Still in awe of that VJ Edgecombe performance. He reminds of Joel Embiid in his early years. Young Joel was such a quick learner, and could pick up skills or a move easily. VJ’s very similar in that sense. Sixers got a special talent.

VJ Edgecombe is the first sixers rookie with a 30-pt playoff game since the Boston Strangler, Andrew Toney, in the 1981 Conference Finals against…the Celtics

The Sixers responded in seriously impressive fashion after getting blown out in Game 1. A gutsy win, fueled in large part by their 20-year-old rookie guard, who put up 30 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 steals in just his second career postseason game ever.

Man, what a difference between Game 1 and Game 2 so far. Night and day performance-wise for VJ Edgecombe — 17 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, and a steal. Win or loss, these playoff reps are already paying off.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

The Sixers are a juggernaut when it comes to NBA Draft tiebreakers. They’ll be picking at No. 22, if they want it. www.libertyballers.com/76ers-draft-...

The Rockets’ pick (owned by the Sixers) won the tiebreaker with Cleveland, landing the Sixers the 22nd selection in the 2026 draft. As for the Sixers’ pick, owned by OKC, it slotted in at 17th — part of a three-way tie between picks 16, 17, and 18.

The NBA resolves draft tiebreakers today. Two Sixer-relevant ones: the pick owed to OKC sits in a 3-way tie (Sixers/Magic/Suns, picks 16-18), and the pick owed to Philly from Houston is in a 2-way tie (Rockets/Cavs, picks 22-23).

VJ Edgecombe among finalists for Rookie of the Year: www.libertyballers.com/76ers-news/9...

Plenty of ball left to be played, but after today I think it’s clear as day the Sixers go best available if they use the Rockets pick at 22/23. This team simply needs more talent, connectors specifically.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Nick Nurse is going to have to get a lot more creative at the center position to shift this series. Bona looked lost offensively, Drummond has been slow and getting picked on defense. Better off going small with Barlow or even Jabari Walker at the 5.

Assigning Scott Foster to Game 1 of Sixers-Celtics is WILDDDDD

The first of many New Balance ads for Tyrese Maxey, and they captured him perfectly. No unnecessary flash, just hard work and grind.

Been asked all season, but for those waiting way too long, the throwback VJ Edgecombe jersey is finally online. Very few sizes left, and with promo codes you can get an adult jersey down to nearly $100.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ www.dickssportinggoods.com/p/nike-adult...

We’ll see what happens, but the Sixers making the postseason is a good accomplishment this year. They won only 24 games a year ago. Getting VJ Edgecombe and a relatively young group playoff reps is a great thing for the long view.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Tyrese Maxey’s first signature shoe: the New Balance Maxey v1

Refs for Sixers-Magic… Tony Brothers Tyler Ford Andy Nagy on.nba.com/4quZYkj

This Coby White game is living evidence that hitting on marginal trades is so, so important. They got this guy for two second round picks and he might’ve just kept their season alive.

Huh, that’s an interesting one. I thought Payne was pretty solid in limited time. This will make Terry eligible to play in the postseason (if they get there).

More information to come, but for those asking I’d be pretty surprised if we saw Embiid again this season. He’s probably looking at a few week timeline to return at minimum, and that’s if the Sixers even survive that long without him. Just so sad.

Johni Broome has signed with WME Basketball.

Tonight feels like the game of the season for the Sixers, a lot riding on it. www.libertyballers.com/76ers-game-p...

Allegedly, these are the Christmas jerseys for next season. Uhhhhhh

Just finished the first two episodes of the Maul series — easy to see why they already greenlit a second season. Wouldn’t mind if they went ahead and did the same for a third and fourth.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Adem Bona was arguably their 4th best player tonight — 23 minutes, 5/5 shooting, 0 fouls, 1 turnover. A bit surprised the Sixers leaned on Drummond as much as they did.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Bad game to have a Quentin Grimes stinker. 0 points, 0/4 shooting in 17 minutes. He has some great moments but too many games like this. Not trying to pin this on him though, overall effort was flat outside of VJ, Maxey, and PG.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

My take on the Embiid stuff, based off the limited information out there.

