Here’s Doug Collins’ post-game press conference that has everyone from Kelly Dwyer to Zach Lowe sounding off on the sorry state of the Sixers. I’m just happy that my sister’s fiance, a diehard Sixers fan, has to eat crow about all the crap he was talking before the season about his 76ers beating up on the Knicks this season. So far this year he’s had to watch Bynum’s continuing hairstyle routine on the sidelines without ever getting to watch him suit up. Then this happens, and well, it’s tough to be a basketball fan from Philadelphia these days.

[video via BDL]

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3 months ago

Spencer Hawes has the worst haircut in the league.

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6 months ago

A couple coaching contract* announcements today as I sat in bed battling the ill effects of the autumnal chill, which Keats never mentioned in his ode.

Doug Collins signed a one year extension that will keep him in Philadelphia through the conclusion of the 2014 season (his contract was set to expire at the end of this year). I had read about rumblings within the Philly organization about Collins wanting full reign taking ona double duty role as GM/coach, but the signing of Tony DeLilo earlier in September nixed that idea. I guess Collins was happy with the choice. Or at least happy enough to sign on for one more year. One thing he can’t be happy about is Bynum’s knee problems already knocking him out for most of training camp.

Tom Thibodeau of the Bulls also signed an extension for four more years and almost $17 million. All he’s done since coming over from being an assistant coach in Boston is lead the Bulls to the league’s best record the last couple years, and last year was largely without his best player. No biggie.

*THAT is how you do alliteration** kids.

**Also known as the “lazy sportswriting crutch.”

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8 months ago

Here’s Charles Barkley having some fun with Rick Mahorn.

Going through the various Sixers squads to try and make sure it’s Mahorn Barkley’s dousing with his water/Gatorade, I was struck by how godawful some of his teams were in Philly. For instance, during the ‘88-‘89 season (the year before Mahorn joined the club), Mike Gminski was the second-leading scorer on the Sixers. They still made the playoffs with Barkley averaging 25.8, 12.5, 4.1 (points, rebounds, and assists per game) plus 1.6 steals and .8 blocks, while shooting almost 58% from the field. Now Mike Gminski isn’t a slouch in terms of career production, he scored almost 11,000 points and grabbed over 6,000 rebounds, but it’s remarkable what Barkley was able to do with so little around him and as the focal point of every opposing defense. So it bears repeating:

They made the playoffs with Mike Gminski as their second-leading scorer!

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