Dan Olinger
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Writing about the Sixers @RTRSPodcast . Formerly a Basketball Scout for @SIS_Hoops .
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New words from me for
@RTRSPodcast
— wrote about Jared McCain, who shot poorly from three during Vegas Summer League, but showed way more as a driver and ball handler than he ever had at Duke.
Check it out!
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Nick Foles has the same number of career playoff wins as Dak Prescott and Tony Romo COMBINED
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“That doesn’t change anything for me. A shot blocker always gets dunked on because you’re gonna jump … I’m probably gonna get caught a couple more times, and I’m gonna keep jumping and try to block every shot.”
Adem Bona on Donovan Clingan’s dunk over him:
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I nearly leapt out of my seat in press row
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Dude was shouting “We gonna be back here for Game 7!” as 500 Knicks fans surrounded him, all ready to fight him
There’s a Sixers fan talking trash to 100 different Knicks fans simultaneously in the scrum here at MSG lol
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If the standard for being a good defender is “completely shut down Nikola Jokic” then there are zero good defenders in basketball
Hearing a lot of “Gobert is absolutely getting cooked” and every clip is Rudy playing the best defense he possibly could and Jokic doing something nobody else on the planet can do
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Trading for Buddy Hield — Good! He'll make them better.
Trading Pat Bev for Cam Payne — Pretty unnecessary, Payne is worse than Bev, don't understand it.
Trading Jaden Springer to their arch rival for a 2nd round pick — I fell to my knees and cried out in pain.
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Perhaps the most important shot in Philadelphia 76ers' history
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The Sixers and Clippers just slowly trading their entire rosters to each other over a full year is a great bit
Free agent center Mo Bamba has agreed on a one-year deal with the Los Angeles Clippers, sources tell ESPN.
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Here's Nick Nurse repeatedly calling timeout and the referees ignoring him the whole time
"I called timeout. The referee looked right at me, and ignored me. Tyrese Maxey got the ball. I called timeout again, he ignored me again. Then the melee started." – Nick Nurse at his postgame presser on what happened at the end of the game.
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There’s a Sixers fan talking trash to 100 different Knicks fans simultaneously in the scrum here at MSG lol
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"I called timeout. The referee looked right at me, and ignored me. Tyrese Maxey got the ball. I called timeout again, he ignored me again. Then the melee started." – Nick Nurse at his postgame presser on what happened at the end of the game.
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One of the best 90 second sequences I've ever seen from any basketball player ever. Ant Edwards is absolutely incredible.
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Total list of NBA Players with three 50-point games this season:
- Tyrese Maxey
- Joel Embiid
- Devin Booker
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Nico Batum said postgame he was able to block Tyler Herro's 3 in the clutch because the Sixers coaching staff showed him the exact the play the Heat ended up running just a minute before.
"Coaches showed me that play literally like a minute before. So I was expecting that play."
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“The steps that [Maxey] has taken every single year has been amazing. Hardest worker I’ve ever been around … he’s been our best player this season … it’s like finally we have this one guy who’s just a franchise player who’s always happy.”
Joel Embiid on Tyrese Maxey:
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Watch the way Lowry waits for Martin to fall, then needlessly jumps back over him to get the foul call lol
Pretty sure Lowry just purposefully passed up an open layup in order to jump backward and fall over an injured Caleb Martin on the ground to get an And-One layup instead
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Is there a sports moment that traumatized your team's fanbase, yet is celebrated by the rest of the league as one of the greatest moments in history?
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Furkan might be the greatest garbage time passer in NBA history
That pass right there is why Furkan Korkmaz got 47,000 All-Star fan votes
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Joel Embiid missed the first 2 seasons of his career with severe foot injuries, while also enduring the trauma of losing his younger brother, and pushed through all of it to become a generational basketball player.
He deserves far better than the way some people talk about him.
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“[Batum] has guarded the smallest guys like Trae Young to the tallest man in the NBA like Wemby. His defensive versatility is second to none. Tonight he guarded Herro, Butler, Bam, what’s he’s done for this team has been remarkable.”
Tyrese Maxey on Nico Batum:
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Never gonna stop laughing thinking about this. Nick Nurse saw Tobias Harris throw one inbound pass and said, "Never again."
Immediately subbed in Nico Batum, who was DNP the entire game up to that point, just so he could throw one pass and sub out again.
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Josh Hart did not have a single game during the regular season where he hit 4 threes.
He has hit 4 threes in every single game of the Sixers-Knicks series.
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“I don’t understand why every time [Maxey] goes in there, they just [never give him a call]. But it’s kind of been that way. He goes in there, gets sent to the dooor time and time again … I just don’t understand it.”
Nurse on the whistle Tyrese Maxey got in Game 6:
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The Sixers are down 3-1 in a series where they’ve been out scored by just 4 points total
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Full 2 minute highlight reel from Tyrese Maxey's 50-point masterpiece
He's a superstar
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The 6-7 Philadelphia Eagles have a better point differential than the 9-3 Green Bay Packers, the 8-4 Baltimore Ravens, and the 8-4 Tennessee Titans.
