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VJ’s such a big-stage player man I can’t believe this is my life

Holy shit, Tyrese Maxey

Say it @paulhudrick.bsky.social

This is aspirational for PG and Jared; the others earned it

I don’t want to take all the credit for this but it is a fact that every day I vote for Maxey, VJ, Jared, and Dom

Tyrese Maxey is absurd

@derekbodner.bsky.social @kyleneubeck.bsky.social Do you know why Bassey was traded for, never played in Delaware, and then was traded away?

Jared McCain went to the gym and worked out by himself on Christmas. I don’t care how many bad games he has, I’ll always believe the next one will be the breakout. youtu.be/SaldcPxWn3c?...

Bassey never played for the Blue Coats and today they traded him away to the Santa Cruz Warriors, I wonder what that was all about

Unfair to expect the Sixers to perform down the stretch without clutch kings Kelly & Watford

They need to handcuff Embiid and Demon Dom

This might be the most frustrating thing I’ve ever watched

Because the 76ers have played this season with 14 players, they only have 32 two-way games left to split between Barlow, Walker, and Beauchamp. But if they sign a 15th player on a 10 day—which they can do on January 5—future two-way games won’t count against that 32. They did that last year.

So Caleb Martin is averaging 1.7 points per game on 33% shooting 😱

Merry Christmas Sixers fans! Some notable net plus-minuses: D. Mitchell: +12.2 Jokic: +11.3 SGA: +10.5 *VJ EDGECOMBE: +10.3* Jimmy: +8.3 Amen: +8.2 Cade: +7.6 Brunson: +5.9 Kon: +3.1 Ace: -6.4 Flagg: -7.2 (All via basketball-reference)

Merry Christmas Sixers fans! Some notable net plus-minuses: D. Mitchell: +12.2 Jokic: +11.3 SGA: +10.5 *VJ EDGECOMBE: +10.3* Jimmy: +8.3 Amen: +8.2 Cade: +7.6 Brunson: +5.9 Kon: +3.1 Ace: -6.4 Flagg: -7.2 (All via basketball-reference)

Don’t like the look of that

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Broome 🚀

It would be smart for the NBA to combat tanking by locking lottery positions on March 1. It’s bad that teams that traded their pick have an incentive to try down the stretch and teams that have their pick don’t. They should make this change in time for the 2027-28 season.

Lowe on VJ Edgecombe: “He’s making all star teams. I’m already booking that.” J. Kyle Mann: “He moves like a star on the floor.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Lowe on VJ Edgecombe: “He’s making all star teams. I’m already booking that.” J. Kyle Mann: “He moves like a star on the floor.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Doing my part to make Dom Barlow the first two-way to be an all-star starter

Assuming the whole Sixers’ roster is healthy and Maxey, VJ, PG, and Embiid are locks, who should be the fifth starter?

VJ’s last six words made my heart grow three sizes: “can’t leave Mac out for sure”

Jared McCain got his thumb brace off and then closed the next two games? #noticing

VJimmy youtu.be/e83184GZ2bg?...

VJ has passed Maxey and now has the Sixers’ best net on/off, it’s remarkable how much he already affects winning

VJ’s such a big-stage player man I can’t believe this is my life

Since I’m among friends I feel safe saying I hate the Knicks even more than the Celtics

This is the simplest option, but if the Sixers value either Barlow or Walker more and care about long-term deals, they could offer one of them a three or four-year deal at about $2.5 million a year (non-tax mle) and then give the other a prorated minimum in mid-February and be just below the apron.

I’ve thought Dom Barlow’s defense has looked really good this year. That’s hard to quantify, but a cool stat: when he’s defending a player < 6 feet from the rim, the player shoots 20% below average. That’s third best in the league, behind only Time Lord and Edey, and above Gobert and Giannis.

VJ has passed Maxey and now has the Sixers’ best net on/off, it’s remarkable how much he already affects winning

For as great as his shooting was, I thought Jared’s superpower last year was the way he could always get low and get past his defender. He hasn’t been able to consistently do that this season. I don’t know if it’s the thumb brace affecting his handle, the knee, or timing, but I trust it’ll return.

I sure hate the Hawks

VJ Edgecombe-Adidas soft launching their new logo?

Only one day off between games, this is a milestone

Joel Embiid is AVAILABLE tonight as the Sixers face the Hawks.

TRADE SEASON: As everyone knows, the Sixers’ normal goal is to duck the tax. But they’re nearly $7mm over the tax line, so they’d need to dump players that matter—Kelly or Grimes or Drum + a minimum. Maybe they’ll still do it, but it would be pretty gross and unfair to Maxey.

It brings me no joy but it sounds like we have to hand it to Drew Hanlen

This is VJ’s first of hopefully many games with double digit free throw attempts

Barlow’s defense—on Doncic the other day and Siakam today—has been really impressive

VJ the new headband bro?

Jabari Walker made Hollinger’s list of gritty players, Hollinger says he “surely” will be converted to a standard contract and that “the Sixers’ internal charting indicates Walker is a good shooter” www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...

Even in July, Morey said he expected Broome to start in Delaware and that the goal is for him to contribute either at the end of this year or next year. That seems odd for an older rookie, but since that’s their plan, I’m going to be patient about judging him. www.phillyvoice.com/sixers-news-...

Teams can start signing players to ten-day contracts on January 5. Two ten-days (that’s the limit) would get Bassey & the Sixers pretty close to the February 5 trade deadline.

Bassey is a per minute monster. Last year (excluding players who played <100 minutes) he was 8th in the league in rebounds/minute and 7th in blocks. He’s also a week older than Maxey so on the perfect timeline.