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Weekly Prediction: 2-2

The Sixers have a busy week with 4 games between Tuesday and Sunday. Of those 4 games only one of them is against a team with a record worse than their own. The Cavs have all but locked up the top spot in the East and the Heat and Bobcats are in a close battle for the 7th and 8th playoff spots.

The Pacers (20-43) are the worst of the 4 and happen to be the first game of the week. The Sixers are riding off a big double-digit win against the Raptors and should be able to lock this one up. The teams have been pretty evenly matched this year though. That was evident back in January when they played back to back games and each team won 1 by at least 10 points. Read the rest of this entry »

The Sixers are riding a 4 game losing streak into town tonight for a home game with the Boston Celtics. On this four game losing streak, the Sixers are playing some of the league’s best but losing by large margins. They lost each game by an average of 15 points.  The games aren’t even close and it shows us where the Sixers really stand.

They have a chance to pull out of this slump tonight though. They will be home against Boston who is currently the 4th seed in the East. But the Celtics have had their share of troubles as of late. Injuries and age have slowed down the big three and they even lost to the NETS last week. If the Nets can do it, the Sixers have a shot. Read the rest of this entry »

So the Sixers announced today that Iverson’s year with the team was over. Unfortunately, it ended in a way nobody wanted it to- with his young daughter having a health issue serious enough to keep him away from the game. I’m not a parent but I can imagine that he must be going through some serious stuff right now and I wish his family the best.

The 25 game rental of Allen Iverson was fun while it lasted. He put some extra people in the seats, got the Sixers their first All-Star in a while and brought back memories from when this team had heart. Read the rest of this entry »

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We’ve seen the Sixers put together small winning streaks this season and besides that brutal 12 game losing streak, they seem to sneak in a few wins between their losses. I don’t even think that’s going to be possible over the next week and a half though. For the most part, none of their next five games are winnable.

Their brutal stretch of games started on Wednesday night in Phoenix with a double-digit loss to the Suns. It continues tonight with a trip to LA for the Lakers followed by games against the Magic, Hawks, Celtics and Raptors in that order. In other words- they play the defending champions followed by 4 of the top 5 teams in the East. Read the rest of this entry »

Everyone was expecting the Sixers to make a trade.  Some big names being tossed around were Amare and TMac. However those fell through and the Sixers never made moves to acquire a big name player.  However, with the trade deadline approaching, the Sixers did make a move with the Milwaukee Bucks.  It involved four players total and a second round draft pick.  The trade might not be a blockbuster but the Sixers acquired Jodie Meeks, who supposedly was very high on their 2009 draft board.

Here is how the trade looks: Read the rest of this entry »

When will the mayhem stop?  The answer is never.  Until McNabb retires or is traded or released, every off season the same questions will be asked.  This off season, McNabb is staying strong and answering the questions the exact same as he did every previous year.  He wants to be an Eagle…for the rest of his career.  He had a quote recently that I have a lot of respect for.  He said that he believes in staying where you start.  He doesn’t think switching teams is the right way to do it.  McNabb wants to finish what he started and you can’t hate on that.

On another note, Iverson will be forced to miss the NBA All Read the rest of this entry »

When the Sixers signed Allen Iverson (again) we all knew that he would have to sit out some games.  The only difference is that at least I imagined that he would be sitting out to rejuvenate his body or because of some type of disciplinary reasons.  However, the reason he has missed most of his games while with the Sixers this time around is due to the fact that one of his children has been very ill.  He has already sat out the previous three because of this, will now miss AT LEAST two more.

This is a different side of Iverson that many people are not used to seeing.  This really shows the family man side of Iverson, which is good to see. Read the rest of this entry »

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The Sixers are getting hot right before the All-Star break which might throw some kinks into any trades they were thinking about doing. At 19-31, they still aren’t great but their 4 game winning streak is proof this team still has some fight left in it.

Besides a win against the Nets, the other 3 teams they beat in this short winning streak all have much better records than them. They’ve also been putting up a lot of points during the winning streak Read the rest of this entry »

How would you like Amare Stoudemire in a Sixers jersey for the rest of the season? The Sixers don’t seem to like the idea.

It’s no secret that the Sixers’ are trying to make a move before the trade deadline and they’re shopping around Andre Iguodala. There are new rumors almost everyday and, as fans, we don’t know who’ll be going where or if any move will be made at all.

One possible trade that is getting attention is with the Suns. According to various reports from places such as ESPN and CSN Philly, the Suns have made it clear that they would love to have Iggy in Phoenix. The reported deal that interests them would be one that sends Iguodala and Dalembert to the Suns for a package of players including Amare Stoudemire. But the one thing stopping this from happening is Philly- they don’t want to make the move.

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There are plenty of reasons the Sixers haven’t won anything since 2001. But the major problem they have selecting head coaches may be the biggest reason of all.

In the NBA, coaching consistency plays as big a role in building a championship team as the players do. Since the 1989 season, 19 of the 21 NBA championships were won by 5 teams (Pistons, Bulls, Lakers, Rockets, Spurs). Besides talented players, all of those teams had head coaches that can consistently lead their teams to championships. Many of the coaches started in the building phases of the team and led them to greatness multiple times during their tenures.

That’s clearly missing from the Sixers. Since 1979, only 2 of their head coaches have lasted 5 years or more. 1 was Billy Cunningham who brought a championship to Philadelphia in 1983 and the other was Larry Brown who led the Sixers to the NBA Finals in 2001. Read the rest of this entry »