Philadelphia 76ers News

A six-foot-nine, 19-year-old Australian playing for the Louisiana State University Tigers has topped this year’s National Basketball Association draft.

Thursday's NBA trade deadline was the craziest in years, a flurry of trades that sent over 30 players to new teams. At the center of the action was the Philadelphia 76ers, who made three different trades to pick up future draft picks.

The deal is official and the Cleveland Cavaliers and returning superstar, LeBron James now have all-star power forward Kevin Love, 25. LeBron and Love together make Cleveland contenders to win the city's first major championship since 1964.

Chicago - The Chicago Bulls put Philadelphia just two games short of an NBA record 26 straight losses after defeating the 76ers 91-81 on Saturday night.

Los Angeles - Life for the LA Lakers is just getting harder as the famed NBA franchise is suffering through one of their worst years in recent history.

Philadelphia - The Philadelphia 76ers who started the past season with so much promise saw it all unravel with a knee injury to Andrew Bynum. The Sixers went 34-48, and missed the playoffs for the first time in three years.

Philadelphia - An argument over the Chicago Bulls vs. Philadelphia 76ers NBA game ended up in a shooting. Two people were injured as a result of the incident.

The Los Angeles Lakers have reached a four-team trade deal to acquire Orlando Magic All-Star center Dwight Howard. The trade also involves the Philadelphia 76ers and the Denver Nuggets.

Philadelphia - The Philadelphia 76ers beat the Boston Celtics 82-75 Wednesday to force a Game 7 in their NBA Eastern Conference semi-finals series, Reuters reports.

Philadelphia - The 8th seeded Philadelphia 76ers eliminated the top-seeded Chicago Bulls in the first round of the NBA Eastern Conference playoffs Thursday with a 79-78 game 6 victory, ESPN reports.

Deerfield - According to Chicago Bulls' coach Tom Thibodeau, center Joakim Noah will "likely" miss game 5 Tuesday night against the Philadelphia 76ers.

The Chicago Bulls, owners of the league's best record along with the San Antonio Spurs, are now down 3-1 in the first round's best of seven series against the Philadelphia 76ers.

Cleveland - Thanks to a 3rd quarter power surge by Jrue Holiday, the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 103-87 Wednesday, further solidifying their hold on the 8th and final spot in the Eastern Conference Playoffs, NBA.com reports.

Philadelphia - With 21 points and nine rebounds, Amare Stoudemire led the New York Knicks to a 82-79 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers Wednesday night.

Philadelphia - At the Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday night, the Philadelphia 76ers hosted San Antonio and discovered what many teams are finding out the hard way as a surging Spurs defense carried the team to a 100-90 win on the road.

Toronto - For the first six games of the season the Toronto Raptors were being praised for its impressive defence, dedication to hustling on both ends of the floor and playing a physical style of basketball.

Miami - Miami had a chance to close the game out in the Sixers in game four, but the Sixers had just enough to hold the Heat at bay. Before the game LeBron James said they should have beaten them last game.

Philadelphia - The Heat have been one of the most impressive teams in the playoffs, and looked like they were going to run away with this series. The Sixers were looking to get at least one as their coach Doug Collins called this a “human nature game”.

Philadelphia - The Sixers have played the Heat tough in the last two games, but the Heat has found a way to win behind the play of Chris Bosh. Dwayne Wade has been dealing with migraines since game two, but for game three he pulled out his biggest game of the series.

Miami - In game one the 76ers got out to a quick start and held the lead for awhile. This game the Heat jumped out early and controlled the game. Miami came in with questions about Dwayne Wade because he had migraines, but James and Bosh carried the load again.

Philadelphia - The Detroit Pistons dressed a full roster but only played six because seven of them choose to skip the morning shootaround for various reasons. The Pistons have been having all kind of problems and right now basketball seems to be least of their worries.

Philadelphia - Allen Iverson has announced that he is going to make a comeback for the 2010-2011 NBA season after taking a leave of absence in March for personal reasons.