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Elton Brand's Shoulder Sidelines Him a Month

The 76ers announced yesterday that Elton Brand will be sidelined for the next month. After leaving Wednesday's game with a dislocated shoulder, an MRI revealed that Brand suffered a fractured humeral head (the part of his arm bone that connects to his shoulder) as well as a torn labrum. As bad as it sounds, his injury...

Mo Cheeks Says Goodbye With Class

The 76ers fired Mo Cheeks over the weekend, but he was as gracious and classy as ever while saying goodbye in today's press conference, even going as far as saying he'd be open to returning to the team in another role. And really, should we have expected any less? He may have coached for only three years and change, but he...

Andre Iguodala Turns the Corner

Big things were expected from Andre Iguodala after he signed a six-year, $80 million contract this summer. Unfortunately, he's been slow out of the gate, averaging just 13 points on 39% shooting in October/November while fading into the background as Elton Brand carved out his niche, Thaddeus Young asserted himself and...

Thaddeus Young Takes a Huge Step Forward

Have you looked at the 76ers stats recently? Thaddeus Young is leading the team after 10 games with 16.3 points a night. To say that's a surprise is an understatement, especially after the Sixers invested nearly $160 million in Elton Brand and Andre Iguodala this summer. To be fair, Brand isn't far behind with 15.5 points,...

Mo Cheeks, 76ers Agree to an Extension

When Ed Stefanski moved into Philly's front office last December, a lot of people figured it was just a matter of time before Mo Cheeks was handed his walking papers. After all, Cheeks was in the midst of the final year of his contract, and in this day and age of the salary cap and guaranteed contracts, the easiest way for...

Mo Cheeks News From the Web

10/14/11 Coaches Roll with Book Bus Source: NBA - Oklahoma City Thunder Everyone who stepped on to the Rolling Thunder Book Bus on Friday morning was experiencing the bus for the first time.
06/14/11 A look at other coaching candidates Source: TV Guy | Canada.com Now that the 2011 NBA finals is over, Bryan Colangelo can continue on his search for the next head coach of the Toronto Raptors.
06/10/11 Mo Cheeks A Coaching Candidate For Raptors, Pistons Source: ABC - KSAT 12 - San Antonio TX Oklahoma City Thunder assistant Maurice Cheeks is a candidate to coach the Toronto Raptors or the Detroit Pistons next season.
03/21/11 Philly March Madness: (7) Maurice Cheeks vs. (10) Eric... Source: The 700 Level Over the next few weeks at The700Level, we'll be posting poll matchups as part of our Philly March Madness competition .
02/02/11 Tosh.O Redeems Mo Cheeks' National Anthem Girl Source: The Big Lead Well, that little girl is all grown up and the fine folks at Tosh.O tracked her down for a web redemption.

Background on Mo Cheeks

Maurice Edward "Mo" Cheeks (born September 8, 1956) is an American retired professional basketball player and assistant coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder.

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