This hurts my heart. Here I am, sitting here in my office every day like a sucker, hoping that at some point I’m eventually going to see breaking news that tells me that the Sixers have figured out a way (peace, Andre Miller) to sign Allen Iverson so that he can finish his career in Philly while he still has something left.

And then I come across this: Read More »

Apparently Stephen Jackson is a monster in the weight room. He told a radio station today that he has already put on 25 pounds of muscle this offseason. Read More »

Hedo Turkoglu’s agent Lon Babby told the Orlando Sentinel that his guy is planning on opting out of the final year of his contract because interest for the 6-10 forward will be “robust.” That, of course, is code for “Hedo is going to get PAID.”

And why wouldn’t he? He’s built a rep as a big shot taker/maker who can score from all over the floor and for a guy who supposedly plays no D, it looked like he was frustrating Kobe whenever he was matched up on him. Read More »

In a relatively minor deal that actually helps both teams involved, the Toronto Raptors have reportedly traded Jason Kapono to the Sixers for Reggie Evans. The Raptors have plenty of shooters on their roster but zero toughness, especially in the paint, so Evans will come in and do his thing in (presumably) limited minutes. Read More »

When most kids show up at college, they come armed with plenty of stuff to put on their dorm room walls. I remember my freshman building at Boston College being littered with Grateful Dead, Bob Marley, Pink Floyd, Biggie, and Tupac posters. Me? I had two things for my side of the room: a Chris Mullin Team USA poster and a photo of Chris Herren cut out from some hoop magazine that I can’t recall today. Not exactly what most kids were plastering on their walls, but Mullin was my basketball idol and Herren, the star of an unbelievable book called “Fall River Dreams” that I pretty carried with me at all times, was a living legend in the Northeast. Read More »

This has nothing to do with hoop, but it’s kind of amazing. It’s a short film called “Carousel,” and it is apparently some kind of ad for a new Philips TV. It is a one-shot, frozen-in-time shootout between cops and the bad guys that features lots bullet casings and things exploding. Other than the Sixers taking Game 3 tonight against the Magic, this will be the best thing you see all day.

The700Level posted this video today of Julius Erving saying his goodbyes to the old Philadelphia Spectrum. If for a second I forgot how much I loved the Good Doctor, this video brings me right back to going to games with my Dad when I was little and watching Julius do his thing.

And I am now on a personal quest to find the t-shirt that a fan is wearing at the 5:05 mark…

Sixers’ “power forward” Andre Iguodala made a cameo appearance last night on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” to play the part of the Obama Administration rejecting GM’s latest bailout proposal.

Today’s New York Post quotes Knicks GM Donnie Walsh from an interview on his team’s web site where he discusses “backup plans” if New York isn’t able to land LeBron James in 2010. Absurd. Read More »

Don Nelson says he’s going to experiment with his lineups of over the final 19 games of the season in an attempt to mix things up a bit.

I know, I know. I thought the same thing - “Isn’t that what Nellie does pretty much every night anyway?” Nelson’s lunacy with his lineups is well documented, so what will real experimentation look like in the Bay? Read More »