and 76.3 percent from the line. It was Horford’s lowest […] READ MORE
The Philadelphia 76ers officially named Daryl Morey as the team’s next president of basketball operations, according to the Associated Press. Additionally, the 76ers have extended the contract of Elton Brand as general manager. Philadelphia 76ers name Daryl Morey next Team President Morey’s Short Stint of Unemployment It’s been less than three weeks, but Morey is […] READ MORE
The Philadelphia 76ers are expected to hire Daryl Morey, former general manager of the Houston Rockets, to lead the front office and basketball operations, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. This comes just a couple of weeks after the 76ers already hired former Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers for the same role. The 76ers, […] READ MORE
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the Sacramento Kings were one of the elite teams in the Western Conference. They made eight straight playoff appearances including three Conference semifinals and one Western Conference finals appearance. Since then, the Kings have missed 15 straight post-seasons, traded away star players for chocolates, and missed on a […] READ MORE