Joel Embiid Offers 70 More Reasons As To Why He Belongs Among the Game’s All-Time Greats

by gordie | Jan 23, 2024 | NBA, Philadelphia 76ers

Once again Joel Embiid walked with giants Monday. Those known by their first names (Wilt, Kobe). Those known by their initials (MJ, AI). Those who are members of a very exclusive club. This is no longer a surprise. This is the company Embiid has been keeping for a...

An Ode to the Valley Forge exit, and Caldwell Jones’ Miller Lites

by gordie | Jan 14, 2024 | NBA, Philadelphia 76ers

Before the Sixers hosted Portland earlier this season, I asked Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups about the maturation process of young guards, two of whom – Scoot Henderson, the No. 3 overall pick by the Blazers last June, and Tyrese Maxey, the Sixers’ budding star...

Nick Nurse and Chris Finch: Forever ‘Circling Each Other,’ While Living Parallel Lives

by gordie | Dec 23, 2023 | NBA

Wednesday night’s game was over. The 76ers had beaten the Minnesota Timberwolves, and now the music was swelling in the Wells Fargo Center: Clap your hands, everybody … Etc., etc.  T-Wolves coach Chris Finch rose from his seat on the team’s bench and headed toward...

Charissa Thompson Cripples Her Own Credibility, and (Possibly) Her Career

by gordie | Nov 18, 2023 | Journalism

Many years ago I received a phone call from a high school basketball coach who claimed that while he was quoted in a game story that appeared in a publication competing with mine, the sportswriter covering the game never interviewed him. “I mean, it sounded like...

Sixers Might Do Well to Sit on Their Assets, Since Robert Covington and Nicolas Batum Have Short-Term Value as Well

by gordie | Nov 10, 2023 | NBA

In an interesting bit of full-circle-ness, Robert Covington departed the 76ers in the trade that brought Jimmy Butler from Minnesota five years ago, and returned to Philadelphia in the trade that sent James Harden to the Clippers nine days ago. “I’m glad I’m...