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Daniel Olinger

5 days

Additionally, if any sites out there are looking for someone to write and/or talk about basketball for them, or any teams are looking for scouts, my DM's are always open. Been out of college for a year, still searching for my first full-time job, hoping to make progress there!

Daniel Olinger

@dan_olinger

5 days

Wanted to thank everyone who followed and supported me here in my first year covering the Sixers for @RTRSPodcast . Had an incredible time, and hope everyone enjoyed the articles I wrote and the videos I posted. The support really does mean the world to me.

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4 months

Nick Foles has the same number of career playoff wins as Dak Prescott and Tony Romo COMBINED

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3 years

Baylor to Drew Timme and Corey Kispert

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5 months

I nearly leapt out of my seat in press row

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Furkan Korkmaz just made the greatest pass I've ever seen

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Trading for Buddy Hield — Good! He'll make them better. Trading Pat Bev for Cam Payne — Pretty unnecessary, Payne is worse than Bev, don't understand it. Trading Jaden Springer to their arch rival for a 2nd round pick — I fell to my knees and cried out in pain.

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6 months

Perhaps the most important shot in Philadelphia 76ers' history

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16 days

Here's Nick Nurse repeatedly calling timeout and the referees ignoring him the whole time

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16 days

"I called timeout. The referee looked right at me, and ignored me. Tyrese Maxey got the ball. I called timeout again, he ignored me again. Then the melee started." – Nick Nurse at his postgame presser on what happened at the end of the game.

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16 days

"I called timeout. The referee looked right at me, and ignored me. Tyrese Maxey got the ball. I called timeout again, he ignored me again. Then the melee started." – Nick Nurse at his postgame presser on what happened at the end of the game.

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Daniel Olinger

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2 months

One of the best 90 second sequences I've ever seen from any basketball player ever. Ant Edwards is absolutely incredible.

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Daniel Olinger

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1 month

Total list of NBA Players with three 50-point games this season: - Tyrese Maxey - Joel Embiid - Devin Booker

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21 days

Nico Batum said postgame he was able to block Tyler Herro's 3 in the clutch because the Sixers coaching staff showed him the exact the play the Heat ended up running just a minute before. "Coaches showed me that play literally like a minute before. So I was expecting that play."

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“The steps that [Maxey] has taken every single year has been amazing. Hardest worker I’ve ever been around … he’s been our best player this season … it’s like finally we have this one guy who’s just a franchise player who’s always happy.” Joel Embiid on Tyrese Maxey:

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Daniel Olinger

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2 months

Watch the way Lowry waits for Martin to fall, then needlessly jumps back over him to get the foul call lol

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@dan_olinger

2 months

Pretty sure Lowry just purposefully passed up an open layup in order to jump backward and fall over an injured Caleb Martin on the ground to get an And-One layup instead

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Is there a sports moment that traumatized your team's fanbase, yet is celebrated by the rest of the league as one of the greatest moments in history?

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3 months

Furkan might be the greatest garbage time passer in NBA history

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3 months

That pass right there is why Furkan Korkmaz got 47,000 All-Star fan votes

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3 months

Joel Embiid missed the first 2 seasons of his career with severe foot injuries, while also enduring the trauma of losing his younger brother, and pushed through all of it to become a generational basketball player. He deserves far better than the way some people talk about him.

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Daniel Olinger

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21 days

“[Batum] has guarded the smallest guys like Trae Young to the tallest man in the NBA like Wemby. His defensive versatility is second to none. Tonight he guarded Herro, Butler, Bam, what’s he’s done for this team has been remarkable.” Tyrese Maxey on Nico Batum:

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Daniel Olinger

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2 months

Never gonna stop laughing thinking about this. Nick Nurse saw Tobias Harris throw one inbound pass and said, "Never again." Immediately subbed in Nico Batum, who was DNP the entire game up to that point, just so he could throw one pass and sub out again.

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Daniel Olinger

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13 days

Josh Hart did not have a single game during the regular season where he hit 4 threes. He has hit 4 threes in every single game of the Sixers-Knicks series.

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10 days

The Sixers are down 3-1 in a series where they’ve been out scored by just 4 points total

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6 months

Full 2 minute highlight reel from Tyrese Maxey's 50-point masterpiece He's a superstar

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2 years

The 6-7 Philadelphia Eagles have a better point differential than the 9-3 Green Bay Packers, the 8-4 Baltimore Ravens, and the 8-4 Tennessee Titans.

