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"The Celtics were always going to pick me," Tatum said in August of 2017, two months after Boston had traded the No. 1 overall pick to the Philadelphia 76ers for the No. 3 pick (plus a conditional future first-round pick) with which they selected Tatum. "We think there's a really good chance the player we'll take at three is the same player we would have taken at one," Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge said at the time. Continue to Article

February 27, 2019 7:29:pm EST

Source: Sixers rookie Zhaire Smith set to make debut with Blue Coats originally appeared on nbcsportsphiladelphia.com It may not be the debut he was looking for, but it appears Zhaire Smith will play professional basketball in 2019. The 16th overall pick in the 2018 NBA draft will make his debut with the Sixers' G-League affiliate, the Delaware Blue Coats, on Friday if everything goes according to plan, a team source confirmed Tuesday to NBC Sports Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Inquirer's Keith Pompey first reported the story. Continue to Article

February 26, 2019 9:15:pm EST

With 1:05 left in the Sixers' 111-110 win over the Pelicans, Boban Marjanovic lay on the ground, writhing in pain. Marjanovic forced a turnover and as Cheick Diallo went to try to grab the loose ball, he landed awkwardly on the Serbian big man's right knee. Marjanovic had to be helped off the floor. Continue to Article

February 26, 2019 1:13:am EST

Rip City Rewind: Everything you might have missed from the Portland Trail Blazers win over the Philadelphia 76ers originally appeared on nbcsportsnorthwest.com On the second night of a seven-game road trip, the Portland Trail Blazers made a stop in Philly to take on the 76ers. Coming off a double-digit win over the Brooklyn Nets on Thursday, the Blazers looked to take advantage of the Joel Embiid-less 76ers behind their big duo of Jusuf Nurkic and Enes Kanter, and they did just that. While the center tandem controlled the offensive glass, Maurice Harkless and Al Farouq-Aminu, who typically fly under the radar, hit their groove. Continue to Article

February 25, 2019 12:50:pm EST

The Sixers are entering an interesting and potentially exciting week. After a two-game road swing in New Orleans and Oklahoma City, they'll return home Saturday to host the defending world champion Warriors. Joel Embiid has missed the Sixers' last two games with left knee soreness that Brett Brown described as "tendinitis." After the Sixers beat the Heat on Thursday, his absence was clearly felt in a drubbing by the Blazers. Continue to Article

February 25, 2019 11:47:am EST