I am guilty of letting 76ers fans convince me that Dario Saric was going to be a beast the second he stepped on an NBA court. I admit it. Guilty as charged. I wanted to believe, and they wanted to believe, everyone wanted to believe, and people posted the highlight videos… How could anyone not…
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Joel Embiid 25 Points Full Highlights (12/26/2016)
At what point in a dude/dude non-romantic friendship do butt-slaps enter into the picture? Whatever it is, it must be a hell of a lot earlier for NBA players. Because I’ve had dude friends I’ve known my whole life, and I never once thought “My dude just did something cool. I should forcefully SLAP his…
Read MoreSergio Rodriguez 21 Points/7 Assists Full Highlights (12/23/2016)
Hollis Thompson and Robert Covington were finishing up their Christmas shopping at a Philadelphia-area mall when a familiar face caught Hollis’ eye. He elbowed his teammate and pointed towards the food court, asking, “is that who I think it is?” Robert peered into the thronged mass of kids, all clutching their parent’s hands so as…
Read MoreJoel Embiid 27 Points Full Highlights (12/23/2016)
Joel Embiid is already beasting. That is a fact. He is beasting in the NBA right now, despite being clinically dead for the better part of two years. He is beasting with threes, he is beasting with funny social media escapades, and he’s beasting with the weight of an entire franchise on his back. It…
Read MoreErsan Ilyasova 22 Points Full Highlights (12/18/2016)
I’ve really been impressed with how Ersan Ilyasova has played for the 76ers. After his not-so-good stint with the Magic, I kind of thought he was done. Maybe not totally done, but done enough that he would never again get major minutes for a team. His prospects for playing improved when he got traded to…
Read MoreJoel Embiid Career High 33 Points Full Highlights (12/18/2016)
Check out Nerlens Noel at 1:32 of this video, right after Joel Embiid gets rejected by the rim on a wide open attempt. Laughing good-naturedly after Embiid’s “shush” gesture in a show of support for his temporarily embarrassed teammate, right? WRONG! That’s what Noel wants people to think. He wants people to think that, despite…
Read MoreJahlil Okafor 17 Points Full Highlights (12/14/2016)
Every game that passes where the 76ers’ logjam at center persists, I get more and more pissed off. Nerlens Noel did everybody a favor by re-injuring himself but there’s still this other tall guy named Joe Edmund or something who’s taking all the minutes. I don’t care about Joe Edmund. I care about Jahlil Okafor…
Read MoreRobert Covington 26 Points Full Highlights (12/14/2016)
Robert Covington has lowkey been one of the worst minutes-receiving players in the league this year. He had previously been heralded as one of the rare successes of Sam Hinkie’s (R.I.P. in peace) “cycle as many scrubs through the roster as possible and maybe some of the will be good if we force-feed them minutes”…
Read MoreSergio Rodriguez 16 Points/8 Assists Full Highlights (12/8/2016)
Every year it seems like there’s a point guard on a bad team who consistently puts up good performances to trick everybody into thinking he’s good. A few years ago it was Greivis Vasquez. Last year it was Ish Smith. This year it’s Sergio “Bearded Chocolate” Rodriguez. Hs ability to wring assists out of the…
Read MoreErsan Ilyasova 23 Points Full Highlights (12/8/2016)
Ersan Ilyasova: best player on the 76ers? Let’s do a quick rundown: Jerryd Bayless: worse than Ersan Ilyasova Robert Covington: worse than Ersan Ilyasova Joel Embiid: worse than Ersan Ilyasova Gerald Henderson: worse than Ersan Ilyasova Richaun Holmes: worse than Ersan Ilyasova Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot: worse than Ersan Ilyasova TJ McConnell: worse than Ersan Ilyasova Nerlens…
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