http://www.76erslocker.com Daily Blog for Philadelphia 76ers Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:52:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The 76ers have signed reserve guard Royal Ivey to a 2-year contract. The 26-year old Ivey should be able to give the Sixers 15-20 decent minutes per night. He played in 75 games (20 starts) for the Bucks last season and he averaged 19.2 minutes, 5.6 points, 1.6 ... http://www.76erslocker.com/2008/07/24/the-philadelphia-76ers-sign-guard-royal-ivey/ The Philadelphia 76ers have signed power forward Elton Brand to a 5-year, $82 million dollar contract. The 29-year old Brand missed most of last season recovering from a torn ACL but he's healthy right now. Brand played in 8 games (6 starts) with the Clippers last season and ... http://www.76erslocker.com/2008/07/09/the-philadelphia-76ers-sign-forward-elton-brand/ The Philadelphia 76ers wanted to clear salary cap space so that they could sign free agent forward Elton Brand. With that in mind they traded G/F Rodney Carney, C Calvin Booth and a future 1st round pick to the T-Wolves for a future 2nd round pick. The 76ers ... http://www.76erslocker.com/2008/07/09/the-philadelphia-76ers-trade-with-the-timberwolves-to-create-salary-cap-space/ The 76ers figured that you can't go wrong with a Gator and that's part of the reason they selected Speights. Speights is a power player all the way as he stands 6'10", 245 pounds with attitude. He played in 69 games (36 starts) in his career at Florida ... http://www.76erslocker.com/2008/06/27/1-16-marresse-speights-f/ The 76ers are happy with the rookies that brought in last June. Forward Thaddeus Young is an outstanding player who will probably move into the starting lineup full time as early as the start of next season. He played in 74 games (22 starts) this season and he ... http://www.76erslocker.com/2008/05/21/the-philadelphia-76ers-are-happy-with-the-rookie-haul-in-last-years-draft/ The Sixers didn't play any defense on Tuesday Night as the Pistons shot 58.1% from the floor. The 76ers also never recovered from the first quarter in which the Pistons dominated 35-21. Andre Iguodala finally had a good game against the Pistons as he finished with 21 points, ... http://www.76erslocker.com/2008/05/01/detroit-pistons-98-philadelphia-76ers-81/ The 76ers got thumped 34-16 in the third quarter by the Pistons and they couldn't recover. Rookie Thaddeus Young led the way for the 76ers with 15 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists. Andre Miller had a decent game with 13 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists. ... http://www.76erslocker.com/2008/04/29/detroit-pistons-93-philadelphia-76ers-84/ The 76ers took it to the Pistons tonight as they outrebounded them 43-34 on their way to a very easy win. Samuel Dalembert dominated the paint as he finished with 22 points, 16 rebounds and 2 blocked shots. Andre Miller did a good job of running the offense ... http://www.76erslocker.com/2008/04/25/philadelphia-76ers-95-detroit-pistons-75/ The 76ers got blasted on Wednesday Night as the Pistons answered the wake up call the Sixers delivered in Game #1 of this series. The Sixers only shot 39.5% from the floor and they were outrebounded 42-34 by the Pistons. The Pistons also shot 54.9% from the floor ... http://www.76erslocker.com/2008/04/25/detroit-pistons-105-philadelphia-76ers-88/ The 76ers stunned the Pistons in Detroit earlier tonight by outscoring them 52-35 in the 2nd half and holding them to 39% shooting from the floor. Andre Miller led the way for the Sixers with 20 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists. Willie Green pitched in with 17 ... http://www.76erslocker.com/2008/04/20/philadelphia-76ers-90-detroit-pistons-86/