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When Rookie Met Sophomore

To some, it is an adventure. To others, a way of life. For those who call the furthest reaches of the mind, and basketball, their home, nothing on All-Star Weekend can top the effervescent tingle provided by the Rookie/Sophomore Challenge. It has had several names, and known many faces. Many times, greats-in-the-making...

Sixers' Eddie Jordan Tough to Impress

PHOENIX -- The Sixers almost came back from an 18-point deficit in the final eight minutes on Friday against the Suns, but the guys usually on the end of Phoenix's bench -- Dan Dickau, Carlos Powell, et al. -- were able to hang on just enough to secure a two-point victory.Marreese Speights, a second-year player who...

Something to Prove in 2009-10

Let's take our attention for a moment off the NBA playoffs and look ahead to the 2009-10 season. It was a tough year for several players around the league. So tough, in fact, that they'll have some bouncing back to do next year.Here are five players – and a sixth man -- who should have the most to prove in...

Round 1 Riot: Orlando (3) vs Philly (6)

FanHouse previews the first round of the NBA Playoffs.Is there a series in the 2009 Playoffs -- outside of Lakers v. FearMongers Jazz, that seems less likely to end in an upset? Because I'm pretty sure the answer is "no." (See our predictions, if you don't believe me.) I'll justify the other sweeps like this: Detroit is...

Elton Brand: Not Starting Yet, Not Getting Traded Ever

Elton Brand has been back for three games now, two of them Philadelphia wins. Brand's Wednesday triumph in Houston was the sort of game Philadelphia dreamed about last July: 14 points, seven rebounds and six blocks in just 27 minutes, a +6 in the ledger. While the incumbent 76er starting five from most of 2007-08 fell...

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05/30/12 Marcus Hayes: Holiday close to being the star Sixers... Source: Philadelphia Daily News - Philadelphia PA IT WAS SUNDAY, locker cleanout day, and Elton Brand, the franchise's spokesman, looked sharp.
05/29/12 NBA Rumors: Philadelphia 76ers Must Amnesty Elton... Source: Bleacher Report The Philadelphia 76ers came so close to making the Eastern Conference Finals as the No. 8 seed.
05/28/12 At 76ers season's end, reorganization about to begin... Source: Delaware County Daily Times - Primos PA The amount of flexibility the Sixers have depends on a few factors.
05/27/12 Brighter Days Ahead For Young Sixers Team Source: CBS - KYW AM 1060 - Philadelphia PA Under new management, the 76ers had Philadelphia caring about basketball again.
05/24/12 76ers' veterans came to play in Game 6 Source: Boston Herald - Boston MA Elton Brand strode through the corridors of TD Garden dressed like a stockbroker, as amiable as a preacher.