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Buddy Hield going 3 games without hitting a single three while Josh Hart is 9-for-17 from three is really something
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Maxey also tells a great story here where he said he cried after getting his first ever DNP in the NBA as a rookie, but then woke up the next day and started working as hard as he could so that would never happen again.
“My Dad always says, ��Proper preparation prevents poor performance.’ He’s been on me since I was a kid about working every single day and finding ways to get better … I work my tail off every single day, no matter what the scenario is.”
Tyrese Maxey on his work ethic:
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The sequence that won the Sixers the game:
1) Jaquez swipes down on Embiid, gives the Sixers free throws
2) Lowry poke-around steal, Batum saves the ball, Embiid 3 in transition
3) Embiid circus shot and-one off the O board
4) Embiid doubled, finds Oubre for another and-one
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High school coaches will be showing this clip of Dante Exum to their teams for generations
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Three straight possessions in overtime where Joel Embiid saved the Sixers with his defense
As bad as his offense was this game, this has been a heroic defensive performance from Joel Embiid in overtime.
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“I know [Joel] had 50, but his voice, his presence, his passion was huge. He didn’t let us get pushed around. They were trying to push us around, be aggressive w/ us, and he set the tone early. We’re not going for that. We’re not getting pushed around.”
Maxey on Joel Embiid:
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The best pass of Ricky Council IV’s young career and it’s not close
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Someone just called into 97.5 and compared Marial Shayock to Kevin Durant
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NBA Players with multiple 50-Point games this season:
- Joel Embiid
- Tyrese Maxey
- Luka Doncic
- Giannis Antetokounmpo
- Devin Booker
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“If they went to the timeout to draw something up, we would switch up [our defense]. We’d go 1-3-1 zone, 2-3 zone, and even a Box-and-One.”
Tobias Harris on how Nick Nurse always changes the Sixers defense after a timeout:
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Everything Sixers fans need to know about their newest player — Jared McCain
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1. Game 7 vs 2021 Hawks
2. Game 7 vs 2019 Raptors
3. Game 6 vs 2023 Celtics
4. Game 2 vs 2024 Knicks
5. Game 5 vs 2021 Hawks
The five most painful Sixers playoff losses of the Embiid era, just off the top of my head
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Feel like not enough people are talking about how the Clippers absolutely beat the life out of the Celtics in Boston yesterday
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Pascal Siakam and OG Anunoby being this great for the Pacers and the Knicks makes it even more confusing how the Raptors were so underwhelming the past two seasons
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Kyle Lowry is already tied for third in most charges drawn by a Sixers player this season.
Today is the 5th game he's played with the Sixers.
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The Sixers third most-played lineup during the playoffs was George Hill, Shake Milton, Matisse Thybulle, Tobias Harris and Dwight Howard. That lineup finished with a Net Rating of -16.0 points per 100 possessions, per
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“I know that he’s a soldier. I know that he’s tough … obviously everybody gasped. Everybody’s heart drops. You hear the crowd. But Jo, he’s a fighter. He used to fight lions and tigers and bears and stuff.”
Kelly Oubre on Joel Embiid’s first half injury scare:
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@ThunderFilmRoom
Kyle Lowry taking multiple charges that night holds a special place in my heart
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Jalen Brunson has 13 Free Throw Attempts
Tyrese Maxey has 0 Free Throw Attempts
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🚨🚨 VIDEO BREAKDOWN 🚨🚨
The Sixers offensive execution against the Hawks in Game 3 was on point all night, particularly on this one play — Chicago Slice — that routinely burned Atlanta, each time with a different option. Hope you all check it out, always means a lot. Thanks!!!
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I asked my brother what he thought about each 2024 NBA Draft prospect based solely off their names.
Here were his takes:
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Every Sixers fan saying the Kawhi shot but real ones know this is the correct answer
A player ever hit a shot against your team that made your stomach drop?
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Joel Embiid officially finishes with the season with 1,353 points in 1,309 minutes played in 39 games.
He joins 1962 Wilt Chamberlain as the 2nd player in NBA history to finish a season with more points than minutes (w/ a minimum of at least 50 minutes played in the season).
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Playoff starter Isaiah Joe
Lineup alert: Isaiah Joe will start ahead of Josh Giddey on Wednesday.
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The Thunder outscored the Mavericks 40-29 to close the game after Tyrese Maxey shook Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s hand
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“The whole series I could’ve played better. Maybe if I was better, we would’ve won, so that’s on me. [I] just gotta find a way to be better as a basketball player, as a person, as a leader, and come back and hope that everything else aligns.”
Joel Embiid on how he played:
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Today in Matisse Thybulle screenshots that occurred one second apart from each other!
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“My Dad always says, ‘Proper preparation prevents poor performance.’ He’s been on me since I was a kid about working every single day and finding ways to get better … I work my tail off every single day, no matter what the scenario is.”
Tyrese Maxey on his work ethic:
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After the Knicks called the timeout, Jalen Brunson went up to talk to a ref, so Kyle Lowry ran off the Sixers bench and went all the way down to the other side of the court to also talk to the same ref.
