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Pre-Season: Sixers Dominate Knicks in Finale
Box Score Posting and Toasting The Knicks – a team full of hyalophobics to begin with – were without Amare Stoudemire, Danilo Gallinari and Wilson Chandler tonight. Nonetheless, it was nice to finally see the Sixers dominate every facet of a game from start to finish. The pre-season's...
Pre-Season: Sixers Fall to Raptors in Double OT; Jrue Records Triple-Double
Box Score Raptors HQ Update: Speights left the game with a strained hamstring. The scheduled broadcast mysteriously disappearing from League Pass's lineup caused me to miss tonight's game. Here are a few thoughts about the numbers I see in the box score. If any of you watched the game, give...
Pre-Season: Sixers Get First Win, Against JV Celtics
Box Score CelticsBlog During the first three quarters I was convinced the Sixers were going to lose to the Celtics without Rondo, Allen, Pierce, Garnett and Shaq. Luckily, a fourth quarter comeback led by Mo Speezy (15 points in the period), helped the Sixers avoid: starting the pre-season 0-4, a...
Sixers Training Camp: Thaddeus Young at Small Forward; Holiday/Turner not clicking
Sixers training camp wrapped up this weekend and tomorrow we'll finally get to see them in action vs. the Nets. The big news of the weekend was Doug Collins saying that he would not use Thaddeus Young at power forward this season, only small forward. Whether he keeps his word or not remains to be...
Sixers Training Camp: The Legend of Jrue Holiday
Tanner's en route to Maryland as we speak, so I'm taking over the linking duties for today. Normally the paragraph before the jump is dedicated to hip-hop and LOST, but I retired from hip-hop after high school and I only watch TV shows that start with Jersey and end with Shore. So that's what I'll...
Fagan: Day 1 of Sixers Training Camp
Kate Fagan's post on Day 1 of Sixers training camp is a must-read. Below are a few quotes and tidbits I found interesting, along with my commentary. Collins was running through some 5-on-0 drills and he initially used a "starting" lineup of PG Jrue Holiday, SG Iguodala, SF Thaddeus Young, PF...
Player Preview: Evan Turner
Evan Turner will be -- by far -- be the most difficult player to accurately preview. Unlike the other 13 guys, I haven't watched The Villain play 80+ NBA games and I barely have any statistics at my disposal. I'll do my best after the jump. Past Previews: Jrue Holiday Lou Williams Click here for...
Doug Collins: Turnaround Artist, Teacher and Defensive Mind
Instant improvement Throughout Collins' career he's gained the reputation as a "miracle man" of sorts. The three teams he's taken over (Chicago in '86, Detroit in '95 and Washington in '01) have improved their win total by an average of 15 games, and their defensive efficiency ranking by an...
Orlando Summer League: The Villan's Sixers debut
The Orlando Summer League kicks off tonight and I couldn't be more excited. After a depressing 2009-2010 season, the bizarro Princeton Offense and Eddie Jordan, tonight should be a nice shot in the arm for all the die-hard Sixers fans. The Lottery and Draft were fan-f'ing-tastic, but tonight we get...
Sixers to hire Doug Collins
Update #2: Kate Fagan has the breakdown of Collins' assistants ... Various NBA sources indicated that Collins could potentially fill out three spots on his staff with Michael Curry (who Collins coached while with Detroit), Brian James (who was on Collins' staffs in Detroit and Washington) and...
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