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13 days

Buddy Hield going 3 games without hitting a single three while Josh Hart is 9-for-17 from three is really something

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4 months

High school coaches will be showing this clip of Dante Exum to their teams for generations

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21 days

The sequence that won the Sixers the game: 1) Jaquez swipes down on Embiid, gives the Sixers free throws 2) Lowry poke-around steal, Batum saves the ball, Embiid 3 in transition 3) Embiid circus shot and-one off the O board 4) Embiid doubled, finds Oubre for another and-one

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5 months

Maxey hitting a step back 3 over Shake Milton

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“I know [Joel] had 50, but his voice, his presence, his passion was huge. He didn’t let us get pushed around. They were trying to push us around, be aggressive w/ us, and he set the tone early. We’re not going for that. We’re not getting pushed around.” Maxey on Joel Embiid:

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1 month

The best pass of Ricky Council IV’s young career and it’s not close

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3 months

NBA Players with multiple 50-Point games this season: - Joel Embiid - Tyrese Maxey - Luka Doncic - Giannis Antetokounmpo - Devin Booker

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4 months

“If they went to the timeout to draw something up, we would switch up [our defense]. We’d go 1-3-1 zone, 2-3 zone, and even a Box-and-One.” Tobias Harris on how Nick Nurse always changes the Sixers defense after a timeout:

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4 months

Maxey's finish is even more impressive from this angle

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16 days

1. Game 7 vs 2021 Hawks 2. Game 7 vs 2019 Raptors 3. Game 6 vs 2023 Celtics 4. Game 2 vs 2024 Knicks 5. Game 5 vs 2021 Hawks The five most painful Sixers playoff losses of the Embiid era, just off the top of my head

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WITHOUT GOOGLING Name a famous historic battle.

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3 months

Feel like not enough people are talking about how the Clippers absolutely beat the life out of the Celtics in Boston yesterday

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Daniel Olinger

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3 years

The Sixers third most-played lineup during the playoffs was George Hill, Shake Milton, Matisse Thybulle, Tobias Harris and Dwight Howard. That lineup finished with a Net Rating of -16.0 points per 100 possessions, per @cleantheglass .

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Daniel Olinger

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2 months

Kyle Lowry is already tied for third in most charges drawn by a Sixers player this season. Today is the 5th game he's played with the Sixers.

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“I know that he’s a soldier. I know that he’s tough … obviously everybody gasped. Everybody’s heart drops. You hear the crowd. But Jo, he’s a fighter. He used to fight lions and tigers and bears and stuff.” Kelly Oubre on Joel Embiid’s first half injury scare:

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3 months

@ThunderFilmRoom Kyle Lowry taking multiple charges that night holds a special place in my heart

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Daniel Olinger

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3 years

🚨🚨 VIDEO BREAKDOWN 🚨🚨 The Sixers offensive execution against the Hawks in Game 3 was on point all night, particularly on this one play — Chicago Slice — that routinely burned Atlanta, each time with a different option. Hope you all check it out, always means a lot. Thanks!!!

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Daniel Olinger

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1 year

Every Sixers fan saying the Kawhi shot but real ones know this is the correct answer

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A player ever hit a shot against your team that made your stomach drop?

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Joel Embiid officially finishes with the season with 1,353 points in 1,309 minutes played in 39 games. He joins 1962 Wilt Chamberlain as the 2nd player in NBA history to finish a season with more points than minutes (w/ a minimum of at least 50 minutes played in the season).

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3 years

Today in Matisse Thybulle screenshots that occurred one second apart from each other!

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Daniel Olinger

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10 days

After the Knicks called the timeout, Jalen Brunson went up to talk to a ref, so Kyle Lowry ran off the Sixers bench and went all the way down to the other side of the court to also talk to the same ref.

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4 months

"Is This Anything?" remains the greatest recurring bit of any NBA team broadcast

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4 months

“Tonight they were just doubling anywhere as soon as I put the ball on the floor. If you’re gonna leave a 45% 3pt shooter in Tyrese Maxey open just to get the ball out of my hands, well good luck.” Joel Embiid on having 10 assists in tonight’s win over Denver:

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Daniel Olinger

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13 days

Joel Embiid really did hit 5 threes in the second half, man

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3 months

“I appreciate Coach Nurse. I shot him a text before the Hawks game. Told him how much I appreciate him, and how he’s let me play through mistakes and grow.” Tyrese Maxey on Nick Nurse:

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2 years

The only way to solve this is to have Will Smith slap Judd Apatow on live TV and see if he lives

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9 months

Thinking about that time Indiana beat Michigan to win the Big Ten title #iubb

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1 month

You cannot possibly throw this pass any better. Nico Batum is one of one.

