Photo by Mitchell Leff/Getty Images Nobody knows exactly what the 2025-26 Sixers will look like, but I did my best to answer your questions in my latest mailbag. The last three weeks have felt like three months. With everything that’s happened, there isn’t much need for a long preamble. Let’s get right into your questions. andrewtoneysgoodfoot Crazy idea: what … [Read more...] about Editor-in-Chief mailbag: What are the 2025-26 Sixers?
Now more than ever, it’s time for the Sixers to become Tyrese Maxey’s team
Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images ESPN’s recent feature about Joel Embiid helped illuminate the Sixers’ need for Tyrese Maxey to seize control of the leadership role this year. I don’t know about you guys, but I’m still shook by the Joel Embiid feature from ESPN’s Dotun Akintoye last week. If you haven’t read it, stop what you’re doing—yes, that even … [Read more...] about Now more than ever, it’s time for the Sixers to become Tyrese Maxey’s team
Editor-in-Chief mailbag: Let’s talk about it!
A whole lot has happened since our last mailbag. Hit me with all your Sixers-related questions. Some stuff has happened since the last time I did a mailbag. The Sixers took VJ Edgecombe — who subsequently had a stellar summer league debut — third overall and Johni Broome 35th overall in the 2025 NBA Draft. The team signed Trendon Watford and lost Guerschon Yabusele. The … [Read more...] about Editor-in-Chief mailbag: Let’s talk about it!
From Jokic to Doncic to Vucevic, the bond of the NBA’s Balkan Boys is strong
Photo by Jeff Haynes/NBAE via Getty Images Long past the fall of Yugoslavia, Nikola Vucevic and the NBA’s other Balkan Boys embrace each other as brothers. “Once Brothers,” a documentary produced by ESPN 15 years ago, detailed the friendship that developed between Vlade Divac and Drazen Petrovic as they starred on Yugoslavia’s emerging national team in the late … [Read more...] about From Jokic to Doncic to Vucevic, the bond of the NBA’s Balkan Boys is strong
ESPN’s feature might help explain why the Sixers extended Joel Embiid
Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images The relationship between Embiid and the Sixers has been frayed at times over the years, which perhaps explains why they rushed to extend him last offseason. After shelling out max contracts to Paul George and Tyrese Maxey during the 2024 offseason, the Sixers weren’t done quite yet. Shortly before training camp began, … [Read more...] about ESPN’s feature might help explain why the Sixers extended Joel Embiid