The 76ers have been here before. Back in February 2001, the Sixers were 41-14, the best record in the NBA. After two consecutive seasons of paying their dues in the playoffs, the Sixers knew they were on their way to represent the East in the NBA Finals.

Iverson won 56 games and went to the NBA Finals with a supporting cast of Aaron McKie, Tyrone Hill, George Lynch, Theo Ratliff, Eric Snow and 34-year-old Dikembe Mutombo. This will never not be amazing. Iverson had so much promise when Barkley drafted hi

For any NBA team crazy enough to still inquire, Allen Iverson would seemingly only bring baggage-infested questions, not answers. No former first-tier NBA star in recent memory experienced a more abrupt, tumultuous and premature downfall than the once-be

Around 7 p.m. Thursday night, Andre Iguodala will not be glued to a television set waiting to learn if he is chosen as a reserve for the Eastern Conference All-Star team. Actually, he won't be watching TV at all, even if he is finally chosen to play in t

LARAMIE, Wyo. Now, after playing 16 years at the game’s highest level, the former University of Wyoming basketball star is making a transition to the next

Milwaukee Bucks forward Stephen Jackson reacts in the fourth quarter of an NBA basketball game against the Phoenix Suns, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, in Phoenix. The Suns won 109-93. (AP Photo/Paul Connors) Photo: FRE, The Associated Press / AP2012 Spurs' Theo

The reason being is that they consistently buck the trends of NBA truisms. When the league says that it takes a superstar to win, the Pistons win without one. When the league says that it takes a transcendent offense to win, the Pistons win with defense.

AP File PhotoBen Wallace is one of the Detroit Pistons' all-time greats but does that make him a Hall of Fame candidate? Ben Wallace's announcement last week that he'd be retiring after the season brought up a question people have been kicking around for

How’s this for a little bit of perspective: the last time the 76ers won a round in the playoffs, Jrue Holiday was 12-years old. In terms of the franchise, it was six coaches ago for the Sixers. Now that the growing pains have dissipated and the Sixers ar

The NBA season is finally upon us. Some strange things happened between the NBA lockout and the start of this season. The Lakers have a new coaching staff and a re-tooled roster. The Lakers, Rockets and Hornets executed a perfectly good trade that made a

Think of all the change that’s occurred within the Lakers' organization from the time last season ended until now, a week before the start of the 2011-12 season. Goodbye, Phil Jackson , Brian Shaw , Frank Hamblen , Jim Cleamons , Craig Hodges and Rasheed

Over the course of his 16-year career, Theo Ratliff played for nine different franchises (and two of them twice). But with the 2011-12 NBA season set to start on Christmas Day, the 38-year-old free agent will be watching from home. A league source told D

I know that what I'm about to say is going to be met with tons of criticism, but I applaud David Stern for blocking the Chris Paul trade to the Lakers. I fully understand the disdain that Lakers, Hornets, and Rockets fans may be feeling, and I also unde