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Colangelo Brings Credibility to the 76ers
Jerry Colangelo has a great deal of experience as an NBA executive. The 76ers' new Chairman of Basketball Operations and special adviser to managing owner Josh Harris began working in the league 47 years ago...
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Tate George Faces Sentencing in Fraud Case
Image courtesy of the NBA/YouTube. A former NBA player who starred at the University of Connecticut faces sentencing in New Jersey in a federal fraud case. Tate George was convicted two years ago on four...
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Porzingis All-Star Push?
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . Kristaps Porzingis will be in Toronto on All-Star weekend in February regardless, participating in a new version of the Rookie-Sophomore Game. Whether the Knicks’ 7-foot-3 phenom gets to play...
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Carmelo Frustrated as Losses Pile Up
Image courtesy of Jose Martinez/Flickr . For the first time this season, there seemed to be genuine concern coming from coach Derek Fisher and the Knicks locker room. A dejected Carmelo Anthony stepped up the...
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Nik Stauskas Needs to Find His Swagger Again
Image courtesy of the Philadelphia 76ers/Facebook . “He’s cocky, he’s confident, he’s totally unafraid.” That’s how NBA draft analyst, Jay Bilas, described Nik Stauskas leading up to the 2014 NBA Draft. Like Jalen Rose and...
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Tears, Jeers, and Paralyzing Fears: Mavericks Fall to Texas Rivals
Screen capture courtesy of the NBA/YouTube. Following the Dallas Mavericks 100-96 loss to the visiting Houston Rockets on Friday evening, the locker room was dangerously sullen. With an avoirdupois that is usually only reserved for...
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Philly Says Goodbye to Kobe, Sixers Say Goodbye to Losing Streak!!
Image courtesy of the Philadelphia 76ers/Facebook . As the clock trickled down and the final buzzer rang, the end of an era had finally arrived. On a night dedicated to the late Moses Malone ,...
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Fantasy Basketball: The Deep Dish
Image courtesy of Keith Allison/Flickr . We're on the sixth week of the NBA season and it's time to show some love to those fantasy basketball managers slogging it out in deep leagues. I'm playing...
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Rondogate 2.0-ish: Dominating In Purple and Black
Screen capture courtesy of the NBA/YouTube. As hungry journalists stared anxiously at the story unfolding on the court of the Sleep Train Arena, fans donning purple and black yelled in sing-song tones that seemed to...
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Turnovers Doom Sixers in 92-84 Loss to Grizzlies
Image courtesy of the Philadelphia 76ers/Facebook . The Philadelphia 76ers committed 25 turnovers and were held without a field goal for nearly seven minutes in the fourth quarter as they fell 92-84 to the Memphis...
