This is the beginning of a series of posts I will be doing about all of the players currently on the Sixers roster and whether or not they should keep them around for next season. I will look at many different variables such as stats from this past year, role on the team, salary, and worth to the team’s future. This should help decide who on the Sixers should stay and who should go this … Continue reading
Conference Finals have finally ended, and the final series of basketball is upon us. It is the NBA Finals, and it just so happens to be a rematch from last year, pitting the defending champion Miami Heat against the San Antonio Spurs. As many basketball fans remember, the Spurs were just a minute away from winning the series in Game 6, but a last-second surge allowed them to get back into the game and win, … Continue reading
• 5 Game 7s (NBA record)• 8 Overtime games• 23 games by 5 pts or fewerAn INCREDIBLE 1st round of NBA Playoffs! pic.twitter.com/THCs3v9Wn7 — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 4, 2014 The first round of this year’s NBA playoffs was legendary. As per the tweet above from SportsCenter, there was nothing quite like the performances we saw. Does that mean the playoffs are on track to get even better? I sure hope so. After going 5-3 in … Continue reading
THIS JUST IN: 76ers PG Michael Carter-Williams will be named NBA Rookie of the Year. (via @njdotcom) pic.twitter.com/UbXUjT6kdQ — SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) May 3, 2014 This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone. There was no rookie in the NBA that was even close to Michael Carter-Williams, who has officially been announced as the 2014 NBA Rookie of the Year. He got 104/124 first place votes, which seems about right to me. I’m sure Victor Oladipo … Continue reading
Well, that’s the end of the regular season. The playoffs are set and will begin very soon. After I measured every team’s efficiency in how well they were spending their money earlier in the season, I promised that I would provide an update at the end of the season. Well, here it is. Most of the teams have similar team salaries to what they did last time, but every team’s win totals have changed (yes, … Continue reading
26 games, 58 days, and nearly two months. That’s the length of time the Sixers spent losing. Do you think they got sick of it? Yeah probably, and it finally reached the point where it boiled over and they demolished the pathetic-looking Detroit Pistons at home by 25 points. No, I didn’t think they’d ever win again this season, but a firm confirmation that they have a lot of heart like that was the best … Continue reading
It’s annoying to me that so many of the teams in the NBA go over the salary cap. And why wouldn’t they if they had the money? The luxury tax doesn’t really affect teams to the point where they stop spending. I’m all for a much higher actual cap as long as it’s a hard cap, but that doesn’t seem to be in the near future. Or, they could just raise the luxury tax to … Continue reading
Sure, the Sixers are pretty terrible, but just how bad are they? Well, for one thing they just lost by 20 points to the team with the worst record in the league, so that’s a good start. They’ve had back-to-back games where they’ve let their opponent shoot over 57% from the field. And their winning streak has stretched to 11 games, the longest since 2009. This is pretty much the lowest the Sixers could get, … Continue reading
Anybody who’s honestly surprised at the trading of Evan Turner and Spencer Hawes just doesn’t understand GM Sam Hinkie. They were sitting in a small stage above mediocrity and were not a part of the future of their franchise. While the stats for those guys might look good at times, it’s mainly a product of their large amount of minutes they play each game, not their actual skill. They’re two of the most inconsistent players … Continue reading
That was one of the most embarrassing games in the history of the Philadelphia 76ers. It’s normal to see them down 10 points by the end of the first quarter, but the gap was far larger than that after the Clippers exploded for 46 points in the first quarter, putting them up by 31. A 31 point lead after 12 minutes of basketball?? What the heck are the Sixers doing? The Clippers may be a … Continue reading
