Tag: philadelphia 76ers
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It’s June, and the NBA Finals are finished, which means the Sixers season has long been, too. Philadelphia has played eight games in June since 2002, and that’s only because a global pandemic shifted the season. Each Finals this decade…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Every off-season has felt significant since the end of Joel Embiid’s first year. The amount of mistakes made have been well-documented, especially within this very website, and the more you think about them, the more you wonder how the hell…
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One of my favorite shows Hacks returned earlier this month. In fact, the season debuted the same day the Philadelphia 76ers season ended prematurely once again. The correlation between the two is appropriate considering this moment. I didn’t know how…
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In recent years I’ve written about the Sixers in a personable way. The various frustrations. The very little enjoyment. How it feels to watch them from a fan’s perspective. That’s going to continue. If anything, I plan to write more…
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I’ve written about his debut before. After back-to-back season-ending surgeries. His first bucket. A midrange turnaround fadeaway. Place erupts. Then he blocks the eventual MVP. Even louder. Looking back on every game I’ve seen in person, at least basketball ones,…
Feeling Just Swell 