CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) — James Harden publicly called his boss a liar and swore he would never again play for the Philadelphia 76ers. So he won't — the 10-time All-Star with a history of trade demands only slightly shorter than his signature beard is on the move to this fifth NBA team, chasing ...
CAMDEN. N.J. (AP) — Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers says NBA MVP finalist Joel Embiid is doubtful for Game 1 of the playoff series against the Celtics with a sprained right knee. Embiid was examined by doctors this week and has yet to practice ahead of Monday's Eastern Conference ...
Miami (ap) — Philadelphia center Joel Embiid’s season is over because of left knee problems, including a torn meniscus that is worse than the 76ers first thought.Embiid hadn’t played since Jan. 27, and the 76ers had said in recent days that his return was likely later this week. But an ...
So far, two high school basketball players have said they’ll be attending the Oct. 10 Late Night in the Phog.They are: Stephen Zimmerman, a 7-foot, 240-pound senior center from Bishop Gorman High in Las Vegas who is ranked No. 7 nationally by Rivals.com; and No. 9 Carlton Bragg, a 6-9, ...
The day Joel Embiid was born, Hakeem Olajuwon was half a world away, in the midst of an MVP season, coming off a 41-point, 12-rebound double-double for the Houston Rockets.It was March 16, 1994. Olajuwon, a 10th-year pro, was well on his way to leading Houston to its first of back-to-back NBA ...
When the Philadelphia 76ers held an introductory press conference for their latest acquisitions this past weekend, a certain 7-foot center from Cameroon, by way of Kansas University, didn’t get a chance to join the organization’s 2014 NBA draft picks.Joel Embiid, of course, remained in Los ...
Kansas University’s domination of the 2014 NBA draft had coach Bill Self beaming in the Big Apple on Thursday night.“Obviously it means a lot for our program to have two guys to be so well thought of and drafted so high,” Self, KU’s 12th-year coach, said in a national phone ...
Fresh off last week’s foot surgery, Joel Embiid couldn’t fly from California to New York for Thursday’s 2014 NBA Draft.So the 7-footer out of Kansas University did the next best thing, enjoying the draft with family members in his agent’s house in Los Angeles, the city where he’s been ...
