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3 Things to Watch For: Sixers-Spurs Preview

1. Who plays for San Antonio? Greg Popovich demonstrates how important he feels the NBA regular season is to his wonderfully talented team on a regular basis. He’s been known to essentially throw…Read More

The Truth About Thad

As Sean mentioned yesterday, the Sixers become a much better team when Thaddeus Young steps on the court. They were 6.7 points per 100 possessions (PP100P from now on) better with him on the floor last…Read More

3 Things to Watch For: Celtics-Sixers Preview

1. Intensity First place is on the line. These two teams play different styles – the Sixers like to run up and down (though they are mostly unsuccessful with this, according to pace measures), while…Read More

Thaddeus Young: Difference Maker

Stephane will have more on Thaddeus Young coming up hopefully this weekend, but I saw a trend that I had to point out here. So here it is: The Sixers are a staggeringly better team with Thaddeus Young…Read More

It’s Not All Bad

So in recent games we’ve been pounding our heads on any kind of flat surface. These Sixers in the 4th quarter is a problem. I don’t have to talk about it because you already know. Plus, this…Read More

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3 Things to Watch For: Knicks-Sixers Preview

1. Not the same Knicks team Since the last Sixers-Knicks matchup, New York has swapped head coaches,…Read More

Taking A Look at the Competition

The Sixers get some good fortunes (where have I heard that before) when facing the Knicks and Celtics…Read More

One More Time

Welp folks, this is it. One more time. I’m going to ramble about this team’s flaws and needs…Read More

3 Things to Watch For: Sixers-Bobcats

NOTE: Game is on The Comcast Network tonight, not CSN. 1. Containing the Bobcats’ point guards Charlotte’s…Read More

Red, White, and Blue Power Rankings: 3/11-3/17

Well you may have noticed there were no rankings last week. Not sure what to tell you. There were some…Read More

The Absurdity of Saturday Night

Despite my highly Irish name (my middle name is Patrick, so that’s the clincher), I consider St. Patrick’s Day just another on the calendar, except that ham and cabbage is the dinner (ugh)…Read More

3 Things To Watch For: Sixers-Bulls

1. Chicago’s offense without Derrick Rose The Bulls have the best record for the NBA for many reasons, one of which is their best player: Derrick Rose. Except he won’t be playing tonight.…Read More

3 Things to Watch For: Heat-Sixers

1. How well the Turner-Iguodala combo matches up with Wade-LeBron In the earlier blowouts between these two teams, Doug Collins went with Andre Iguodala defending Dwyane Wade and Evan Turner defending…Read More

Trade Deadline Recap

3PM Eastern marked the 2012 NBA trade deadline, and while it was expected to be quiet it ended up having a good amount of activity. Trade season got started a little bit early when the Milwaukee Bucks…Read More

Turn(er)ing Up the Offense

Evan Turner‘s insertion into the starting lineup was, for many, a long time coming. For others, it looked like a desperation move that had no root in performance. Whatever the reasoning or rationale,…Read More

The Weekly Review (But Really Just Evan Turner)

Wow. Can I sum up the week any better than that? I mean seriously, wasn’t it the week that Sixers fans have been waiting for since June 2010? When Evan Turner finally played like the number two pick…Read More

Trades That Make (Sixer) Sense: Andrea Bargnani

Andrea Bargnani needs a team around him who can do certain things that he cannot. For instance, Bargnani is a terrible overall rebounder despite being 7 feet tall. He’s not great on defensive rotations…Read More

What Wednesday Night Means

I’m going to start this post with some information. Every week, editors of the FanSided NBA sites are required to submit their plans for the week to Andrew Kennedy, editor of Thunderous Intentions…Read More

The Weekly Review

Credit: Howard Smith-US PRESSWIRE So, first I want to say that I skipped last week’s review because of the all star break shortening the previous week. Also, the Sixers had a pretty dismal…Read More

76ers Clutch Theories

Now hold on. I want to make one thing clear here. I take my name “The Writing Clown” very seriously. Today, I’ll be focused on the clown part. We’re going to look at all the possible…Read More

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