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 PhillyBurbs: Carroll weighing shot at NBA
With European professional teams wanting a commitment from players by mid-August for next season - and one Spanish team is already showing considerable interest - Pat Carroll has a decision to make.
PhillyBurbs: Sixers, Cheeks discuss extension
Five months after agreeing to a one-year contract extension to continue coaching the Sixers in 2008-09, Maurice Cheeks and team president Ed Stefanski are having discussions about another extension.
 Yahoo!: Sixers working on new contract for Lou Williams (Yahoo! Sports)
What happens in Las Vegas, at least in terms of the NBA's summer league, isn't necessarily destined to stay...
Yahoo!: The 10-man rotation, starring Nate Robinson's big day (Yahoo! Sports)
A look around the league and the web that covers it. It's also important to note that the rotation order and...
PhillyBurbs: Warriors may be considering Lou Williams
The Warriors may be considering an offer sheet to 76ers restricted free agent Lou Williams, according to an ESPN.com report.
PhillyBurbs: Signing NBA draft picks is a lot easier than in the NFL.
The NBA has a salary structure for each of the 30 first-round picks and teams can pay them within 20 percent of that figure.
PhillyBurbs: 76ers sign first-round pick Marreese Speights
PHILADELPHIA - Marreese Speights, taken by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 16th overall pick in June's NBA draft, signed with the team on Friday.
Yahoo!: 76ers sign first-round pick Marreese Speights (AP)
Marreese Speights, taken by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 16th overall pick in June's NBA draft, signed with the team on Friday. Speights, a 6-foot-10 forward out of Florida, will earn about $2.6 million in the first two years of the contract. The team holds an option for two additional years. Speights received considerable playing time in the Las Vegas su ...
Yahoo!: Sixers sign F-C Speights (PA SportsTicker)
The Philadelphia 76ers on Friday signed forward-center Marreese Speights, their first-round pick in this year's draft.
FOX Sports: 76ers sign first-round pick Marreese Speights
Marreese Speights, taken by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 16th overall pick in June's NBA draft, signed with the team on Friday.Speights, a 6-foot-10 forward out of Florida, will earn about $2.6 million in the first two years of the contract. The team holds an option for two additional years.Speights received considerable playing time in the Las Vegas summ ...
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Sixers working on new contract for Lou Williams (Yahoo! Sports)
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Sixers in Talks on New Contract for Lou Williams
Sixers in talks on new contract for Lou Williams
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·Which restricted free agents are worth big dough?
Okafor? Role player. Monta? Made for Nellie-ball. These are factors as Charley Rosen decides which free agents deserve big dough.
·76ers sign first-round pick Marreese Speights
Marreese Speights, taken by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 16th overall pick in June's NBA draft, signed with the team on Friday.Speights, a 6-foot-10 forward out of Florida, will earn about $2.6 million in the first two years of the contract. The team holds an option for two additional years.Speights received considerable playing time in the Las Vegas summer league, averaging 18.2 points and team-highs with 10.2 re ...
·Philadelphia 76ers Getting Inside
The 76ers wanted Elton Brand, but didn't think they could get him. They weren't even sure he would opt out of the final year of his contract until he announced he would on June 30. Ten days later, Brand, wearing a suit and joined by his wife and mother, was introducedto the Philadelphia media at a news conference at the Hall of Fame room of the Wachovia Center.
·Philadelphia 76ers Roster Report
DRAFT PICK: Marreese Speights, F, 6-10, Florida -- Could compete for backup minutes at power forward; needs to get stronger and improve conditioning. BIGGEST NEEDS: The Sixers landed the power forward they craved in unrestricted free agent Elton Brand, thanks to a five-year, $83 million contract. That took care of their weakest position with Brand, a 20- and 10-career guy.
·Philadelphia 76ers Notes, Quotes
--The Sixers created an additional $2.8 million in cap space to sign Elton Brand by trading G/F Rodney Carney ($1.66 million), C Calvin Booth ($1.14 million) and a protected 2009 first-round pick from the December Kyle Korver deal with Utah to the Timberwolves for a protected2010 second-rounder. That allowed the Sixers to increase their offer to Brand from five years, $66.7 million to $82.9 million. --The Sixers in ...
