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On Thursday, 76ers point guard Ben Simmons launched The Philly Pledge as a way for people to find local nonprofit organizations that are helping the less fortunate. The Philly Pledge encourages locals to donate to the PHL COVID-19 Fund and Philadundance online. The PHL COVID-19 Fund is for coronavirus relief, while Philadundance is a hunger-relief organization. Simmons said folks can make a donation for as little as $25.
Joe Vardon: The Sixers’ Trey Burke, Kyle O’Quinn, Jonah Bolden are not with the team at shootaround here in Milwaukee. PHL needs to trade or waive two players to make room for Alec Burks and Glenn Robinson III.
Kawhi Leonard, who led the Toronto Raptors to the title last June before signing with the Los Angeles Clippers, is in attendance at ringside for the Manny Pacquiao-Keith Thurman bout on Saturday (Sunday morning PHL time).
NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard sits next to the Pacquiao family at #PacThurman. | via @mavgonzales pic.twitter.com/Mhy34Ocm6j
— GMA Integrated News (@gmanews) July 21, 2019
As The Times reported last July, Philadelphia made an ambitious attempt at trying to hire Daryl Morey away from Houston — and I’m told Philly also commissioned a clandestine run at prying Myers away from the Warriors that was likewise rebuffed.
The Dario Saric era with the 76ers has begun. The Croatian power forward’s plane arrived at the Philadelphia International Airport about 5 p.m. Thursday. He was expected to sign his contract on Thursday night or Friday, search for a place to stay in the area, and head right back to his native country. The Sixers will pay $650,000 of the reported $1 million buyout fee to help Saric get out of the final year of his three-year contract with Anadolu Efes of the Turkish Basketball League. He has to pay the balance.
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Mike D’Antoni has arrived in town to meet with the 76ers. The former NBA coach was spotted arriving at Philadelphia International Airport. He had been in talks with the Sixers to become the associate head coach.
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“We feel great, excited to be here. We know we have a lot of great, knowledgeable fans here and we hope to put on a great show for them,” said Pippen, the former Chicago star who played alongside the great Michael Jordan in the Bulls’ title romps in the NBA in the 90s. “We’ll show them we’re not over the hill yet, we’ll give it a good show,” said Rodman, who sort of expected his estranged father, Philander, who is based in the country, to show up like he did the first time the rebounding demon visited Phl.
Marc J. Spears: Clipps had a positive meeting w/Jamal Crawford in LA today & made a contract offer,but hes still considering MIN, PHL, MEM, PHX, source says
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