Keith Pompey
76ers Beat Writer at The Philadelphia Inquirer
.@Sixers writer for @PhillyInquirer/ @prohoopswriters V. P. /2022 NSMA Pa. Sports Writer of the Year/ 2023 Stan Hochman Award/ 2021 AP Top 10 Breaking News
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Keith Pompey
Nick Nurse was expected to be the 76ers’ scapegoat this offseason. And that’s understandable, considering he’s getting $8.5 million per season to coach what has been an underachieving team. But Nurse and Sixers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey will return next season despite a 24-58 record this season. “That’s a tough job,” Kelly Oubre Jr. said of Nurse and his staff. “Like, I couldn’t do it. So I tip my hats to those who do that and are faced with the responsibility.
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Keith Pompey |Gina Mizell
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Keith Pompey
A full season came and went, and if 76ers forward Paul George didn’t converse with Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey on the bench, there was a good chance no one would have remembered they were regarded as a Big Three. The trio, which was supposed to lead the Sixers to an NBA championship, logged only 15 games together as group because of injuries. As a result, George wants them to spend time together this offseason to build chemistry. “I think that’s very important,” he said.
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Keith Pompey
The 76ers signed Paul George to a maximum-salary contract last summer, hoping the nine-time All-Star would be an impactful two-way player. Instead, his first season in Philadelphia was an injury-plagued disaster. And he admitted as much. “To be honest, it was one of the toughest seasons for me, just with a lot of adversity on the court, off the court,” George said. “The injury stuff … was some stuff I didn’t necessarily know I had going on until deep diving and finding out.
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Keith Pompey
Daryl Morey began his postgame news conference Sunday by acknowledging the 76ers’ season was a failure. The team’s president of basketball operations added that Sixers ownership, coach Nick Nurse, star players Joel Embiid, Paul George and Tyrese Maxey and the whole roster expect more. Morey talked about feeling for the fans “who put their heart and soul” into this team.
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Sixers center Adem Bona hopes to close the season strong and embrace one final challenge https://t.co/XrXql8xBaa via @phillyinquirer
Sixers center Adem Bona hopes to close the season strong and embrace one final challenge https://t.co/XrXql8xBaa via @phillyinquirer
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