Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
The Philadelphia 76ers (often referred to as the Sixers) are a professional basketball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Donnie Walsh, the former basketball chief in Indiana and New York, hated the NBA Draft Lottery, once calling it "a convention of losers.
"Walsh, a competitive guy, always hated being in North Jersey (now Times Square) for the lottery because it meant he wasn't doing his job and instead of basking in the excitement of sold out arenas for playoff games, it was all about a television studio and a bunch of ping-pong balls.In fact, nothing has been more aptly titled than the NBA Draft Lottery.Just like some ham-and-egger that spent the last of his paycheck on a Mega- Millions ticket, bad NBA teams gather, bring lucky trinkets or in the case of Dan Gilbert, his neurofibromatosis-afflicted son, and hope things turn out for the best.Sure a cognizant, well-designed plan, implemented over a number of years by well-respected basketball people is probably a better option than hoping your number comes up but that takes time and in our short-attention-span culture, that's the one thing few teams have...Once Derrick Rose went down with a torn ACL, this is the matchup nearly everyone envisioned in the Eastern Conference Finals -- LeBron James and the Miami Heat again...
The underdog Philadelphia 76ers have some fight left in them, forcing a deciding Game 7 in the Eastern Conference semifinals with an 82-75 victory over the cold-shoo...
Point guard Rajon Rondo stepped up to save the day in the final minutes as the Boston Celtics held off the Philadelphia 76ers 85-75 in their decisive Game Seven on S...
When Paul Pierce fouled out with 4:16 remaining, the 76ers had an opening to repeat their Game 7 magic from 30 years ago in Boston, but Rajon Rondo wouldn't let the ...
Andre Iguodala squared up for a 3-pointer from the wing like he had hundreds of times in his career.This shot was different from all the others.Iguodala continued a ...
Chicago Bulls team physician Brian Cole provided an update on Derrick Rose and said the star point guard could be sidelined the next 8-to-12 months following surgery...
Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose had surgery on Saturday to repair his torn anterior cruciate ligament.The team said on Saturday that the surgery was successful whil...
Give coach Tom Thibodeau credit.Evan after his No. 1-seeded Chicago Bulls were jettisoned by the upstart Philadelphia 76ers in the most painful way possible, Thibode...
For one night at least Kevin Garnett and the Boston Celtics made us all put away the age jokes.There were no cracks about Garnett sitting next to Moses in history cl...
Ray Allen was out on the perimeter like so many times before during a 16-year career in which he's established himself as the most prolific 3-point shooter in NBA hi...
The Boston Celtics held off the Philadelphia 76ers 85-75 in their decisive Game Seven on Saturday to advance to the NBA'S Eastern Conference finals against the Miami...
Boston Celtics guard Avery Bradley, who did not play in the last two games of an Eastern Conference semifinal against the Philadelphia 76ers, will miss the remainder...
The Philadelphia 76ers ground out an 82-75 win over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday to force a deciding Game Seven in their Eastern Conference second-round playoff s...
The Philadelphia 76ers ground out an 82-75 win over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday to force a deciding Game Seven in their Eastern Conference second-round playoff s...
The Philadelphia 76ers are on the brink of elimination because they couldn't stop Brandon Bass.An afterthought in a star-studded Boston lineup that includes three fu...
Might as well show up.That could be the Philadelphia 76ers' motto as they prepare to face off with long-time rival Boston in the deciding Game 7 of the Eastern Confe...
The Philadelphia 76ers missed a golden opportunity to send a message to the heavily favored Boston Celtics in their Eastern Conference semifinals set during Saturday...
For younger fans, the rivalry between the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics doesn't really exist.But, older followers of The Association know better and if you g...
For younger fans, the rivalry between the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics doesn't exist.But, older followers of The Association know better and if you grew up ...
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