Every Raptors defender is looking at Embiid here.
He handles the extra pressure well and makes a good pass on time to find Seth Curry for a huge 3-pointer.
Your Philadelphia Motherfucking 76ers just went into the Oracle and beat the Golden State Warriors. That's a fucking win. This is a fucking team. Best win since 2001. I'm so fired up I could break Anzejs Pacekniks's 148 pound body in half.
i'm not saying he will, but the CBA clearly states that Daryl is allowed to dip his balls on the foreheads of everyone who said he should trade Ben for Buddy Hield
a dangerously good win for our teenage stoner fuckup sixers who don’t study for tests, fail a group project because they didn’t turn anything in, then ace the SATs and get a full ride to Johns Hopkins
I've been living in a Sixers cave of ballhandlers who can't shoot and shooters who can't dribble and athletes who forgot how to do both, so watching this feels like a near-death hallucination
the idea that potato left out in the rain Jared Dudley got rewarded for starting a fight after a *CLEAN BLOCK* by Embiid resulting in a nonsense flagrant and Jimmy's ejection is an indictment on the NBA and the Nets should be forced to move to Seattle
if Sixers ownership is hinging Brett Brown's job security on him winning a Game 7 on the road vs the current best player in the NBA, with a ~70% Embiid, half the roster barely knowing eachother and the other half unplayable centers, I've been underestimating their toxic ignorance
the Sixers are undefeated in games where Joel rinses Bobby Portis while Giannis watches helplessly allowing Georges Niang to shoot 5-10 from three because Harden told him to as he bullies Maxey into being the fucking man and Korkmaz gets lifted in the air like a baby pig
Embiid turning into the best player in the NBA while Tobias turns into Khris Middleton, Seth turns into Steph, Shake turns into God, and Ben & Joel remake Portrait Of A Lady On Fire have been welcome developments for the best team in the East by record & vibes
decided I'm happy for Jimmy. he told the Sixers to go fuck themselves, and the Sixers fucked themselves all season long and maybe for the next decade. Now he's with a bunch of shirtless dudes in the best shape of their lives. A level of Winning The Breakup we could only dream of.
I didn’t survive the Eddie Jordan era, the Doug Collins era, and the Arnett Moultrie era just to see the most talented Sixers team of my lifetime lose to an alien robot and a pop-rap chunky sweater model
let’s get this fucking W
just heard from a Philadelphia-area laser tag place that Tyrese Maxey is banned from The Deal Zone. he runs too fast up the ramp and he kept firing at kids right when their packs restarted. his picture’s on the wall and everything. untradeable.
Jimmy Butler has led his team to the NBA Finals the year after the Sixers let him go so they could get swept in the first round and I can only hope the Sixers entire front office feels so much shame that they take a serious look in the mirror and fire themselves
just really love when a national broadcast runs down what's happened to the Sixers this year and calmly states the fact that THE PREVIOUS GM WAS FIRED FOR OPERATING MULTIPLE BURNER ACCOUNTS TO PUBLICLY TRASH HIS PLAYERS and then announces james ennis checking in like it's normal
it was a joyless season, a ludicrously ill-fitting roster, a total waste of time for some individually talented & likable players, and a miserable experience for the fans dumb enough to give a shit
fire everyone, sell the team, feel better Tobias
after the way his career started, for Joel to have gotten this good, for this long, while still staying true to the philosophy of Suck It........... he's perfect
Brett Brown will return as the Philadelphia 76ers coach next season, managing partner Josh Harris told ESPN on Monday night. Harris, Brown and GM Elton Brand met today to discuss offseason priorities, including draft and free agency.
I am predictably very sad about Fultz. He was the tailor-made perfect piece to compliment Joel and Ben. But he forgot how to shoot, he broke Embiid's face, and his mom set up cameras to spy on him and here we are. I have boundless empathy for Markelle.
The Brooklyn Nets are trading James Harden to the Philadelphia 76ers for Ben Simmons, Seth Curry, Andre Drummond and two first-round picks, sources tell ESPN.
Embiid, Simmons, and Butler -- who all loathe each other and despite the fake high-fives, haven't spoken in years -- each had 8 assists tonight on an imploding Sixers team that is 2nd in the NBA in assists and 14 games over .500
infinite credit & love to Brett Brown for army-crawling us through Sixers shitstained insanity for the last 7 years and pointedly not thanking Bryan Colangelo in his goodbye letter
sacrificing future assets to win now blows when you're Orlando or Detroit scrotum-clenching for that 8 seed. but when winning the East is on the table, you go get Tobias Harris & go to the goddamn Finals. I've been sixersblogging for a decade, this is what the fuck it was all for
“I’m going to believe Kelly at his word”
-Nick Nurse on Kelly Oubre Jr telling the Sixers that he was hit by a car Saturday night
Nick says Kelly has been riding an exercise bike at the practice facility
on the last
@RTRSPodcast
, I mentioned Freddy, the 7yo family friend who was recently diagnosed with leukemia. the Sixers sent him a bunch of stuff. yesterday, Matisse Thybulle, who lost his mom to leukemia, visited Freddy himself. we got a good one.
the Sixers haven’t had a player who can actually pass, actually dribble, and actually shoot since like Hal Greer. legitimate possibility Philadelphia thinks he’s a witch and sets him on fire
**James Harden** being the guy that takes less money to help teambuild is going to send The Narrative into unprecedented disarray. Skip Bayless in hell. Stephen A has vertigo. Windhorst sigh-complaining to squirrels
ESPN Sources: 76ers star James Harden has declined his $47.3M option and become a free agent. He keeps real the possibility of negotiating a new deal that would deliver the Sixers roster-building flexibility in free agency – including use of the full $10.5M exception.
