PHILADELPHIA 76ERS Advanced Stats: PACE: #16 94.0 OFFENSE: #18 104.0 DEFENSE: #10 102.5 Tom Thibodeau deserved to win the Coach of the Year award, but the trophy could have gone to Doug Collins as well. Collins took care of a team with no real superstars, who had heavily struggled early in the season by going 3-13 on their first 16 games, and improved them massively by allowing them to have a 38-28... Read more

2009/10 Review: The Philadelphia 76ers have been stuck into the mediocrity since the “old” Allen Iverson days and last season they gave one step back in their development. I remember that they went to the playoffs the two years prior of the last season, but in both seasons they had a barely 0.500 record to show and were knock down in the first round of the playoffs. Last season they hired head coach... Read more

The Sixers were a 0.500 team in the last 2 seasons, but they always missed to take the next step. Last season, they ended up with a 41-41 record in pretty bad circumstances, as Maurice Cheeks was fired after a 9-14 start of the season and their biggest off season addition, Elton Brand, got injured several times and played just 29 games. Still, the Sixers ended 6th in the Eastern Conference just to be eliminated by... Read more

The Sixers were the team with the biggest hype in the offseason, after all the team didn't lose any important player and they managed to get in the market Elton Brand. This addition makes the team to be now appointed by the analysts as one of the candidates to win the East. Let's remember the Sixers reached the Playoffs last season, when nobody was expecting that and they were actually one of the best teams on the... Read more

Boston vs Atlanta There isn't much to say in this series. The only doubt in here is if Boston will sweep the Hawks or not. Looking at the regular season records of both teams, everything appoints to a sweep ( Boston 66-16; Atlanta 38-44). But the differences are much bigger than it appears to be. First of all, Atlanta doesnt have any kind of experience at this level. Just Joe Johnson and Mike Bibby have played... Read more

Eastern Conference: 10. Chicago Bulls There is no other team in the NBA that has been so involved in trade rumors than the Bulls. Since the beginning of the season with Kobe and now with Ben Wallace, the media isn't giving any rest to Chicago. Right now they are 20-31 SU and 22-30-2 ATS. The team isn't far from a playoff spot and there is some hope in what Deng, Gordon and Hinrich will be capable to do,... Read more