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76ers sign first pick Speights

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS • July 18, 2008 PHILADELPHIA — Marreese Speights, taken by the Philadelphia 76ers with the 16th overall pick in June's NBA draft, signed with the team on Friday. Speights, a 6-foot-10 forward out of...

76ers see the upside to rookie Speights

By Kate Fagan / The Philadelphia Inquirer Friday, July 18, 2008 - Added 3m ago LAS VEGAS - Shortly before his summer league game, Marreese Speights hurried from a concession stand with popcorn in one hand and a crumpled wad of...

Ian Thomsen: Miles attempting unprecedented comeback

Darius Miles apologized. "I'm physically 100 percent,'' Miles said in his first interview since attempting a comeback unprecedented in this salary-cap era. "I'm not in [basketball] shape, but healthwise and bodywise I'm 100...

Sixers GM Stefanski in Talks to Re-Sign Iguodala

In the PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS, Phil Jasner reports "The next step in Eddie Stefanski's blueprint for the 2008-09 76ers is already in play. That happened when the Sixers' president/general manager met Tuesday in Las Vegas with...

Sixers' Young maturing

20-year-old is leader on summer team By MARTIN FRANK • The News Journal • July 16, 2008 Thaddeus Young still is the youngest player on the 76ers, even younger than the team's 2008 first-round draft pick, Marreese Speights. But...

Sixers shore up frontcourt, land Brand with five-year, $82M deal

Elton Brand will be bringing his frontcourt talents to Philadelphia. signed with the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday, giving them the low-post presence needed to contend in the Eastern Conference. BARON TO STAY PUT: Brand's...

76ers ready to get going with forward Brand,0690 (AP)

By DAN GELSTON, AP Sports Writer 19 minutes ago PHILADELPHIA - Elton Brand was expected to sign with the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday, and the power forward instantly gives them the low post presence they sorely needed to...

Red-carpet treatment good tactic for Sixers

The limousine rides. If it's $11 million, they can offer Smith up to five years and around $65 million. It's too bad for the Sixers that none of this extravagance will guarantee that Smith will become a Sixer. Before the Allen...

My List: All Time Team, Philadelphia 76ers

Let's continue the My List special and reveal team #3 of the 29-team countdown, the Philadelphia 76ers. Indeed, most of his best stats years came in the mid-to-late 80s, when the team was in decline, but he was steady during...

Phil Sheridan: Draft pick shouldn't be judged by past rumors

By Phil Sheridan Inquirer Sports Columnist It all seemed odd. The 76ers held a news conference yesterday to introduce first-round draft choice Marreese Speights. Speights held up a Sixers jersey and posed for pictures with...