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A buy-out guy almost certainly will be added. Maybe Quentin Grimes will be back next year and beyond. But on Wednesday when the Sixers decided to trade Jared McCain, I figured something was brewing. Joel Embiid turns 32 next month. He may have three years left on his contract after this year, but his body…
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I always hate writing in season about the Sixers because I am superstitious. It is silly to be superstitious about a team who hasn’t advanced past the second round of the playoffs since before I knew what the word superstitious meant. (I kid you not I began writing this on Friday. And then the next…
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Winning three games after trailing by 10 points in the fourth quarter is unsustainable. We know this. The competition has been uneven. I hear you loud and clear. Who cares! This is fun. VJ Edgecombe has 89 points and 22 assists in his first four career games. This is the company he keeps. https://www.sports-reference.com/stathead/tiny/NOdQb We…
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It is October, which means basketball season calls. Last season was needed, in a way. A reset after seven demoralizing playoff exits in a row. After a sluggish beginning, the embarrassment lingered, even through some shining moments. There was Jared McCain’s performance against Cleveland. Christmas Day in Boston. Tyrese Maxey’s January. Everything else, sans some…
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There have been seven different champions over the past seven years. No repeats. No dynasties. To put that into perspective, seven teams won a title between 2005 and 2018, while seven teams won a title between 1980 and 2004. It’s not just winning it all. Since 2019, 11 different teams have made the NBA Finals.…
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It cannot be overstated. I would have sold it, for sure. Spun it like any bullshit artist. But it wouldn’t pass legitimacy. Even though they had a better than good chance to keep the pick, the moments after Dallas and San Antonio catapulted into the top four those odds went out the window. But, it happened. …
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Hope dangles on a string like slow-spinning redemption is a lyric from Dashboard Confessional’s ‘Vindicated’. It became famous because of Spider-Man 2. I began this blog post with it for obvious reasons. We’re days away from a fairly consequential day in the history of the Philadelphia 76ers. Right now, things are bleak. On Monday night…
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How do I begin? I could write something obvious like it’s cool to watch your favorite team win the Super Bowl. Okay, that’s done. That’s how I chose to begin. For what felt like the longest time, I struggled to know if they’d ever win. Now they’ve won twice. I am lucky. When I became…
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If it’s not foul baiting, or some reckless plays, the first thing that comes to the mind of many basketball fans when they hear the name Joel Embiid: never has made a conference finals. This isn’t unique to Embiid. It’s synonymous with any perceived all-time great who has never won anything of real substance. I’ve…
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The pressure has been there. It’s just mounting. Every franchise besides Charlotte, Washington, New York, and New Orleans has made a conference finals more recently than Philadelphia. The goal isn’t only to make it there, of course, but, shockingly, the only way to win the NBA Finals is to make it to the conference finals.…
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