The 76ers lost a dog of a basketball game last night in New York. Andre Iguodala led the way for the Sixers with 24 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals. Willie Green pitched in with 13 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. Samuel Dalembert was busy as he finished up with 12 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocked shots. The 76ers fell to 16-28 on the season with this loss.

The 76ers expected Rodney Carney to be a big key off of the bench for them this season but he’s having a sophomore slump. Carney is only shooting 37.5% from the floor and 20.7% from three point range and he will start losing playing time if he doesn’t start to shoot better soon. Carney has played in 24 games this season for the Sixers and he’s averaging 14.0 minutes, 5.1 points, 2.0 rebounds and 0.5 assists per game.

The 76ers have traded forward Kyle Korver to the Utah Jazz for shooting guard Gordan Giricek and a conditional first round pick. Giricek has played in 2 games so far for the Sixers and he has averaged 13.5 minutes, 5.0 points, 1.0 rebound and 0.5 assists per game. For the season, Giricek has played in 24 games and he has averaged 12.8 minutes, 4.4 points, 1.4 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. Giricek is a solid player and a good shooter but he was in Jerry Sloan’s Dog House for being soft. The Sixers hope he can give them solid production off of the bench.

The 76ers really like the potential of forwards Jason Smith and Thaddeus Young so look for their playing time to increase soon. Smith has played in 28 games so far this season for the Sixers and he is averaging 15.8 minutes, 4.9 points, 3.2 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game. Young has played in 20 games so far this season and he is averaging 10.4 minutes, 4.2 points, 2.5 rebounds and 0.3 assists per game. F/C Herbert Hill has been out all season thus far due to injury.