In the second round of the NBA draft Thursday the Sixers selected Adem Bona, the Pac-10 defensive player of the year out of UCLA. The…
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CAMDEN, N.J. — The Sixers left their options open, but played it straight and let the NBA Draft fall to them Wednesday. With the 16th…
CAMDEN, N.J. — The Sixers’ season ended early, on their home floor for the third time in four years, with superstar Joel Embiid hobbled and…
PHILADELPHIA — Paul George, LeBron James or Pascal Siakam? With an estimated $60 million in salary cap space and chief of basketball operations Daryl Morey…
PHILADELPHIA — There wasn’t a signature play down the stretch that told the story of Game 6 between the Sixers and the Knicks Thursday. Instead,…
PHILADELPHIA — Over a dozen NBA seasons divided among six teams, Sixers guard Cameron Payne has been on the floor for a lot of larger-than-life…
CAMDEN, N.J. — Enough is enough. That’s how Philadelphia basketball expatriate Dawn Staley, the coach of NCAA Tournament women’s champion South Carolina feels about Sixers…
NEW YORK — There was Joel Embiid’s repaired knee, the Bells palsy affecting his right eye. There was Tobias Harris’ fade into basketball oblivion and…
NEW YORK — The ‘Nova Knicks, as Wildcats alums Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and Donte DiVincenzo are known around the Philly area, have made a…
PHILADELPHIA — The day began with a laugh, Sixers public address announcer Matt Cord appealing humorously to the primal instincts of Philly and New York…
PHILADELPHIA — With eight minutes left, the Knicks had the Sixers and Joel Embiid right where they wanted them. It wasn’t so much the six-point…
PHILADELPHIA — Usually, jumping at an opportunity is metaphorical. To watch Cameron Payne on the 76ers bench, though, it’s much more literal. “I hop around…
PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid took in the question late Thursday night like it was a big man charging down the lane. He’d just divulged the…
CAMDEN, N.J. — De’Anthony Melton, who has battled a back injury that has limited him to 38 Sixers games and yo-yoed him in the lineup,…
NEW YORK — The Sixers dominated the first five minutes of their opening round playoff game with the New York Knicks so much Saturday that…
NEW YORK — It’s been a while since a Philly sports coach finished a hotly contested game with a $39 million starter on the bench.…