VJ Edgecombe received two 2nd place votes for ROTY, along with 92 3rd place votes. That means 6 voters didn’t have him as a top 3 rookie… which is certainly a choice. www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...

If Tyrese Maxey plays 20 minutes tonight, he’ll lock up eligibility for All-NBA and other awards. Meanwhile, Ant Edwards and Cade Cunningham are two notable guards who will fall short of the threshold, and Luka Doncic may join them depending on the severity of last night’s injury.

Damn, looks like Johni Broome’s TrackHawk was stolen.

VJ on Paul George’s season-high 39 points: “My son cold” PG is almost double his age lol

VJ Edgecombe’s efficiency has quietly risen to 44% FG. He’s at 36.2% from 3 on good volume — 5.6/g. FT% sits near 83% and TS% up to 54.5%. His offensive process has improved and he’s developing a much better feel. Lots to be excited about, given the growth we’ve seen in year 1.

Not an April Fools joke: the Sixers have downgraded Embiid to out tonight versus the Wizards with an illness

Seeing what VJ Edgecombe means to Bahamians is something special. Pretty cool that we get to witness it.

The Sixers’ playoff and play-in picture, fully broken down. Schedule strength, tiebreakers, and the key matchups that matter most. www.libertyballers.com/76ers-news/8...

Questionable officiating aside, the Sixers now have an uphill battle to lock in a top-6 seed. Gonna need to steal a competitive game or two to have a chance. Maybe they’ll get lucky with a high seed (Spurs, Detroit) resting some key guys. Tough road ahead.

The Sixers are going to lose this game, and ultimately that’s on them. But this was a genuinely strange officiating performance with calls that seemed to have no rhyme or reason. I’m not a conspiracy theorist, but the league might want to take a closer look at this one.

Man, VJ Edgecombe has some PEOPLE in the building. It is LOUD when he’s scored.

Sixers play Minnesota at the end of this week.

After tonight’s game, Tyrese Maxey will need two more regular season appearances of at least 20 minutes to guarantee his All-NBA eligibility.

How about them Pacers?

Man, what a game. Sixers pick up their biggest win of the season. PG and Embiid incredible in back to back games with 26/13/2/4/1 and 29/6/2 tonight, Maxey returns with 26/7/8 and 2 stocks. Gutsy and crucial in the playoff hunt.

A pivotal matchup later today with potentially major playoff implications, featuring two incredible rookies. We’ve got a good one. www.libertyballers.com/76ers-game-p...

He wouldn’t make sense in the early 20s (where the Rockets pick will land), but sign me up for Zuby Ejiofor anywhere in the second round.

Long-view most of these are going to be a disaster. You’re making it really, really hard for a team to go from bad to good.

Welp, I’m glad the Sixers got VJ Edgecombe when they did, because it sure looks like getting players of that caliber is going to be much more difficult and reliant on luck going forward.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Some of this is usage-based (Maxey & friends going down), but the efficiency jump is real. Promising signs for Edgecombe, who’s shown steady growth all season.

VJ Edgecombe All-Star Break Split Pre-break (50 GP): 14.9 PPG / 5.4 RPG / 4.1 APG | 42.3 FG% / 35.2 3P% / 78.6 FT% Post-break (16 GP): 20.0 PPG / 6.6 RPG / 3.8 APG | 46.3 FG% / 36.8 3P% / 91.8 FT%

Cameron Payne with a quiet 15/4/4, 0 turnovers, and a +16 plus-minus in 24 mins.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Joel Embiid takes several weeks off and comes back to drop 35/6/7 with an 83.5 TS% in 28 minutes. Absolutely absurd.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Shots haven’t been falling, but PG has a well-rounded line: 15/5/4 with 4 steals and a block in 21 mins. Embiid has 31 pts and 6 assists in 23 mins. Edgecombe continues to be awesome with 20/6/5/1. Sixers up 30.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​