The home stretch of the 2018-19 season is here, and it’s landed the 76ers on the cover of Sports Illustrated. The last time the franchise graced the front of the respected publication? Over a decade ago, when a guy named Elton Brand signed with the team.
On this episode of The BroadCast, we check in with The Crossover’s Rob Mahoney, who, along with SI’s team of NBA writers, recently re-previewed the competitive race taking shape at the top of the Eastern Conference standings.
We talk with Rob about the ripple effects created by all the wheeling and dealing done by East’s elite teams in the hours leading up to this year’s trade deadline, and specifically, how the Sixers fared.
Click below to listen to full conversation, and read excerpts from the podcast.
How did you think the trade deadline helped the Sixers?
Is Tobias a perfect fit?
I don’t know if you saw the first 70 seconds of the game against New Orleans, but Ben Simmons took a true 3-point attempt. He’s been sprinkling in jumpers more and more. How much of a difference could that make, even with such little time left before the playoffs?