Casual Saturday Sixers Links Occasionally Forgets About Casual Friday

Welcome to another edition of Casual Friday Saturday Sixers Links!

Housekeeping:

• Did I just root for the Sixers to win last night? Yes, yes I did. And it felt so......different.

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BEST OF LIBERTY BALLERS:

Andrew Wiggins and Asking Questions Through Statistics - Derek Bodner
Because stats require context.

The Pleasantly Surprising Flourishing of Henry Sims - Jake Fischer
Henry Sims will never love America like Spencer Hawes.

WHO HE PLAY FOR? A Sixers Roster Full Of Delightful Anonymity - Michael Levin
This week's Caj is late because Levin locked me up in a dungeon for not remembering Brandon Davies.

2014 NBA Draft Sixers Big Board: LB Compiled, Volume 2.0 Featuring A Unanimous Andrew Wiggins - LB Staff
Now with less Bogdan Bogdanovic!

Nerlens Noel Won't Play, But His Vertical Has Improved - Jake Fischer
Horrid Shithead > Nerlens Noel

SIXERS AND OTHER BASKETBALL-RELATED LINKS:

Overcoming tougher NBA playoff defense wins championship - SB Nation
"That's not true. Defense wins championships." - Doug Collins texts whilst caressing a Kwame Brown photo.

FAU hires Michael Curry as men's basketball coach - Sun Sentinel
We'll always have the 2013 Summer League. Also ONLY THREE MONTHS UNTIL 2014 SUMMER LEAGUE SO PUMPED YOU GUYS

Learning from the Best - SLAM Online
Our very own Jake Fischer with an MCW article for SLAM Online.

Shabazz Napier will be one of the most divisive prospects in the 2014 NBA Draft - SB Nation
Meanwhile LeBron continues to draw comparisons to Michael Jordan.

April 10th, 2014 Sixers Beat - Draft Edition - Sixers Beat
Derek and Rich podcasting about Wiggins, Embiid, Exum, and Parker? Derek and Rich podcasting about Wiggins, Embiid, Exum, and Parker.

Pokemon NBA - Imgur
Because you all want to know exactly what the Sixers logo would look like it were it a Pokemon (SPOILER ALERT: Ninetales)

The lessons of Princess Lacey - SB Nation
Anyone who followed Adreian Payne and Michigan State this season will know this story; a story that ended too soon. RIP Lacey Holsworth.

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Now, discuss! Happy Friday!