2013-2014 Sixers Season Thread

[PhillyPhreak54]

MCW ROY

[BigEd76]

great Bleacher Report article on Nerlens

[PhillyPhreak54]

Yeah shocking that bleacher report would dish out something decent...just read it.

I'm excited for Noel's future and having Brown is key. His pedigree and the fact he was a development guy and learned from Popovich is huge. He was the perfect hire.

Five days until ping pong time....Tick tock, Havas

[ice grillin you]

The Philadelphia 76ers may build a practice facility and administrative headquarters on the Camden waterfront, the Inquirer's Julia Terruso said. The facility would be near Campbell's Field, she reports.

The Sixers have practiced at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine since 1999. (Before that they practiced on a West Philly street court with chain nets, I assume.) The Philadelphia Business Journal reported last summer the team was looking at the Navy Yard for a state-of-the-art practice facility, but that deal fell through in April. (Normally the descriptor of "state-of-the-art" would be pointless — how else would they build it? — but it is the Sixers, after all.)

The building would likely receive tax breaks due to the New Jersey Economic Opportunity Act, a bill sponsored by Camden State Sen. Donald Norcross. He didn't comment to the Inquirer about the proposed facility, but told the paper: "Literally, we have people knocking on the door and the mayor has heard it and we have, too, so it wouldn't surprise me if many others wouldn't be looking."

The lack of a practice facility is said to be a drawback when the team attempts to attract free agents. Back in 2011, then-Sixers beat writer Kate Fagan wrote in the Inquirer that "nothing illustrates this point better than the movie Just Wright." In the film, Elton Brand attempts to convince Queen Lafitah's character, a trainer, to sign with the team in front of a swanky, fictional practice facility. Oddly enough, the Sixers landed Brand, the top free agent in 2008, despite the lack of a practice facility. Wait, why am I writing about Just Wright?

The Flyers also have a practice facility in New Jersey, in Voorhees. The Eagles practice at the Novacare Complex at Broad and Pattison in South Philadelphia, while the Phillies play pretty much every day and don't really practice, per se. The Union are planning to build a practice facility in Chester.

[PhillyPhreak54]

I saw someone ask if this would rejuvenate Camden.

Really? No. Come on.

[Don Ho]

Free soup for everyone!

[ice grillin you]

get it done mcnutty.....

Philadelphia will fight to keep the 76ers practice facility on its side of the Delaware River.

After reports that the team was near a deal with Camden to build a practice facility and team headquarters on the waterfront, Mayor Nutter contacted The Inquirer with an adamant message Friday afternoon: the facility belongs in Philadelphia.

"This is the best sports town in the U.S.A., the fourth-largest media market in the country, this is the Philadelphia 76ers we're talking about - Wilt Chamberlain, Julius Erving, Allen Iverson," Nutter said. "This is a Philly team - so I think fans, frankly, would be very insulted at any idea that part of the team would be outside the City of Philadelphia."

Reached Friday, 76ers CEO Scott O'Neil referred to a comment from Wednesday in which he said the team was "looking at a number of sites for our training center, which includes several locations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania."


Nutter said the city had shown the team six public-land options in the last six months, including the Navy Yard, which he said was still an option on the table.

Simultaneously, talks continue between the team and Comcast-Spectacor owners over a private deal to build adjacent to the Wells Fargo Center, where the team plays, he said. According to Comcast-Spectacor spokesman Ike Richman, "We will work hard in conjunction with the City of Philadelphia to keep the 76ers' practice facility here."

But the competition in Camden could be financially more attractive to the team.

Sources said this week a deal fueled by hefty tax incentives could be close on the Camden waterfront near the minor league baseball park, Campbell's Field, where the Riversharks play. The move would be a substantial coup for the struggling city, which has long tried to build up its waterfront.

Nutter said, "We know that New Jersey is certainly throwing, or trying to throw, a whole bunch of cash in their face," but he described Philadelphia's offer as "very competitive."

Nutter said that he spoke to O'Neil as recently as Thursday and that he and managing owner Josh Harris had said they were "looking to build a relationship with the City of Philadelphia."

Robert Corrales, spokesman for Camden Mayor Dana L. Redd, declined to comment on the potential Sixers move but said in a statement, "Camden is the perfect home for any business looking to expand or relocate." He cited the Economic Opportunity Act, which offers increased tax incentives to attract businesses.

Since 1999, the Sixers have rented practice space at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Team owners have said they need their own state-of-the-art facility to attract potential free agents. Regardless of where the practice facility lands, the team will still play games at the Wells Fargo Center in South Philadelphia.

The Flyers already practice in New Jersey - in Voorhees, but Nutter said the hockey team's management had already forged a deep relationship with the city. Flyers owner Ed Snider built the Wells Fargo Center.

"The Flyers have been enormously involved in the lifeblood of the City of Philadelphia," Nutter said, citing youth hockey leagues, five city rinks, and the team's success in the playoffs over the last two decades.

"This is a new ownership group from New York coming into the Philadelphia marketplace, and it would seem to me they would want to build a reputation and a relationship with the Philadelphia fan base before taking any steps to partially move the team out of the city," he said. "They are the Philadelphia 76ers, and they belong lock, stock, and barrel in Philadelphia."

Nutter called 76ers fans patient after a season in which the team finished with the second-worst record in the league.

"Obviously, they had a challenging season, but it will not help the team's reputation and standing with Philadelphia and its fans to take part of the team somewhere else," he said. "Their marketing and branding slogan is 'Building together.' Well, I think one of the ways you show you want to build together is to build in Philadelphia."

[ice grillin you]

camden threw enough cake at the sixers and bagged their new practice facility....should have been at the navy yard....but the square footage they are getting in camden is enormous and should make for an amazing facility

[ice grillin you]

merry 39th AI

[BigEd76]

[SD]

Wait what?

[QB Eagles]

The new primary logo:

[PhillyPhreak54]

@CSNPhilly: Via @The700Level: Sir Charles on MCW: 'He's Michael Jackson playing with a bunch of Titos' http://t.co/xrG3MnzWnz

[BigEd76]

Wait what?

Dribblin' Ben is our new secondary logo.  They took something that was on t-shirts back when we had the AS game 12 years ago, threw a "76" on his chest....voila

[Dillen]

http://deadspin.com/evan-turners-ferrari-ran-out-of-gas-on-the-highway-1595038048

lolol