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"Is This Anything?" remains the greatest recurring bit of any NBA team broadcast
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He needed to come back for this play alone
Free agent G Kyle Lowry has agreed on a one-year deal to return to the Philadelphia 76ers, Mark Bartelstein of
@PrioritySports
tells ESPN. Lowry announced on instagram he’s back with Sixers.
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“Tonight they were just doubling anywhere as soon as I put the ball on the floor. If you’re gonna leave a 45% 3pt shooter in Tyrese Maxey open just to get the ball out of my hands, well good luck.”
Joel Embiid on having 10 assists in tonight’s win over Denver:
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Joel Embiid really did hit 5 threes in the second half, man
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“I appreciate Coach Nurse. I shot him a text before the Hawks game. Told him how much I appreciate him, and how he’s let me play through mistakes and grow.”
Tyrese Maxey on Nick Nurse:
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The only way to solve this is to have Will Smith slap Judd Apatow on live TV and see if he lives
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You cannot possibly throw this pass any better. Nico Batum is one of one.
I have no words for that Nico Batum inbounds pass. That's an all-timer right there.
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Terquavion Smith passed Ben Simmons in career three-pointers made tonight
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“Kyle Lowry is like one of my big brothers right now. Anywhere [Kyle] fits, I know I’ll fit … he loves it here, he loves playing for Nick, so I think I’ll fit in for sure.”
Caleb Martin on how he’ll fit in Nick Nurse’s system:
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How are Sixers fans supposed to wake up tomorrow and act like everything’s okay
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Sixers fans -- you just watched the greatest game that anyone has ever played in a Sixers uniform
Important PSA -- the Sixers' franchise record for points in a game is 68 by Wilt Chamberlain (Wilt had his 100 point game with the Warriors)
Joel Embiid needs 15 more points in the next 14 minutes of gameplay to break that.
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RICKY
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Post entry passing will never be the same in this city
Nicolas Batum will not be returning to the Philadelphia 76ers, sources tell
@TheAthletic
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“Nick [Nurse] is really fun to play for. He brings a lot of excitement to the games … it’s a free style of play. He draws up plays for everybody. He’s just a coach who knows his players.”
Buddy Hield on playing for Nick Nurse:
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This is a response to a 7 minute video where I continually point out the Sixers missing box outs and the Knicks doing a good job to take advantage of it lol
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It's always gonna be remembered as the James Harden trade but the Sixers turning PJ Tucker's contract into Nico Batum literally saved their contention window
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Ask and you will receive
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He only played 3 minutes in last night's game, but this Cam Payne 3 was just a huge play for the Sixers.
Hadn't played for the first 35 minutes of the game, subs in cold, and nails a big 3 the very first time he touches the ball. Insane.
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Subbing in Nico Batum after he didn't play at all for 47 minutes, just so he can make the inbound pass at the end of the game, is the funniest thing I've ever seen.
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Foul on Oubre for Jalen Brunson head butting him
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Springer is just 2 months older than Brandon Miller and is coming off a stretch of hilariously good defense against Luka Doncic and Steph Curry.
Why is now the time to sell low on him?
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I can already tell I'm gonna get mad at people blaming Embiid for that loss when the problem was that he got double and triple teamed all quarter and his teammates completely lost their composure.
Unable to get him the ball, unable to get a board, unable to get a stop on Brunson
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Hang it in the Louvre
Terq Smith throwing an off the backboard lob to Ricky Council with the Sixers down 20 is the funniest thing I've ever seen
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“I don’t overreact to [foul trouble]. How many times does a guy get 2 and he ends up with 3? I let guys play through.”
Nick Nurse on his decision to keep Joel Embiid in after he got his 3rd foul in the first half:
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Robert Covington when you dribble the ball near him
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Like cmon man this is an insane pass
3 really great passes from Embiid already — the first no look hook pass to get Tobias an open 3 that he missed, an assist to Tobias on his cut, and that lightning quick skip pass to Oubre in the opposite corner for the 3.
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Just a full minute of Nico Batum tapping out Offensive Rebounds to his teammates to brighten your day
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“Joel was getting on Buddy, he was telling him, ‘Man just shoot the ball. We know what you can do, that’s what you’re here for.’”
Maxey on what Joel Embiid told Buddy and other a sixers role players at halftime:
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“In the first half, I talked to Buddy Hield a little bit, we were trying to get it to Joel a little too much. In the second, [Buddy and I] were like when we come in, we gotta shoot. I mean, we were wide open.”
Nico Batum on him and Buddy Hield shooting to break the Heat’s zone:
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"I love Reed. He's a bench guy. He comes in. He's 6-foot-9. He's a tough guy. He can hit threes. He has a little mid-range game, but he's a bear in the paint." — Hubie Brown on Paul Reed, his favorite basketball player in the world.
Find someone who loves you as much as Hubie Brown loves Paul Reed.
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The Joel Embiid free throw discourse is once again incredibly dumb.
Literally every superstar ever gets a lot of Free Throws. Imagine if this app existed in 1987 and people were discounting Michael Jordan's 37 PPG because he was attempting 11.9 Free Throws per game.
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