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• The Sixers might have accidentally stumbled back into championship contention

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images Don’t look now, but the Sixers may have a clear path to Joel Embiid’s first conference finals. The NBA is a serious business. The Philadelphia 76ers are a serious franchise. I am a serious person. So trust me when I say that I am being completely serious in declaring totally, 100% seriously that the 76ers are maybe-sorta-kinda the favorite...2025
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• Eric Gordon Declines $3.4M Option With Sixers

Eric Gordon has declined his $3.4 million player option for the 2025-26 season with the Philadelphia 76ers. Gordon, however, could still re-sign with the Sixers in free agency. The Sixers would have had a $3.4 million cap hit if Gordon opted-in whereas re-signing on a one-year deal will lower the cap hit to $2.3 million. Gordon, who is represented by Todd Ramasar, appeared in 39 games in his secon...2025
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• Sixers Select 15-PPG Guard At No. 3 in 2025 NBA Draft to Form Dynamic Duo With Tyrese Maxey in Backcourt
The Philadelphia 76ers pick a Baylor guard with the No. 3 pick in the 2025 NBA Draft, adding to their backcourt of Tyrese Maxey and Jared McCain....2025
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• Instant NBA Draft 2025 grades for every pick, starting with Cooper Flagg to the Mavs

Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images Let’s grade every pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. The 2025 NBA Draft class has been endlessly debated over the last 12 months, with little consensus among the lottery prospects after Cooper Flagg and Dylan Harper come off the board with the first two picks. Finally, draft day is here, and the speculation about how certain players fit with certain teams will ...2025
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• NBA Draft rankings 2025: Top 60 big board of prospects

Bob Donnan-Imagn Images Let’s rank the best players in the 2025 NBA Draft. The 2025 NBA Draft was always going to look good in comparison to its predecessor. The 2024 draft lack a consensus top dog and largely consisted of prospects believed to top out as role players. The 2025 draft class has the opposite problem: after you get past Cooper Flagg, there are a bunch of high-upside oddballs ...2025
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• VJ Edgecombe 'Appeared Nervous' In Workout With Sixers

VJ Edgecombe "appeared nervous" during his private workout with the Philadelphia 76ers, sources tell ESPN's Jonathan Givony. Edgecombe also did not shoot the ball well. However, ESPN still mocks Edgecombe to the Sixers with the third overall pick as he made a strong impression in interviews and meetings. Edgecombe is not the best natural fit for the Sixers due to his overlap with Tyrese Maxey and ...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Perfect picks for each team in the first round

Photo by David Buono/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Here’s an updated 2025 NBA mock draft projection. Evaluating the 2025 NBA Draft class has been the ultimate rollercoaster. This group entered the year looking like it could potentially be one of the strongest classes in recent memory, but much of that optimism faded by the midway point in the season. We are left with a draft class that ...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: Updated projection with latest rumors after combine, college withdrawals

Photo by Mathias Renner / City-Press GmbH Bildagentur via GettyImages Here’s an updated 2025 NBA mock draft. It’s hard to believe the 2025 NBA Draft is just around the corner when the basketball world has all of its energy focused on the upcoming 2025 NBA Finals. The shift from the end of the playoffs to the start of the offseason happens almost instantaneously, and if the insiders are to ...2025
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• Sixers Willing To Listen To Trade Down Offers For No. 3

The lack of a clear direction for the Philadelphia 76ers with the third overall pick could lead them to the center of league-wide trade discussions. Ace Bailey and V.J. Edgecombe are considered the two most highly rated prospects under consideration at No. 3 after Cooper Flagg and Dylan Harper come of the board at No. 1 and No. 2. While the Sixers could listen to trade offers for the No. 3 pick, t...2025
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• Sixers’ 8 best NBA Draft choices for No. 3 overall pick, ranked

Zachary Taft-Imagn Images The 2025 NBA Draft really begins with the Sixers at No. 3. Let’s rank the best prospects for Philly. The Philadelphia 76ers had more at stake than any team entering the 2025 NBA Draft lottery. Philly originally traded its 2025 first-round pick away to the Oklahoma City Thunder to clear Al Horford’s salary way back in 2020. Fortunately for them, the Sixers made the...2025
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• The NBA’s 11 best rookies this season, ranked

Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images Let’s rank the best rookies in the NBA this season. The 2024 NBA Draft class will not go down in history for the top-end talent it produced, and that’s okay. Not every draft class can be full of franchise pillars: talent ebbs and flows through the years, with especially strong drafts like 2026 being balanced out by weaker years like this rookie class. J...2025
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• NBA mock draft 2025: These prospects can rise in March Madness

Photo by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Images Here’s our latest 2025 NBA mock draft ahead of March Madness. There is a lot of money to be in March, and the biggest bags aren’t coming from the NIL. The NCAA tournament is the greatest star-making event there is for a young basketball player. This year’s March Madness bracket is filled with NBA prospects dreaming of making a name for themselves on th...2025
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• Sidelined McCain: Rising Stars pick 'really cool'
Sixers rookie Jared McCain, whose season was cut short because of knee surgery, was selected for the Rising Stars Challenge on Tuesday....2025
• 30 players most likely to be moved at the NBA trade deadline

Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images Let’s jump around the league to find the players most likely to get relocated at the 2025 NBA trade deadline. In a now-annual tradition at SB Nation, we are scouring through the internet’s endless supply of NBA trade rumors and asking around our NBA team site network to ask our local experts (alongside some national analysis from yours truly) to see ...2025
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• The Best and Worst From March Madness Day 4

Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images march-madness-2024-highlights-mens-ncaa-tournament-scores-uconn-duke-houston As always, it’s been one hell of a week, and thanks for following along with all of these recaps. I hope you’ve enjoyed reading them as much as I’ve enjoyed putting them together. Let’s finish strong. March Madness’ 3 best games of Day 4 1. (1) Houston 100, (9) Texas A&M 95 (So...2024
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• NBA mock draft 2024: These March Madness prospects can rise up boards in NCAA tournament

Here’s our latest 2024 NBA mock as March Madness kicks off. There’s no greater platform for a college basketball player to start building their reputation and their bank account than March Madness. With the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament now here, another field of players gets the opportunity to put themselves on the radar for future professional opportunities. Certain players have more at stake than ...2024
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• The Sixers might have accidentally stumbled back into championship contention
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• Instant NBA Draft 2025 grades for every pick, starting with Cooper Flagg to the Mavs
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• Ace Bailey Cancels Sixers Visit; Sixers Not Ruling Out Drafting Him

Ace Bailey canceled Friday's visit with the Philadelphia 76ers, sources told Jonathan Givony and Shams Charania of ESPN. Bailey has now declined meeting with multiple teams within the No. 3 and No. 8 draft range. Despite the cancellation, the Sixers have not ruled out drafting Bailey with the third pick. They are also unlikely to move down in the draft. Daryl Morey has previously selected players...2025
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• Ace Bailey Cancels Sixers Visit; Sixers Not Ruling Out Drafting Bailey

Ace Bailey canceled Friday's visit with the Philadelphia 76ers, sources told Jonathan Givony and Shams Charania of ESPN. Bailey has now declined meeting with multiple teams within the No. 3 and No. 8 draft range. Despite the cancellation, the Sixers have not ruled out drafting Bailey with the third pick. They are also unlikely to move down in the draft. Daryl Morey has previously selected players...2025
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• Kyle Lowry Likely To Return To Sixers Next Season

Guard Kyle Lowry is likely to return to the Philadelphia 76ers for next season. The Sixers consider Lowry an ideal veteran mentor for young guards Tyrese Maxey and Jared McCain. The upcoming season would be Lowry's 20th in the NBA. The veteran point guard is an unrestricted free agent, after spending last season with Philadelphia on a veteran minimum contract. In 35 games, Lowry averaged 3.9 point...2025
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• Eric Gordon Declines $3.4M Option With Sixers
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• VJ Edgecombe 'Appeared Nervous' In Workout With Sixers
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• NBA mock draft 2025: First-round picture shaping up after Cooper Flagg

Photo by Ed Mulholland/Getty Images There’s an elite tier of prospects forming after Cooper Flagg in the 2025 NBA Draft. The 2025 NBA Draft class is starting to take shape as the specter of March Madness looms just around the corner. This class is particularly heavy with college players, which is a nice change of pace from the last two drafts where international stars went with the first p...2025
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• How Cooper Flagg has surged to the National Player of the Year favorite this season

Photo by Lance King/Getty Images Flagg’s performance in a marquee matchup against North Carolina was indicative of his stellar season. When it comes to college basketball, there’s no bigger star currently than Duke sensation Cooper Flagg, who has taken the country by storm as the next big thing in the sport. Flagg, a 6’9”, 205-pound forward from Maine, has been touted for his elite two-way...2025
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• Kyle Lowry was the ultimate confused dad during Jared McCain’s TikTok dance

Lowry went full dad mode. I’ve never related to a professional athlete more in my life than Kyle Lowry when Jared McCain decided to feature him in his post-win TikTok after the Sixers beat the Hornets on Tuesday night. Jared McCain posting a Tik Tok with Kyle Lowry after the Sixers won against the Charlotte Hornets pic.twitter.com/QOwUbb3lWp— Ahmed/The Ears/IG: BigBizTheGod (@big_business_...2024
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• Handicapping NBA’s tank race for Cooper Flagg by most likely team to land No. 1 draft pick

Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images These nine NBA teams are still in the mix for winning the 2025 NBA Draft lottery and the rights to Cooper Flagg. It only took about 20 games for the 2024-2025 NBA season to completely reshape what we thought we knew coming into the year. The Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder emerging as the championship favorites in each conference was to be exp...2024
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• Sweet 16 games ranked by watchability in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Let’s rank the best matchups of the Sweet 16 in the men’s NCAA tournament. The 2024 NCAA Tournament has plenty of great matchups to watch during the Sweet 16. The first weekend featured a lack of major upsets and a true Cinderella story. But the flip side to a chalk-filled bracket is a second weekend filled with college basketball’s elite teams. This is only th...2024
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• Sweet 16 teams, ranked by their national title chances in men’s March Madness

