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Report: NBA coaches are higher on Rockets’ job in 2023 than 2020

The #Rockets are clearly a worse team on the floor in 2023 than 2020, but their head coaching vacancy may be more attractive, according to Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle.

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Marcus Hayes: Just what kind of owner is Washington getting in Josh Harris? This is what he’s shown us.

PHILADELPHIA — The most dysfunctional team in the NFL is trading the worst owner of the modern era for one of the best in the NBA and NHL.

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The Sixers’ Daryl Morey and David Blitzer are helping bring the NWSL back to Salt Lake City

PHILADELPHIA — The 76ers’ president of basketball operations Daryl Morey has joined a group of investors led by Sixers part-owner David Blizter that is bringing the National Women’s Soccer League back to Salt Lake City.

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Daryl Morey on James Harden, Rockets reports: ‘Makes no sense’

“That one makes no sense,” Daryl Morey tells @JGrasso_ regarding James Harden to Houston rumors. “That seems to be invented by someone. I don't understand it, at all.”

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Daryl Morey on future of James Harden, 76ers: ‘Just focused on this season’

“I know [Harden] is just focused on this season and not the offseason,” 76ers president Daryl Morey says of James Harden, who could be a target for the #Rockets in 2023 free agency.

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Marcus Hayes: The Sixers’ ‘Process’ era either pays off or fails for good in the next two months

PHILADELPHIA — Ten years ago, Josh Harris hired Sam Hinkie to clean up the Andrew Bynum mess and begin The Process. Hinkie failed in both transaction and culture, but reset the salary cap and asset cache, which he handed to Bryan Colangelo, who failed at everything except retaining coach Brett…

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Daryl Morey thinks the 76ers should run even more pick and roll and he’s right

Morey thinks his two stars aren't being maximized. He's absolutely right.

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Joel Embiid’s snub as an All-Star starter no surprise with a flawed system

Why are we surprised?

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MIT's Free Speech Problem

Daryl Morey raises concerns about the lack of free expression at his alma mater.

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Marcus Hayes: Give thanks for Rob Thomson, A.J. Brown, Howie Roseman (?), and, always, Jason Kelce

It’s the time of year when we reflect on the people and the things that brought us joy over the past 365 days. From an unexpected playoff run by Jalen Hurts and the Eagles, to a miraculous World Series appearance by the Phillies, to a more perfect Union, to the…

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Doc Rivers has one of the NBA’s toughest jobs — and shouldn’t be the Sixers’ fall guy

Doc Rivers has perhaps the NBA’s toughest coaching job.

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Sixers enter 2022-23 NBA season with high expectations, but several daunting questions linger

Can the 76ers live up to their own hype?

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Mike Sielski: The Sixers hated playing against P.J. Tucker. That’s why they signed him.

PHILADELPHIA — You know P.J. Tucker. If you’ve played any basketball in your life, you’ve played against P.J. Tucker, and you likely hated it. Or you’ve played with P.J. Tucker, and you loved it. P.J. Tucker is 37, which makes him an old man by NBA standards, and more to…

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David Murphy: Four Sixers who have a lot to prove in training camp and not much time to do it

PHILADELPHIA — A familiar but forgotten face provided one of the more thought-provoking moments to come out of the Sixers’ annual pre-training camp media day on Monday. Somebody asked Shake Milton whether he had a good feel for what his role was going to be this season, and the fifth-year…

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P.J. Tucker makes an impact at Sixers’ first practice of training camp

CHARLESTON, S.C. — P.J. Tucker is already standing out for the 76ers.

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David Murphy: Montrezl Harrell is latest sign Daryl Morey and Sixers learned from their Miami meltdown

PHILADELPHIA — I’ve long been of the belief that any team built around Joel Embiid is a team that needs a Plan B. Last year, the Sixers did not have one, and they ended up paying a heavy price. With Embiid sidelined for the first two games of their Eastern…

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Marcus Hayes: Traitors return: Ben Simmons, Carson Wentz return to Philadelphia 8 days apart to face 76ers, Eagles

PHILADELPHIA — Like a bad penny, they keep turning up.

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How the Sixers’ proposed new arena vaults them into the NBA arms race: ‘We’re really only limited by our imagination’

PHILADELPHIA — When Tad Brown walked through the 76ers’ section of the Wells Fargo Center last year, he immediately concluded it was “not up to NBA standards.”

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76ers face NBA tampering probe after deals with former Rockets

Former Rockets James Harden, PJ Tucker, and Danuel House Jr. are suddenly back together with the 76ers, and the NBA is reportedly investigating how it all came to be.

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How James Harden’s unprecedented new contract gave the 76ers cap flexibility to improve this offseason

Harden structured his contract so that Philadelphia could sign two former teammates.

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James Harden on re-signing with Sixers: This is where I want to win and we have the pieces to accomplish that

Lauren Rosen: James Harden on returning to the @Philadelphia 76ers: "This is where I want to be. This is where I want to win, and I think we have the pieces to accomplish that goal." Source: Twitter @LaurenMRosen What's the buzz on Twitter? Kyle ...

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Report: James Harden Agrees to Two-Year Deal with 76ers

The former MVP recently declined his player option for next season in order to take a pay cut and remain on the team.

Tribune News Service

David Matthews: James Harden ‘takes’ pay cut; Kyle Korver leaves Nets, returns to Hawks

Ex-Nets star-turned Philadelphia 76er James Harden is trying to spin his contract situation into a positive, claiming selflessness by taking a $15M pay cut on his salary in a one-plus-one deal that allows him to re-enter free agency next season.

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Mike Sielski: James Harden can spin his situation all he wants. His actions will matter more than his words.

So James Harden wants people to shut their eyes to reality and see him instead as a present-day version of St. Francis of Assisi. So selfless. So generous. So willing to sacrifice for the 76ers’ greater good.

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Sixers’ James Harden explains why he accepted a $15 million pay cut in NBA free agency

Sixers star James Harden took a $15 million pay cut during NBA free agency this summer. During an interview with Yahoo! Sports reporter Chris Haynes, he explained the logic behind that decision.

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