Tag: Philadelphia 76ers
At this point, Sixers fans hope Ben Simmons is more LeBron James than Michael Carter-Williams. He just might be.
Now that Jahlil Okafor is set to leave Philadelphia, the Sixers should get him his new opportunity as soon as possible.
Shane Rhodes looks at the top early candidates for Rookie of the Year.
Lang Greene pays respect to the unlikely heroes on all 30 teams to start the 2017-18 season
Markelle Fultz’s obscure shoulder injury has everyone in Philadelphia on a different page and Fultz on the sidelines.
The Sixers are going to get out and run. If they want to make the playoffs, Joel Embiid will have to start catching up.
As he always does, Joel Brigham makes 50 predictions for the forthcoming NBA season.
Despite his injury-riddled past, signing Joel Embiid was a move the Sixers had to make.
Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid’s five-year, $146.5 million maximum extension is essentially guaranteed but protects the franchise financially should Embiid suffer a contractually specific catastrophic injury, league sources told ESPN. Embiid, 23, signed the rookie-scale max extension Tuesday, with the $146.5 million total for the deal based on the NBA’s new salary cap projections for the 2018-19 […]
On Joel Embiid, the Sixers took a $148 million risk. It was either that, or risk losing control.