Former Sixers GM Shares Advice on Building Around Joel Embiid

Former Sixers GM Shares Advice on Building Around Joel Embiid

Since drafting Joel Embiid in 2014, the Philadelphia 76ers have tried multiple ways of building a roster around him. Embiid is a genuine MVP-level talent, capable of spearheading a Sixers team toward a championship.Unfortunately, injuries and poor roster construction have both played their parts in the Sixers’ inability to reach the mountaintop. During a recent conversation with Ky Carlin of USA Today’s “Sixers Wire,” former Sixers GM Billy King…

Flyers and Sixers Select Las Vegas Sphere Designer for New South Philly Arena

The Flyers and Sixers are tapping the same design firm that was expected to build 76 Place to take on the new project in South Philadelphia, writes Jake Blumgart at the Inquirer: The Philadelphia 76ers and Comcast Spectacor have selected an architecture firm to design their new South Philadelphia stadium, the first public steps for the project since the team’s contentious Center City proposal was withdrawn earlier this year. The partners have c…

Sixers and Comcast Spectacor select Las Vegas Sphere architects to build new arena in South Philly

The Flyers and Sixers are done playing in the Wells Fargo Center morgue and are taking things into the future with a brand-new arena in South Philly. They’ve tapped Populous, the same design firm behind the mind-bending Las Vegas Sphere, to build it. This is the group that was originally supposed to design the now-dead 76 Place arena in Center City. That project was nuked earlier this year after months of fighting with neighbors, business owners…