Embiid missing the first 2 years of his career is nothing compared to the years he’s lost watching Tobias methodically dribble into contested late clock 17-footers off the front rim
the Sixers are:
- locks to make the playoffs
- pushing to host a series
- one of the best defensive teams in the league
- while also being one of the most fun to watch
- ready to offer max money this offseason
honestly we were even more right than we thought
Joel Embiid (tired of watching DeAndre Jordan repeatedly fall through a trapdoor and plummet into Balrog’s abyss in Moria forced to reckon with his own mortality from a simple pick & roll) will try to play tonight.
every Sixers playoffs is a thoroughly unpleasant experience that takes years off my life, so I hope to be miserable for two months straight then die at the parade. let’s go
seeing ~97% support for the Harden trade, but to the other 3%:
-it is JAMES HARDEN
-forcing his way to THE SIXERS
-the team Andrei Kirilenko decided to RETIRE rather than play for
caring about Josh Harris's 2027 luxury tax bill? buddy the earth is dying, let me get that ring
-poor spacing
-no communication on defense
-good players suddenly losing motor function
-sloppy turnovers
-visible friction
-random mediocre player absolutely going off
-blowing a big lead
-Embiid to the locker room
Sixers ramming an entire season's storylines into one game
can't give up Maxey in a Harden trade. not just because Maxey is a perfect angel who I already put in my will, but bc when you're paying Harden a $fuckload til he's 83, the Sixers (who will max Tyrese when Tobias expires) need him carrying the offense for the last of Joel's prime
Melton is an absolute balls-on accurate perfect fit next to Maxey and Harden, I've been in love with him for six years, and sometimes you gotta pass up the boat for a sickass jetski
Ben Simmons Trade Destinations, Ranked Comedically:
7. Magic (fultz & mcw)
6. The Utah Rookies
5. An Expansion Team Comprised Of Kendall Jenner’s Exes
4. Heat (literally jimmy)
3. Celtics
2. Four-Team Trade Where He Goes Back To The Sixers Due To Clerical Error
1. Hawks
losing Boban and TJ on the same day is really testing whether I actually want the Sixers to be good, or to just collect cute boys who are sweet to each other
Sources: 76ers All-NBA star Joel Embiid suffered a right orbital fracture and mild concussion in series-clinching Game 6 win last night in Toronto. He will be listed as out and there is no timetable for his return.
bottom line there is no athlete I've ever felt a closer emotional connection to than Joel Embiid and no matter what happens I will love him for the rest of my life
brandon ingram shoots 7-20 with 0 assists every single game, gets praised by killer instinct fetishists like
@andrewsharp
&
@KevinOConnorNBA
, commandeers every crunch time possession, and goes home with a freakishly skinny L
a decade of parsing every Sixers transaction and pick protections and knee tendons and
#1
picks forgetting how to shoot only for BRICKEN for fucking CHICKEN to be what jumpstarts a Sixers playoff run
-happy for Markelle
-sixers fans gave him more rope than any athlete in philadelphia ever
-getting paid like that after losing the ability to do ~33% of the job is my dream
-i respect the Magic for deciding to never be good but still beat the Sixers 3x a year 89-83
-fuck a DeVos
SIXERS FIRST ROUND PICKS WHO PLAYED RIGHT AWAY:
MCW
Okafor
Luwawu
SIXERS WHO SAT AT LEAST A YEAR:
Nerlens
Embiid
Dario
Simmons
Korkmaz
Fultz (counting him)
[Zhaire]
there's nothing more Process than injuring your good rookies
-Jo remains The Guy
-I keep waiting for Tobi's D & creation to regress! they aren't! he's good!
-Ben FTs yay
-Josh a dog <3
-Matisse block in front of C's bench, hope Ainge's retinas burn like bad piss
-no analyst on TNT has ever made a correct point even by accident
-fuck boston
Philadelphia 76ers guard Kelly Oubre Jr. was a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle in Center City, Philadelphia tonight and is receiving treatment at a local hospital, a Sixers spokesman tells ESPN. Oubre Jr., is currently in stable condition.
we gotta devise a way for the Sixers to make a long satisfying playoff run without them having to actually play playoff games which are some of the worst experiences of my life
Bball Paul, who has not accrued a single statistic tonight, is the most important player in the entire playoffs and Doc Rivers is not invited to his statue unveiling