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  • Sep 6, 2016

    Allen Iverson Top Moment: 2001 All-Star MVP

    Editor’s note: This series of articles originally ran in 2014, when the Sixers retired Allen Iverson’s number. Feb. 1, 2001 It was one of the best NBA All-Star Games in history. (That’s obviously a short list.) The Eastern Conference was down 21 points in the final nine minutes, but it came back to win 111-110. It was the first time…

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  • Jun 25, 2016

    ‘The Process' still reigns in Bryan Colangelo's first Sixers draft

    If you didn’t know who was saying the words, if you simply closed your eyes and listened — absent any inflection or accent that might give away the speaker’s identity — the remarks would have sounded awfully consistent with other statements given in similar situations over the last few years. The words “patience” and “process” were employed, which is standard stuff...

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  • Jun 24, 2016

    Gonzo: Ben Simmons was easy part for Sixers, rest is tricky

    There wasn’t any drama to start the draft. That came later. On Thursday evening, NBA commissioner Adam Silver strode to the podium and said a series of words that everyone knew he’d utter. With the first pick in the 2016 NBA draft, the Philadelphia 76ers select Ben Simmons. And with that, the hypothetical became reality. You don’t have to imagine Simmons...

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  • Jun 23, 2016

    2016 NBA draft profile: F Thon Maker

    Thon Maker Position: Forward Height: 7-1 Weight: 225 Team: Athlete Institute (Canada) Thon Maker is a Sudanese 7-footer who played his high school ball in Canada. He considered some college and overseas offers. Then he petitioned the NBA to be included in this year’s draft on the grounds that he graduated from high school last year and basically already played a post-high school season. The...

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  • Jun 21, 2016

    Gonzo: Not much debate, Sixers should take Ben Simmons

    So much for the big Ben Simmons vs. Brandon Ingram debate. If it ever materialized, it didn’t last very long, and it certainly wasn’t the heated screamfest we tend to foster in Philly. Shortly after the Sixers landed the No. 1 overall pick, there was a report they were leaning heavily toward taking Simmons. Since then, it’s felt like more of...

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  • Jun 19, 2016

    2016 NBA draft profile: Madrid Estudiantes F Juan Hernangomez

    Juan Hernangomez Position: F Height: 6-9 Weight: 220 Team: Madrid Estudiantes Ah, the Hernangomez family. You may remember the Sixers drafted his brother Willy last year before flipping him to the Knicks. Juan Hernangomez has a different game than his brother. Juan – who is 20 and will turn 21 in September – made people pay attention to him this season in the Spanish…

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  • Jun 16, 2016

    It's not a red flag that Ben Simmons won't work out for the Sixers

    A week ago, Charles Barkley prattled on about Ben Simmons and questioned whether the kid loves basketball because he doesn’t want to play for Australia in the Olympics. As shade goes, it was silly – though it wasn’t nearly as mindless as this “red flag” business about Simmons not working out for the Sixers. He won’t work out. Why won’t...

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  • Jun 13, 2016

    Despite Bryan Colangelo's remarks, Dario Saric has all the leverage

    Bryan Colangelo and Brett Brown jetted off to Turkey last week to meet with Dario Saric. Sounded promising. But then Colangelo talked to NBA.com about the trip and it suddenly sounded less promising. So many questions for Colangelo. How’d it go? How’d Saric look on the court? What did you think of that sweet ‘stache? And oh yeah: Is Saric coming over...

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  • Jun 11, 2016

    Although things are ‘great' for Eagles, remember: that's football in June

    Everyone is getting along. Everyone is excited to be back. Everyone is in career-best shape. Everything is fine. Better than fine, actually. It’s good. No, wait, great. Things are great. You know it’s true because they all said so. Our friends at Around the NFL like to issue “Trope Alerts” during this stretch in the NFL calendar. That’s a good...

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  • Jun 6, 2016

    What free-agent options might complement Ben Simmons with Sixers?

    So let’s say the Sixers take Ben Simmons. Then what? Everyone is going to have a lot of cap space this offseason, though the Sixers will have more than almost all of them. The Sixers and Lakers are the only teams projected to have something around $60 million in available funds. At some point, eventually, the Sixers will need to…

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