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1 month

I have no words for that Nico Batum inbounds pass. That's an all-timer right there.

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3 months

Terquavion Smith passed Ben Simmons in career three-pointers made tonight

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3 years

Holy core stability and ankle flexibility George Hill

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16 days

How are Sixers fans supposed to wake up tomorrow and act like everything’s okay

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4 months

Sixers fans -- you just watched the greatest game that anyone has ever played in a Sixers uniform

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4 months

Important PSA -- the Sixers' franchise record for points in a game is 68 by Wilt Chamberlain (Wilt had his 100 point game with the Warriors) Joel Embiid needs 15 more points in the next 14 minutes of gameplay to break that.

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Daniel Olinger

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2 months

RICKY

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I'm clipping that Ricky Council dunk ASAP bc oh my gosh

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3 months

“Nick [Nurse] is really fun to play for. He brings a lot of excitement to the games … it’s a free style of play. He draws up plays for everybody. He’s just a coach who knows his players.” Buddy Hield on playing for Nick Nurse:

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Daniel Olinger

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17 days

This is a response to a 7 minute video where I continually point out the Sixers missing box outs and the Knicks doing a good job to take advantage of it lol

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1 month

It's always gonna be remembered as the James Harden trade but the Sixers turning PJ Tucker's contract into Nico Batum literally saved their contention window

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5 months

Paul Reed on every possession

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4 months

Ask and you will receive

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@dan_olinger I need a video of the batum block and stare down

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20 days

He only played 3 minutes in last night's game, but this Cam Payne 3 was just a huge play for the Sixers. Hadn't played for the first 35 minutes of the game, subs in cold, and nails a big 3 the very first time he touches the ball. Insane.

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Daniel Olinger

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2 months

Subbing in Nico Batum after he didn't play at all for 47 minutes, just so he can make the inbound pass at the end of the game, is the funniest thing I've ever seen.

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3 months

Springer is just 2 months older than Brandon Miller and is coming off a stretch of hilariously good defense against Luka Doncic and Steph Curry. Why is now the time to sell low on him?

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10 days

I can already tell I'm gonna get mad at people blaming Embiid for that loss when the problem was that he got double and triple teamed all quarter and his teammates completely lost their composure. Unable to get him the ball, unable to get a board, unable to get a stop on Brunson

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3 months

Hang it in the Louvre

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3 months

Terq Smith throwing an off the backboard lob to Ricky Council with the Sixers down 20 is the funniest thing I've ever seen

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4 months

“I don’t overreact to [foul trouble]. How many times does a guy get 2 and he ends up with 3? I let guys play through.” Nick Nurse on his decision to keep Joel Embiid in after he got his 3rd foul in the first half:

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4 months

Just a full minute of Nico Batum tapping out Offensive Rebounds to his teammates to brighten your day

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@dan_olinger

5 months

Robert Covington when you dribble the ball near him

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@dan_olinger I have literally no idea why anybody ever dribbles in his vicinity

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21 days

“Joel was getting on Buddy, he was telling him, ‘Man just shoot the ball. We know what you can do, that’s what you’re here for.’” Maxey on what Joel Embiid told Buddy and other a sixers role players at halftime:

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26 days

Like cmon man this is an insane pass

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3 really great passes from Embiid already — the first no look hook pass to get Tobias an open 3 that he missed, an assist to Tobias on his cut, and that lightning quick skip pass to Oubre in the opposite corner for the 3.

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“In the first half, I talked to Buddy Hield a little bit, we were trying to get it to Joel a little too much. In the second, [Buddy and I] were like when we come in, we gotta shoot. I mean, we were wide open.” Nico Batum on him and Buddy Hield shooting to break the Heat’s zone:

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5 months

The Joel Embiid free throw discourse is once again incredibly dumb. Literally every superstar ever gets a lot of Free Throws. Imagine if this app existed in 1987 and people were discounting Michael Jordan's 37 PPG because he was attempting 11.9 Free Throws per game.

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2 months

"I love Reed. He's a bench guy. He comes in. He's 6-foot-9. He's a tough guy. He can hit threes. He has a little mid-range game, but he's a bear in the paint." — Hubie Brown on Paul Reed, his favorite basketball player in the world.

