Liberty Ballers

2 days ago | libertyballers.com | Sean Kennedy

Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images We are here. Lottery night. Do you remember this feeling, Sixers fans? It has been a good half-decade-plus since the franchise has been involved in one of these and those familiar butterflies are returning. Philadelphia has a statistically significant chance of landing the first overall pick and the opportunity to select the crown jewel of this year’s draft, Cooper Flagg.

5 days ago | libertyballers.com | Josh Grieb

Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images It is incredible how many ways Al Horford continues to hurt this franchise. Anyone here likely doesn’t need the reminder, but the Sixers lose their upcoming first-round pick if it does not fall within the top-six. This is the result of a salary dump trade to get off of Horford’s contract in 2020. The only thing that could be worse than the season Philadelphia just had would be walking away with absolutely nothing to show for it.

6 days ago | libertyballers.com | Bryan Toporek

Photo by Matt Stone/MediaNews Group/Boston Herald via Getty Images You’ll have to pardon me for a second… AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHASorry, sorry. I just got done watching the Celtics become the first team in the play-by-play era to blow multiple 20-point leads in the playoffs. Funny what happens when you have to face full-strength teams in the playoffs for the first time in two years!Yesterday, we asked you for your top Sixers-related offseason questions with the draft lottery fast approaching.

1 week ago | libertyballers.com | Josh Grieb

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images Get it? Because he does podcasts? The addition of Paul George to the core of Tyrese Maxey and Joel Embiid prompted Sixers’ governor Josh Harris to proclaim this was the most talented team of his tenure. Then everything went wrong. Not only did Embiid’s knee injury become such a constant issue that he was never able to play full time, but George hyper-extended his knee in his second preseason game as a Sixer.

1 week ago | libertyballers.com | Bryan Toporek

The Cleveland Cavaliers, Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder have been the consensus championship favorites for basically the entire 2024-25 season. Naturally, all three lost Game 1 of their respective second-round series and have already given home-court advantage to their lower-seeded opponents. It’s deeply refreshing to watch other teams melt down in the playoffs for a change.