Sixers President Hinkie Keeps Eye On Future
Sam Hinkie has already made sweeping changes in his short tenure as Philadelphia's president and general manager.
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Sam Hinkie has already made sweeping changes in his short tenure as Philadelphia's president and general manager.
Lebron James and Kobe Bryant play different positions, play in different conferences, and aren't particularly close in age. Still, because James is the one who has taken the "best player in the league" crown from Bryant, the two are compared regularly.
Charles Barkley cemented his place as one of the best interviews in sports radio on Tuesday morning.
This week's made up trade for the Sixers is a three-team trade with the Rockets and the Bulls.
he WIP Morning Show announced their Winners and Weasels for the week of August 23, 2013.
Getting fired was the best thing to ever happen to Charlie Manuel in Philadelphia. Imagine he plays out the season, and the Phillies continue to play as poorly as they had. Charlie leaves, everyone is miserable, the season sort of fades away into nothingness.
A report from SLAM Magazine says Allen Iverson will retire from the NBA in the coming days.
Sixers coach Brett Brown says Sam Hinkie was one of the main reasons he decided to take the job.
In this week's made-up trade, the Sixers are involved in a three-team deal with the Nuggets and Thunder.
Sixers decide not to retain any assistant coaches, including Michael Curry and Aaron McKie.
This is the part of the Eagles preseason that is usually pretty tough to get through. It's like coming down off of a caffeine high. When training camp starts, everyone is so fired up. Then there's the first preseason game, and everyone's fired up. And then we have to wait an entire month through terrible football and lesser storylines until we get an actual game.
Philadelphia 76ers owner Josh Harris and business partner David Blitzer on Thursday bought the Devils and the lease to the Prudential Center from Jeff Vanderbeek for $320 million.
When you say it out loud, it does sound pretty crazy. "The owners of the Sixers are purchasing the New Jersey Devils. And Scott O'Neil, the CEO of the Sixers will also be the CEO of the Devils." Sure, it's not the first time one ownership group has owned teams in different markets. But the Devils are one of the Flyers biggest rivals, so this is new territory.
The New England native and former San Antonio Spurs assistant is now the head coach of the 76ers. During Brown's younger days, he would go watch the Celtics play the 76ers when it was one of the best rivalries in all of sports. It helped build Brown's love for basketball as well as his respect for the 76ers franchise.
Brett Brown is introduced as new coach of the Sixers, and knows it will be a tough job.
Check out a potential four-team trade for the Sixers that involves the Lakers, Warriors and Rockets.
Meek Mill has "made it" in the music world. Dion Waiters has "made it" in the basketball world. And both are coming back to where they came from, Philadelphia, to show others how to make it too.
The top three most loved and hated sports figures this week in Philadelphia.
Much like the search itself, the Sixers negotiations with Brett Brown took a little time. All's well that ends well.
Another week, another controversy. With that, another controversy that doesn't really matter.Sixers owner Josh Harris wants to buy the Devils. Cue the outrage.
When you stare at the Sixers roster, you wonder how they'll make it to 75 points on any given night. Perhaps Spencer Hawes is looking at the same thing and thinking of taking some of the scoring load himself this season.
At long last, the Sixers may have their coach.
A new era in Eagles football starts tonight, and that is a super big deal. I mean, it will be a big deal for about a quarter, and then the game will devolve into preseason slop like it always does, but it's still football.
Joshua Harris and the group that owns the Philadelphia 76ers could be looking to expand their sports empire to the NHL.