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Find someone who loves you as much as Hubie Brown loves Paul Reed.

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Just a full minute of Nico Batum post entry passes to brighten your day

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3 months

"His name C4 for a reason. He's explosive." Kelly Oubre on Ricky Council IV during his postgame interview with NBC Philly.

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Oh man that "Where Is Tobias Harris?" graphic TNT just used is gonna blow up isn't it

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2 years

We, as a society, need to drop our most important tasks at this time in order to discuss the glasses Wendell Carter wore during last night's game

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4 months

“I liked it that [Embiid] took 6 threes. I think it’s part of his game that he should incorporate more. That should be more of an every night thing because he’s such a good three point shooter.” Nick Nurse on Joel Embiid, who shot 3-for-6 on threes today:

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3 months

This finish was so insane even Maxey seemed shocked that he pulled it off

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Tyrese Maxey is the chosen one

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“I told P-Reed, ‘I’ve been with you for 3 years, and I’ve seen you get every offensive rebound, every defensive rebound, block every shot and get steals. I want you to get back to that, because that’s who you are.’” Tyrese Maxey on what he told Paul Reed before tonight’s game:

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20 days

Getting knocked down trying to sell an illegal screen call, recovering to closeout on a nearby player, then closing out on the shot just for the heck of it, all within 5 seconds of play. Kyle Lowry is such a maniac. There's never been anyone quite like him.

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Watch 38-year-old Kyle Lowry on this possession

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Probably my favorite Buddy Hield possession in Philly to date. Beautiful skip pass to Council, then crazy good instincts to relocate on the rebound and hit a tough movement 3 in the corner.

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3 months

This is the worst thing that has ever happened

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The 76ers are trading Jaden Springer to the Celtics for a second-round pick, sources tell ESPN.

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“[I was] trying to make sure he didn’t land on me, bc we all know the issue I had w/ Kuminga landing on me, I had some flashbacks … I didn’t mean to hurt anybody. Just in those situations, I’ve got to protect myself.” Joel Embiid on his flagrant foul against Mitchell Robinson:

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Sixers basketball is fun again

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Embiid just threw a behind-the-back pass to Lowry on a wide give-and-go on fast break, Lowry back to Embiid for an easy transition layup.

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fancy ball Paul.

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"I only got about 8 years left, so gotta enjoy it." — Joel Embiid, somewhat casually during the middle of a postgame press conference answer.

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Last night was the first ever game that the Sixers got to try out a Maxey-Lowry-Batum-Oubre-Embiid lineup. The Sixers finished with a Net Rating of +26.5 Points per 100 in the 34 possessions that lineup played together.

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3 years

Not many players can do what Ben Simmons does here in immediately reacting to the dump off pass, pivoting in the complete opposite direction and blocking Thomas Bryant. A truly special defender.

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Josh Hart didn't have a single game during the 2023-24 regular season where he hit 4 threes He has already hit 4 threes in both Games 1 and 2 of the Sixers-Knicks series

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@dan_olinger Did he hit 4 threes in an entire game in the regular season?

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3 months

Very cruel that the exact type of player this dying Sixers offense could use right now is Isaiah Joe.

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9 months

Going to watch some real hoops later today #iubb

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3 years

🚨🚨 VIDEO BREAKDOWN 🚨🚨 One of my absolute favorite things to watch during the 2nd half of the Sixers' season has been this backdoor cut Ben Simmons and Tobias Harris have perfected. Tobi above the left break, Joel on the right elbow, Ben in the middle, bucket every time.

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2 months

Hubie Brown was very upset that Paul Reed's buzzer beating floater wouldn't count. "I'm sorry, but I just really like this kid."

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Kyle Lowry — 4 charges drawn in 7 career games with the Sixers Tobias Harris — 0 charges drawn in 365 career games with the Sixers

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4 months

“As soon as [Springer] got in, his man was in heavy nail help, and I sprayed it out to him, and he didn’t shoot. And I said, ‘Nah, you gotta shoot the ball’ … I want him to be confident when he’s out there. He’s a really good basketball player.” Tyrese Maxey on Jaden Springer:

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9 months

Thinking about that time Indiana knocked Kentucky out of the 2016 NCAA Tournament #iubb

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“The one thing I’m not gonna do is give up. No matter what happens. Gotta keep pushing, gotta keep fighting. Gotta keep putting my body on the line for my family, for this city, for this team — I can’t just sit back and feel bad about myself.” Joel Embiid on playing thru injury:

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