Liberty Ballers: for Philadelphia 76ers fans

Sean Kennedy joins Adio on the podcast again for a discussion about the Sixers and their second round picks with the 2020 NBA Draft next month. The duo discuss why they’re so important as well as the flexibility the Sixers SHOULD have with their four picks -- two of the first six in the second round.

Sean’s column:

https://www.libertyballers.com/2020/9/2/21418184/sixers-need-to-use-second-round-picks-wisely-in-next-months-nba-draft-philadelphia-76ers

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On this week's episode, Steve, Emily and Dan discuss the new coaching rumors for the Sixers. Jay Wright is out, Ty Lue was close to signing a deal until it turned out the Sixers hadn't interviewed him yet, and Dawn Staley is interested. The trio then plays the Most Likely game and take turns sharing enticing trade machine deals. Also, Steve tells a Josh Harris story that's sure to make you nauseous.

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On today's episode, Liberty Ballers writer Dave Early joins Daniel and Sean to discuss their feelings about the seemingly imminent Ty Lue hire and some moves the Sixers could make this off-season to fix their long list of issues.

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With Brett Brown being dismissed, the Sixers are in the market for a new head coach for the first time in seven seasons. Last week, Sean Kennedy penned a column about former Cleveland Cavaliers head coach Tyronn Lue being the leading candidate to replace Brett Brown. Sean joins Adio on the podcast to discuss Lue as well as other candidates whose names have been thrown around in the media since Brown’s firing.

Sean’s column:

https://www.libertyballers.com/2020/8/25/21400322/ty-lue-reportedly-a-leading-candidate-to-replace-brett-brown-philadelphia-76ers-nba

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This week, Steve, Emily and Dan welcome their first guest in the history of the podcast: Yaron Weitzman. Yaron is the author of the Process tell-all book Tanking to the Top and he has tons of inside insight into the Sixers. Listen as the Gastro gang talks with Yaron about who he thinks should be the next Sixers coach, what person or event is most to blame for the team’s current state, and his thoughts about the Sixers’ ownership group’s new quest to build an arena by using taxpayer dollars.

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So, what the hell do we do now? Brett Brown has been relieved of his duties. The Philadelphia 76ers have many questions and not too many answers. How did we even get to this point, and what’s the next move for this franchise and its two biggest stars: Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons. On the pod, Harrison Grimm joins to discuss his column from the site last week as well as what the heck do we do, now?

Harrison’s column:

https://www.libertyballers.com/2020/8/22/21396107/how-did-the-sixers-get-here-philadelphia-76ers

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On this week's episode, Steve, Emily and Dan discuss the Sixers' dispiriting series against Boston. They discuss the roster's performance, player-by-player, before talking about using the amnesty clause on Tobias Harris, trading Al Horford, and pleading with Josh Harris and co. to clean house in the front office. Later, they play the Most Likely game to debate which Sixer would stand in line behind a mannequin.

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Following one of the most discouraging losses in recent Sixers history, Daniel and Sean reflect on all of the roster and coaching mismanagement that led to this, implore the Sixers to change their pick and roll coverage, and ponder whether this disaster will actually bring Embiid and Simmons closer together.

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(HOST/PRODUCER’S NOTE: This podcast was recorded on Sunday, August 16, prior to the Philadelphia 76ers 109-101 loss to the Boston Celtics on Monday, August 17th.)

This week’s episode of the “Out of Site” podcast serves as a primer for the upcoming round one playoff matchup between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Boston Celtics. Dan Volpone (@dan_volpone) comes on the pod to discuss the upcoming series thanks to his column simply entitled: “We want Boston. We need Boston.”

Dan’s column:

https://www.libertyballers.com/2020/8/13/21365633/we-want-boston-we-need-boston

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Ho boy. Game day. On today's episode, Steve, Emily and Dan join forces with Adam Motenko, Josh Motenko and Mike Minkoff of the Celtics Pride Podcast (via Celtics Blog) to preview the first round matchup between the Sixers and Celtics. These star-crossed podcast hosts discuss their respective seasons as fans of the Sixers and Celtics, sift through key matchups we'll be seeing throughout the series, and finally, give homerism a new name when they make series predictions.

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