Finding Parallels Between Current and Former Sixers and Eagles

Being a Philadelphia sports fan is a particularly fraught experience that is often equal parts redemptive and tortuous, at once. No professional sports tag team works to enthrall and then disappoint fans in the same city like the 76ers and the Eagles. Currently, both teams are run with questionable aptitude at best. The Sixers are helmed by Elton Brand, a man who recently admitted to having no idea what he was doing when he was initially appointed general manager. For the Eagles, Howie Roseman has far too often relied on older players — older players on second tours of duty with the team, sometimes — to keep the organization in contention. This reliance on elder statesmen has left the Eagles with an injury report more crowded than a non-COVID K-lot at the Linc on gameday.

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A Josh Richardson-for-Spencer Dinwiddie Trade Makes All Too Much Sense

There is no time like the offseason for player movement conjecture to run rampant through NBA fanbases. The games have stopped — and in this case, the games are on pause until further notice — so rumors, innuendo, and reports are precious breadcrumbs upon which hungry fans feast.

Plausibility only matters until it doesn’t. First you’re hemming and hawing over pick protection in made-up deals, and then the next thing you know, a paper-thin ‘Joel Embiid-to-the-Rockets-for-Russell Westbrook’ rumor sends Basketball Twitter into a tizzy.

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How to Restore Some Karmic Balance to the 76ers Franchise

I stayed up on Friday night to watch Game 5 of the NBA Finals. LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers were trying their damndest to shut the door on the Miami Heat. The game was close — neither squad was ever able to truly pull away — and what was a really solid Finals game through its first 43 minutes elevated into a modern-day classic in the final five. As the slugfest drew near its end, I realized something within myself so dark and repugnant that I hesitate to even put it down in digital ink:

My god, I’m rooting for the Lakers.

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Which of Doc Rivers' Former Players Could the Sixers Target?

On Saturday, the Sixers formally announced the hiring of Doc Rivers to be the team’s next head coach. First, some thoughts on the hire. Throughout the coaching search, my personal favorite candidate was Ty Lue. I think he’s a really good coach, and in his time in Cleveland he showed both his ability to corral star players with big egos, and also his malleability to adjust his game plans during the playoffs.

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Five Sixers Veteran-Minimum-Level Free Agent Possibilities

Very few things are currently certain for the Philadelphia 76ers.

Who will be the coach?

Who will be the decision-maker in the front office?

Who among the players from this past season’s embarrassment will return?

At this point, I think we can only truly expect two things: change (be it big, foundational change in the team’s front office or minor tweaks to executive and player personnel), and that the Sixers will be a team completely strapped for cash.

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