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No Mo Cheeks in Memphis After All

The one plus to Thursday's firing of Grizzlies coach Marc Iavaroni was the report that deposed 76ers coach Mo Cheeks would join Lionel Hollins in Memphis as an assistant. Cheeks, you'd assume, would try his hand at developing O.J. Mayo's point guard skills and fixing Mike Conley.Phil Jasner of the Philadelphia Daily News...

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...

Is Andre Miller the Next 76er Sent Out of Philly?

When Mo Cheeks lost his job today, the Sixers reportedly named Tony DiLeo as the "permanent interim," or the head coach for the rest of the season. Similar distinctions were made in every other NBA sacking this season -- there will be no midseason hirings of Flip Saunders or Avery Johnson, apparently. DiLeo, as we...

Mo Cheeks Done in Philly

Like Sam Mitchell's dismissal from Toronto's helm, today's sacking of Maurice Cheeks in Philadelphia had been overdue from a logical perspective. Cheeks hasn't done much with the 76ers since coming over three years ago. Further, Cheeks is not new GM Ed Stefanski's so-called "guy." Last season's glorified run to the seventh...