“That was my big brother for real. We was locked in and he was trying to take me under his wing and he tried to teach me everything he could and we’re still close to the day.”
Paul Reed on Andre Drummond 🤝
"If they would like to keep me, then I would like to come back for sure, I really would like to come back."
- Paul Reed on re-signing with the Sixers this offseason.
Embiid on why he was crying after being named MVP:
“I was just thinking about my little brother… wishing he was here to see what I accomplished.”
Rest In Peace Arthur Embiid 🕊
"He pulled me aside and said there’s no reason for me to be a bad defender. He said, ‘You have all the tools, you’re a competitor, there shouldn’t be a problem.’ He tells me that all the time."
- Tyrese Maxey on a past conversation w/ P.J. Tucker
If this is the end of the road, what a career for Nicolas Batum. Definitely one of my favorite role players to watch from this era. Hope tonight wasn’t the last go-around.
💙❤️
“After every shootaround, I make him shoot threes with me because if he gets that down, especially like corner threes, he can be a special player in this league.”
- Tyrese Maxey on Ricky Council IV 🙌
(via
@PaulHudrick
)
Tyrese touched on a moment P.J. Tucker and Paul Reed in the middle of the 4th quarter when the Sixers trailed.
Love P.J.’s aggression towards Paul Reed, that brings out the best in him
“He believed in me from day one before I really made any type of imprint in the league and our relationship goes beyond basketball. That’s always my brother and it’s good to see him doing well here.”
#Nets
Nic Claxton on James Harden
James Harden on why he’s getting into the wine business:
“I’m getting older, so the hard liquor is very difficult to recover from.”
🤣🤣🤣
(via
@usweekly
)
Embiid in April 2021: "I tell him all the
time, I want him to be aggressive."
Embiid in April 2022: "I've been saying all
season since he got here, he needs to be aggressive.”
Embiid in May 2023: "You just talk to him. You tell him to keep shooting and be aggressive.”
Tyrese Maxey once said he was watching Sixers-Raptors in 2019 as a senior in high school. He remembered watching Kawhi Leonard’s shot and the aftermath of it, and that he saw how much winning meant to Joel Embiid.
via
@TimBontemps
When De’Anthony Melton returns from his back injury, he should come off the bench as a 6th man like he did last season.
I like this current starting unit a lot.
“I was like, ‘This is the moment I’ve been waiting for,’ honestly. That’s exactly what I said to myself. Big shots to help us beat the No. 2 team in the East at the moment. I wanted those bad.”
- Ricky Council IV on his thought process when he went to take clutch FTs vs Cavs
Elton Brand Summer ‘19:
Extended Ben Simmons (5 years, $170M)
Signed Al Horford (4 years, $109M)
Re-signed Tobias Harris (5 years, $180M)
Who told him to cook? 🔥🔥
“I’m waiting for Joel to show up. James has won two games for these guys. Joel won MVP, well deserved, now he’s got to put his imprint on this series. I’m waiting for Joel to have a defining moment”
- Charles Barkley on Joel Embiid in Game 5
"Last night, we know what we did wrong…and we (found) a way, I think, this morning to do something special with us...I won’t tell you what."
- Nico Batum hinting potential “tricky stuff” for Game 2 adjustments from Nick Nurse
(via
@ginamizell
)
“Being home…I just felt so free. I just felt so much love. So it’s like, yeah, man, I would definitely entertain coming back. I just hope…we can get something going hopefully…no love lost if we can’t.”
- Marcus Morris Sr. on a potential Sixers return 👀
(via
@PompeyOnSixers
)