Photo by Joe Murphy/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Let’s rank the Sweet 16 field in 2024 men’s NCAA tournament by their national championship chances. The first weekend of the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament had it all. There were upsets (bye, Kentucky), there were new stars born (hello, D.J. Burns and Jack Gohlke), and there were exciting finishes. After four days, the tournament is now left wit...2024
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• Cooper Flagg commits to Duke as the Blue Devils’ next superstar freshman

Photo by John Jones/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Cooper Flagg commits to Duke to be college basketball’s next one-and-done superstar. Duke men’s basketball has landed its next superstar on the recruiting trail. Cooper Flagg, the consensus No. 1 overall player in the class of 2024, has committed to Duke for the 2024-2025 season. Flagg picked the Blue Devils over UConn. It’s safe to say...2023
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• Jared McCain Admits What He Hates Most About Painted Nails Trolling
Jared McCain is the first rookie in NBA history to have a 3.7 million following on TikTok and paint his nails, so he knew coming into the league he would get trolled. The 76ers guard admitted it was actually an NBA player that inspired him to start painting his nails. “It started in COVID. That’s […] The post Jared McCain Admits What He Hates Most About Painted Nails Trolling appeared first ...2024
• 76ers' McCain to hospital for evaluation after fall
Sixers first-round pick Jared McCain was taken to a hospital to be evaluated for a concussion, among other things, following a rough fall late in Wednesday's preseason victory over the Nets....2024
• Duke top scorers Filipowski, McCain going pro

Duke's Kyle Filipowski and Jared McCain are entering the NBA draft....2024
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• Meet the 2023 boys McDonald’s All-Americans, starring Bronny James and wide open race for No. 1
Let’s meet this year’s boys McDonald’s All-Americans, where there’s a wide open race for the No. 1 player in the class. The 2023 boys McDonald’s All-American Game has some obvious points of intrigue as the top high school basketball players in the country come to Houston for the annual All-Star showcase. This has long been considered a star-making event as the last chance for players to make impre...2023
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• 76ers rookie Jared McCain out of hospital after scary fall, might have avoided serious injury, per report

McCain reportedly had pulmonary contusions, i.e. bruising in his lungs...2024
• 76ers rookie Jared McCain taken to hospital after having trouble breathing following scary fall

McCain was attempting to rebound his own miss when he went over backward and landed hard on the floor...2024

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• Instant NBA Draft 2025 grades for every pick, starting with Cooper Flagg to the Mavs
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• Sixers Expected To Listen To Offers For No. 3 Overall Pick

The Philadelphia 76ers are expected to listen to trade offers for the third overall pick. With Joel Embiid and Paul George in their thirties and on max contracts, drafting a young player who may need a few years to develop wouldn't necessarily be the best strategy if they're trying to maximize their title odds with their existing core. If the Sixers keep the pick, it is unclear who they would targ...2025
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• 1 conspiracy theory for why every team will win the NBA Draft Lottery

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images Your in-built excuses for the draft lottery tonight. The NBA Draft Lottery is on Monday night with Cooper Flagg being the biggest prize since, well ... okay, Victor Wembanyama two years ago — but still, Flagg is a big deal. Flagg might be the best U.S.-born prospect since LeBron James, garnering comparisons to Scottie Pippen, Jayson Tatum, and Grant Hill...2025
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• Everything you need to know about the 2025 NBA Draft Lottery

Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images The NBA Draft lottery is here. We’re drawing ever closer to the 2025 NBA Draft, and with it a transformative player who could turn around a franchise. A total of 14 teams have a chance to win the No. 1 overall pick, with five organizations having a 10% chance or better to landing the first pick. Find our most recent mock draft from Ricky O’Donnell here....2025
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• Texas Tech star’s huge NIL bag revealed to bypass NBA Draft for college hoops return

Photo by Andy Hancock/NCAA Photos/NCAA Photos via Getty Images JT Toppin received a massive NIL deal to skip the 2025 NBA Draft and return to Texas Tech. JT Toppin was one of the best big men in college basketball this season for Texas Tech. He originally tested the NBA draft waters after a standout freshman year at New Mexico, but when he didn’t get the answer he was looking for, he joine...2025
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• Jared McCain Formally Ruled Out For Season

The Sixers announced Thursday that rookie guard Jared McCain is expected to miss the rest of the 2024/25 season after undergoing surgery for a meniscus tear in December. McCain was previously listed as out indefinitely, but the Sixers are shutting down any speculation about a potential return this season with this announcement. While this was […]...2025
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• NCAA bracket predictions: Final Four picks, overvalued teams, and more in men’s tournament

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images The overvalued teams, undervalued teams, and potential Cinderellas are in our latest bracket picks for the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament. The beauty of March Madness and the reason everybody tunes in is because nobody knows what will happen. We think we do. You don’t get credit for predicting the annual 12 seed upsetting the 5 seed. We all know that’s happen...2024
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