Articles by Rob Bauer (70)
Everything just keeps coming up Hinkie these days …. Today, the NBA Board of Governors voted to NOT implement lottery reform during the current 2014-15 NBA season. The NBA draft lottery reform has been voted down at Board of Governors meeting, league sources tell Yahoo Sports. System stays. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) October 22, 2014 […]
"NBA Nation @ CityWalk 037" by Dickieboy818 – Richard Chan. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons Reports are streaming out that Sixers legend Darryl Dawkins passed away today at the far-too-young age of 58. Chocolate Thunder, as most Sixers fans likely know him, was by far one of the most likable and entertaining Sixers legends, […]
Back at it on Wednesday in Milwaukee. pic.twitter.com/BzOkDMMrLN — Philadelphia 76ers (@Sixers) November 3, 2015 In the midst of a seemingly endless rebuild, Sixers fans might have glimpsed a new vision of the futrue of this team tonight. The Sixers came out hot tonight, dominating the first 16 minutes of the game with a great […]
SWISH pic.twitter.com/1ZqNbtlo5B — Alessandro Gasparro (@sandrogasparro) October 29, 2015 Big Jah had a blast stream rolling Tyler Zeller into the floor of the Boston Garden, but the Stifle Tower won't go down so easily. The Sixers' Twin Towers of Nerlens Noel and Jahlil Okafor had an impressive debut agains the Celtics on Tuesday, with […]
They (who?) say, "Heroes are remembered, but legends never die." Clearly the 2014-2015 Sixers had zero legends, and only a handful of Heroes. You know how I know that? Because, for the first time, cold turkey, I took the 2014-15 Sixers Roster quiz on Sporcle to see how well I remember the 31, YES THIRTY […]
In terrible news out of Sixers media day, it appears that Sixers resident lovable goof JaKarr Sampson has lopped off his wonderful mop top. And we all wept. I think I'm going to cry pic.twitter.com/xv6TWPwFjA — Max Rappaport (@MaxRappaport) September 28, 2015 One can only assume that, much like the biblical Samson, JaKarr gained all […]
On the eve of the start of training camp (basketball!!!), the Sixers PR department released the official training camp roster. No real surprises here, save perhaps that after conflicting reports, Jordan McRae did in fact sign his 1-year tender and will compete for a spot on the regular season roster. Probably the most interesting position […]
View image | gettyimages.com The Sixers today waived recently acquired swingman Gerald Wallace. Wallace was acquired from the Warriors back on July 27th along with cash considerations for Jason Thompson (also acquired this summer in the bank-heist trade with the Kings). This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone, as Gerald Wallace has been pretty […]
View image | gettyimages.com Given the lack of scoring the Sixers displayed last year, when word got out that Sixers 2014 2nd round draft pick Jordan McRae was lighting up the Australian NBL to the tune of almost 20 points a game, reasonable Sixers fans wondered if it was time to bring him into the […]
If the debate over Michael Carter-Williams' basketball skills still rages on, the debate over his pitching skills just ended. From ESPN, here is the young Buck throwing out the first pitch at last night's Brewers game and, well, let's just say we all know what legendary Brewer's play-by-play announcer Bob Uecker said after this gem. […]