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...
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...
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...
by gordie | Jun 4, 2023 | NBA
Tyler Smith once played basketball at Penn State, and as a pro seemingly everywhere else. Gives him a wider worldview, one that is particularly valuable now, given the fact that a certain crew-cutted Serbian has turned the NBA playoffs into his own personal showcase....
by gordie | May 13, 2023 | NBA
Well, the Golden State Warriors were fun while they lasted. But Friday night’s series-deciding loss to the Lakers in the Western Conference semifinals feels like a crossroads moment. In a basketball sense, it feels like the Day the Music Died. A pity, because for the...
by gordie | May 12, 2023 | NBA
The mind goes back 41 years ago to another Sixers-Celtics Game Six, on another May night in another Philadelphia arena – the Spectrum, which used to sit across the parking lot from the Sixers’ current home, the Wells Fargo Center, but now is a parking lot. Then, as...