·Q&A: Posey, LeBron and much more
Will LeBron join the Nets? Can the Celts repeat without Posey? Charley Rosen answers all the tough questions in his latest Q&A.
·Camby-Kaman combo means trouble for Clipper foes
Marcus Camby won't score like the departed Elton Brand, but Mike Kahn says he gives the Clippers a formidable defensive presence.
·Philadelphia's Spectrum to be demolished
The Wachovia Spectrum, the former home to the Philadelphia 76ers and Flyers, will close and be demolished next year.Arena owner Comcast-Spectacor, which announced the plan Tuesday, has plans to replace it with a complex of shops, bars, restaurants and a hotel. The 42-year-old arena, slated to shut down next spring, had been used for Philadelphia Flyers and 76ers games until the adjacent Wachovia Center was built and ...
·Brand episode typical for doomed Clippers
Losing Elton Brand just days after nabbing Baron Davis is only the latest box office disaster for the Clippers, Mike Kahn says.
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·Sixers working on new contract for Lou Williams (Yahoo! Sports)
What happens in Las Vegas, at least in terms of the NBA's summer league, isn't necessarily destined to stay...
·The 10-man rotation, starring Nate Robinson's big day (Yahoo! Sports)
A look around the league and the web that covers it. It's also important to note that the rotation order and...
·76ers sign first-round pick Marreese Speights (AP)
Marreese Speights, taken by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 16th overall pick in June's NBA draft, signed with the team on Friday. Speights, a 6-foot-10 forward out of Florida, will earn about $2.6 million in the first two years of the contract. The team holds an option for two additional years. Speights received considerable playing time in the Las Vegas summer league, averaging 18.2 points and...
·Sixers sign F-C Speights (PA SportsTicker)
The Philadelphia 76ers on Friday signed forward-center Marreese Speights, their first-round pick in this year's draft.
·76ers Team Report (Yahoo! Sports)
The 76ers wanted Elton Brand, but didn't think they could get him. They weren't even sure he would opt out of the final year of his contract until he announced he would on June 30. Ten days later, Brand, wearing a suit and joined by his wife and mother, was introduced to the Philadelphia media at a news conference at the Hall of Fame room of the Wachovia Center.How did it happen? The starting point was the dissatisfa ...
·Sixers have one order for Speights: Play hard (Yahoo! Sports)
Sixers rookie wants to use summer league to disprove questions about his work ethic.
·Stefanski, 76ers begin work on re-signing Igoudala (Yahoo! Sports)
The next step in Eddie Stefanski's blueprint for the 2008-09 Philadelphia 76ers is already in play.
·Philadelphia's Spectrum to be demolished (AP)
The Wachovia Spectrum, the former home to the Philadelphia 76ers and Flyers, will close and be demolished next year. Arena owner Comcast-Spectacor, which announced the plan Tuesday, has plans to replace it with a complex of shops, bars, restaurants and a hotel. The 42-year-old arena, slated to shut down next spring, had been used for Philadelphia Flyers and 76ers games until the adjacent Wachovia...
·Early free agency winners and losers (SportingNews.com)
Now that the dust has begun to settle, we can evaluate who came out winners -- and losers -- in the early part of this free-agent season.
·Georgia Tech center Dickey leaves for Europe (AP)
Georgia Tech center Ra'Sean Dickey has given up his senior season to play professionally in the Ukraine. Coach Paul Hewitt said Wednesday the 6-foot-10 Dickey signed a contract with Budivelnyk Kiev of the Ukrainian Super League. He redshirted last season to recover from acute tendinitis in his right knee and had a year of eligibility remaining.
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·Christmas in July, with plenty of presence
Sixers sign former Clippers power forward Elton Brand. After Elton Brand made the decision to sign with the 76ers, a friend called to remind him that Philadelphia fans -- Eagles fans, in point of fact -- had once booed Santa Claus.
·Sources: Sixers to sign Brand
Philly landing one of the NBA's top forwards. Several sources reported Tuesday night that the Philadelphia 76ers have a deal in place to bring free agent power forward Elton Brand across the country, with a five-year, $82-million deal.
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