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Concerns: Jahlil Okafor, Karl-Anthony Towns, and Kristaps Porzingis
By Derek Bodner
| Thursday, May 28, 2015 07:40 AM | 6 Comments
The NBA draft process is a fun pendulum of emotions. Early on in the process you tend to focus on the skills and abilities that excite you, and every prospect looks...
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Sixers fans, you the real MVP
This was quite an amazing week. Besides the Sixers getting the #3 pick in the draft, the 2nd annual RTRS/Liberty Ballers lottery party took place. Fortunately/unfortunately, I missed the party, as...
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Sam Hinkie and shedding the analytic label
By Derek Bodner
| Friday, May 22, 2015 10:09 PM | 2 Comments
Earlier today, David Murphy wrote an article for the Daily News about how difficult it is for innovators to be accepted in Philadelphia. In the article, which deals with the Philadelphia...
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Sizing up the Sixers options with the 3rd pick
By Derek Bodner
| Thursday, May 21, 2015 08:26 AM | 26 Comments
Ever since the Sixers ping pong ball combination came up with the #3 pick in Tuesday night’s NBA lottery, the general assumption has been that Ohio State’s D’Angelo Russell is the...
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Best case scenario: Okafor falling to 3?
By Derek Bodner
| Wednesday, May 20, 2015 06:52 AM | 15 Comments
After last night’s NBA lottery results were announced, the immediate assumption was that Karl-Anthony Towns and Jahlil Okafor would go 1st and 2nd in the draft, in some order. The logical...
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Landing the #1 pick doesn’t mean goodbye to Nerlens Noel
By Derek Bodner
| Tuesday, May 19, 2015 08:50 AM | 4 Comments
One of the common themes heading into tonight’s NBA lottery is that landing a top-2 pick, leading to a presumptive selection of either Karl-Anthony Towns or Jahlil Okafor, would mean that...
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Sixers Lottery Odds
By Derek Bodner
| Tuesday, May 19, 2015 08:00 AM | No Comments
Curious what the chances of 1-6-11 happening? Want to know how likely it is that the Sixers get either the Lakers pick or the Heat pick? Here you go. First, we’ll...
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Sixers workout additions: Tuttle, Petteway, Scott, Kidd worked out
By Derek Bodner
| Monday, May 18, 2015 08:29 PM | No Comments
According to Tom Moore, the Sixers conducted workouts with Seth Tuttle (PF, Northern Iowa), Terran Petteway (SG, Nebraska), Shannon Scott (PG, Ohio State), and Stanton Kidd (Forward, Colorado State) today. This...
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NBA Announces Las Vegas Summer League Dates
By Derek Bodner
| Monday, May 18, 2015 05:25 PM | 2 Comments
The NBA has announced that the Samsung Summer League (Las Vegas) will take place from July 10th through July 20th. Philadelphia will once again compete in two summer leagues this season, with the...
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Nerlens Noel named to NBA All-Rookie First Team
By Derek Bodner
| Monday, May 18, 2015 03:14 PM | No Comments
Philadelphia 76ers center Nerlens Noel has been named to the NBA’s All-Rookie First Team. He is joined by Andrew Wiggins, Nikola Mirotic, Elfrid Payton, and Jordan Clarkson. Noel finished with 125...