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Joel Embiid’s big night goes to waste as 76ers’ roster issues are exposed
More Teams. More Games. 76ers coach Brett Brown speaks to the media about what went wrong for Joel Embiid in the second half vs. the Pacers. (0:54) PHILADELPHIA — Through 24 minutes of Friday night’s game between the Philadelphia 76ers and Indiana Pacers, Joel Embiid was unstoppable. He tossed around every defender Indiana threw at […]
Continue readingOvertime Elite team, including 2023 projected top-10 NBA picks Amen and Ausar Thompson, to compete in The Basketball Tournament
Projected 2023 draft top-10 picks Amen and Ausar Thompson will be part of a team sports media company Overtime is sending to compete in The Basketball Tournament, marking the first time NBA draft-eligible prospects will participate in the TBT. The winner of TBT, a 64-team single-elimination tournament that runs from July 16 to Aug. 2, […]
Continue readingNBA free agents: Team-by-team lists for 2021 and 2022
The 2021 class has more hype, potentially featuring names such as LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Chris Paul, Paul George, Victor Oladipo, DeMar DeRozan, Blake Griffin, Rudy Gobert and Andre Drummond. Some of those players will agree to extensions or pick up player options before ever hitting the market, while others will have plenty […]
Continue readingNBA playoffs: The Philadelphia 76ers’ process ended with another disappointing result
Cinderella Castle shined bright in the background, but the 76ers seemed as far from Happily Ever After as they’d been all season. Head coach Brett Brown, point guard-turned-power forward Ben Simmons and Scott Epsley, the team’s medical director, were deep into a private, quiet conversation in an already somber room full of tables covered in […]
Continue readingNBA trade talk and what might happen before the deadline
The fun thing about the trade deadline is that it’s a deadline — which spurs activity. Just when you think it’s barren, seven trades come across Woj’s Twitter feed in a two-minute span. The lead-up has been a tad dull. Bradley Beal‘s extension took him off the market until the offseason, removing a big name […]
Continue readingPistons forward Markieff Morris shows ‘double respect’ for Kobe, plans to switch jersey to No. 88
Morris, a Philadelphia native like Bryant, made the announcement before the Pistons took on the Nets in Brooklyn. Morris will not be able to don the new jersey until the league office approves it. “I grew up idolizing Kobe and that 8, that 24 and that 33 touched me,” Morris said. “I’m going to go […]
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