Photo by Lance King/Getty Images We should all be rooting for the Sixers to keep their top-six-protected first-round pick, but there would be one drawback if they do. As the Sixers near the end of their injury-ravaged 2024-25 campaign, they’re locked in an epic battle with the Toronto Raptors and Brooklyn Nets for extra ping-pong balls. Every loss matters for the Sixers … [Read more...] about The salary-cap implications of the Sixers keeping their 2025 first-round draft pick
There are the Sixers and then there are blatantly tanking teams
Sam Navarro-Imagn Images Just because the Sixers appear on their way to winning the NBA’s second tank war for the fifth slot in the lottery standings doesn’t mean they ever had serious intentions to lose games. Coming off their 12th consecutive loss on Monday night in Miami, the Sixers are still mathematically alive for the fourth-best odds at the first overall pick in … [Read more...] about There are the Sixers and then there are blatantly tanking teams
Editor-in-chief-mailbag: PG’s future, Embiid’s knee, Queen’s game
Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images Plenty of questions surrounding the Sixers as their present and future could collide in a hurry this offseason. With another loss in the books, the Sixers are close to clinching the fifth-best NBA Draft lottery odds. If they do keep their first-round pick this season, it will fall in the top six, setting up an interesting collision … [Read more...] about Editor-in-chief-mailbag: PG’s future, Embiid’s knee, Queen’s game
NBA Games to watch in the season’s fateful final week
Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images Playoff previews, implications, and intensity to cap off a wild NBA season. Let’s do this. And just like that, we have one week of NBA regular season action left. While that will lead to sighs of relief for Sixers fans, a brief respite of stress and anger until the draft lottery rolls around, many teams in the association are in … [Read more...] about NBA Games to watch in the season’s fateful final week
Sixers travel for final matchup against the Miami Heat
Kyle Ross-Imagn Images The Sixers are on the final road trip of the season starting with a game in Miami Monday against the Heat. The Philadelphia 76ers are coming off their 11th straight loss, most recently falling to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Their tank rolls on to Miami for their final matchup of the 2024–25 season against the Heat. Speaking of losses, a defeat to … [Read more...] about Sixers travel for final matchup against the Miami Heat