Allen Iverson Comes Home To The Sixers To Retire
Allen Iverson came back to Philadelphia to announce his retirement on Wednesday, three years after he last played in the NBA.
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Allen Iverson came back to Philadelphia to announce his retirement on Wednesday, three years after he last played in the NBA.
You can love Lebron James, or you can hate Lebron James. Either way, you've got to appreciate his greatness.
Rebuilding is the kind word for it, tanking is the word most people use, but they're both words that indicate one specific thing about this year's Sixers: they're going to lose, a lot.
On Wednesday, Allen Iverson will officially announce his retirement from the NBA. Until that day, he's keeping busy getting dunked on... sort of.
The idea of rebuilding in the NBA is certainly more fun in theory than it is in reality. Tanking, as many call it, even at its most pure, is the practice of knowingly putting an inferior product on the court in the short-term, in exchange for the possibility of long-term success.
The Sixers cut their roster down to 16 by cutting four players, including Royce White and Khalif Wyatt.
Though Charles Barkley and Michael Vick played different sports, with different degrees of success in Philadelphia, they will both go down in Philadelphia sports history together in one particular category: lightning rods.
You know your favorite team is rebuilding when a projection of 24 wins is disappointing because it's too high. Alas, here are your 2013-14 Philadelphia 76ers.
J.J. Barea scored 22 points, Kevin Love added 19 and the Minnesota Timberwolves cruised past the Philadelphia 76ers 125-102 in a preseason game Wednesday night.
After weeks, months, of finding a way to trade Thaddeus Young and Spencer Hawes, and once in a while Evan Turner, we gave made-up trade-master Ethan Giles (on Twitter @Giles1228) a week to work with other teams.
Athletes have wanted to be musicians, and musicians have wanted to be athletes. That doesn't always mean they should try, but that doesn't always stop them.
The 94WIP Morning Show decides that Joe Banner is the one man most to blame for the sad state of Philadelphia sports.
Turner, who had 14 points, was the national player of the year for the Buckeyes as a junior in 2010 before deciding to enter the NBA Draft, where he was the second overall selection.
Apparently LeBron James' football dream isn't dead because he wants to play in one NFL games before it's over.
Allen Iverson will be making it official, and he'll be doing it with the team that drafted him.
Ben Gordon scored 22 points off the bench, and the Charlotte Bobcats cruised to a 110-84 preseason win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday.
The Sixers new slogan is "Together We Build," and they're giving people a chance to see what they're building with... up close.
Lebron James is no longer chasing his first championship. With two rings, and four MVPs, now James is chasing history. With his place as one of the game's greatest all-time players cemented, the only question now is where on the list James will fall.
Since the last made up trade column, the Sixers have actually started playing basketball.
Evan Turner scored 23 points for the Sixers, and Thaddeus Young and Michael Carter-Williams both scored 12.
Spencer Hawes had 17 points and seven rebounds and Evan Turner added 12 points and eight rebounds for the Sixers, who won their first preseason game on this side of the Atlantic Ocean after playing two earlier this week in Europe.
Put this one in the category of, "things that might make the internet break in Philadelphia."
Nerlens Noel hasn't played a game in Philadelphia yet, and he might not until 2014. But he's already trying to fit right in.
