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The 76ers are making some news today. First, the signing of shooting guard Nick Young to a super cheap contract: Multiple reports including Yahoo and ESPN confirm through Nick Young’s agent that he has agreed to an offer sheet with the Philadelphia 76ers on a one-year deal worth $6 million. Wait. It wasn’t a four-year, $30 million [...]

I was in New York to cover Steve Nash’s “Showdown in Chinatown” charity soccer game.  There, I spoke to Elton Brand briefly about Kevin Garnett, against whom Brand and the Philadelphia 76′ers matched up for seven grueling games in the conference semifinals. The simple question was whether he, as a man who faced him on [...]

Whether you want to believe Game 5 turned when Philly missed a chance to put up 4 points after clear path foul or when KG got called for an offensive foul on Spencer Hawes is up to you.  Those were consecutive plays that happened over the span of 19 seconds, so arguing over it is [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. “It doesn’t matter. All of their big guys are playing physical and bumping,” Garnett said. “You go through side picks and it’s physical. I can’t tell one [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. “It’s important how we start games,” said Ray Allen. “If you look at Game 1 in Atlanta and you look at both Game 1 and 2 in [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. Bothered by a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee, Pierce has averaged a lowly 10.5 points and converted just 5 of 20 field goal attempts [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there's nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. The smart play — heck the only play — was to go to Garnett. But there was Pierce, with 1:18 remaining in the game, stepping up and [...]

Tip: 7:00 PM    Court: Wells Fargo Center    Watch it: CSNNE     Hear it: WEEI                            Referees:  Ken Mauer, Bennie Adams and Brent Barnaky  Get your tickets here The Matchup Record: 20-17 (2nd Atlantic, 7th East) Record: 22-17 (1st Atlantic, 4th [...]

Tip: 7:30pm    Court: TD Garden    Watch it:  CSN    Hear it:  WEEI Referees: Ed Malloy, Matt Boland, Brian Forte Get your tickets here The Matchup     Record: 53-23 (1st Atlantic, 3rd East) Record: 40-37 (2nd Atlantic, 6th East) At home: 30-8 On road: 15-25  Streak: Won 1 Streak: Lost 1     Leaders  Leaders Buckets: Pierce (18.8 ppg) [...]

Tip: 7:00pm    Court: Wells Fargo Center    Watch it:  CSN    Hear it:  WEEI The Matchup   Record: 46-16 (1st Atlantic, 1st East) Record: 33-31 (3rd Atlantic, 7th East) On the Road: 19-10 At Home: 21-11 Streak: Lost 1 Streak: Lost 1 Leaders Leaders Buckets: Pierce (19.1 ppg) Buckets: Elton Brand (15.2 ppg) Boards: KG (9.3 rpg) [...]