Tag: sixers
-
Consider this a trial run. Throughout the rest of the offseason I’ll have a few blog posts discussing each player on the active roster. This entry is about the new guys, as you can tell by its title. I’ll have…
-
How? I could trace it back to the play-in game against Orlando. Andre Drummond’s threes. VJ’s rebounds. Tyrese’s 31 points. If the Sixers don’t win that game, they never play Boston. Demons are never exercised. The Celtics handle Orlando with…
-
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.…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
Joel Embiid plays his first real professional basketball game tonight. Philadelphia will probably lose because they happen to be the first victims of the Russell Westbrook revenge tour, but just having No. 21 on the court in a game that…
-
I had a feeling this would happen. Joel Embiid at 3 followed by Dario Saric at 10 (well, I guess technically 12). I’m not upset. I’m actually quite happy with Philly’s draft. Sam Hinkie will preach patience, and it’s true. Embiid,…
Feeling Just Swell 