Liberty Ballers: for Philadelphia 76ers fans

Happy 4th of July, Philadelphia 76ers fans. The long weekend is upon us, and a long off-season is upon your Sixers (once again). This seems to be a sad, recurring dream (or nightmare depending on your current feeling). Going into this off-season, there are some major decisions that need to be contemplated. Will Ben Simmons get traded? Will Joel Embiid get his super-max deal? Who will the Sixers ta...

On today's episode of The Gastroenteritis Blues, Steve, Dan and Emily go all the way through the Sixers' 17-man roster and play a game of Stay-or-Go. They determine for each Sixer whether or not they want them back and whether or not they believe the team will bring them back. Plus: discussing the summit between Sixers brass and Ben Simmons' agent, Joel Embiid's outrageous snub from First Team All...

Dan and Sean are back to break down the sad reality of the Sixers' failure and outline some specific reasons as to why it all happened before diving into the Sixers roster and taking their best guesses at who they think will be back for the 2021-22 season and at what prices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of The Gastroenteritis Blues, Emily, Dan, and Steve are still reeling from the Sixers' embarrassing second round loss to the Atlanta Hawks. They discuss end of year media availability from: Doc Rivers, Daryl Morey, Danny Green, BBall Paul and Ben Simmons. They discuss some leaks from the Sixers front office this week, as well as where Simmons' trade value currently stands. Final...

Christ! What the hell happened? After game six, most of us as Philadelphia 76ers fans went into Sunday’s game seven with only some belief the Sixers would pull out a game seven win. What happened was heart breaking, depressing, and demoralizing in one 48-minute session of professional basketball. Who is to blame? How do we move forward? How do we all process this? Host Adio Royster will try and st...

Well, that was horrible. The Sixers lost game 7 at home to the Atlanta Hawks and Dan, Steve and Emily reacted to yet another second round loss for Philly. They pulled no punches. Full analysis on Ben Simmons' series from hell, Doc Rivers' abundant miscues, Joel Embiid's play in the series and much more. They also react to postgame media availability from Rivers, Simmons and Embiid. Where do the Si...

That sucked and they should be ashamed. First half is Dan and Sean venting, ranting and unleashing all their pent-up anger over one of if not the worst loss in Sixers franchise history before brining on Glen Willis from Peachtree Hoops to breakdown things from an Atlanta point of view and how they were able to complete the comeback. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gheezus! Well, that game sure sucked, didn’t it? The Philadelphia 76ers dropped game four of their Eastern Conference Semis series against the Atlanta Hawks 103-100. It was such a bad game. Joel Embiid went 0-12 in the second half. Doc Rivers said the team got “outworked” all game and resorted to “hero ball” in the second half. Now, this is a best of three series with the Sixers having two games a...

On today’s episode of The Gastroenteritis Blues, Steve, Emily and Dan are joined by Chris Kline of The Sixer Sense. Together, they discuss the Sixers’ game 3 victory over the Hawks in Atlanta. Listen to hear glowing praise for Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, Furkan Korkmaz and Tobias Harris. The hosts then discuss Danny Green’s unfortunate calf injury, and who they’d like to replace Green in the startin...

Dan is back on the show to celebrate Shake Milton's Game 2 Redemption story, and Sean joins in as the two talk through what the Sixers have done well and still need to improve on as they play the Hawks, how they think the rest of the series will go and wrap up with some Finals predictions based on how the Playoffs have gone thus far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode of The Gastroenteritis Blues -- originally recorded live on the Locker Room App -- Dan, Emily and Steve discuss the Sixers' much improved performance in game 2 to even the series at 1-1 versus Atlanta. What did the hosts think of Doc Rivers' adjustments? Or Joel Embiid's 40 point performance? Are the fans too mean to Danny Green? They also comment on Embiid and Ben Simmons both...

Before the regularly scheduled chat with Dave Early, host Adio Royster took some time to address some of the continued negative nonsense surrounding All-Star point guard Ben Simmons. Should he have called out every sports media personality in town? Maybe not. Is it something he should be immune to by now? Also, probably not. Sometimes, he just likes to do his thing. That’s Adio. Following his “dec...

On this week's episode of The Gastroenteritis Blues, Dan, Emily and Steve are searching for answers as some red-hot shooting and inexplicable coaching decisions have put the Sixers behind 1-0 to the Atlanta Hawks in the semifinal series. The gang is also joined by the great Zainab Javed. Together, they discuss: Joel Embiid's injury and 39-point performance, Doc Rivers' decisions in game 1, how to...

With Daniel taking a load management week, Sean is joined by guest Jackson Frank to discuss what went right in Philadelphia's first-round series against Washington, the obvious complications of the Joel Embiid injury, and preview the upcoming second-round series against Atlanta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

(Note: this podcast was recorded just before the Sixers announced that Joel Embiid was diagnosed with a small lateral meniscus tear in his right knee, and would be officially out for game 5 and listed day-to-day, overall.) Today's episode of The Gastroenteritis Blues is another of the pod's live shows originally recorded on the Locker Room App. First, Steve, Dan and Emily discuss the palace intrig...

On today's episode of The Gastroenteritis Blues, Steve, Dan and Emily discuss the ins and outs of the Sixers' blowout game 3 victory over Washington on Saturday. Has the series done anything to adjust the hosts' thoughts on the Sixers overall? Then, they preview tonight's potential clinching game 4. Will Washington put up a fight? Does it even matter if they do? Also discussed: the Knicks/Hawks se...

With the Sixers on the verge of a sweep as they head to Washington, Dan and Sean give their assessment of how every player on both teams have played in the first two games of the series, all while Dan plugs his ears and does his best to try and ignore how much Shake Milton has struggled thus far. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On tonight's episode of The Gastroenteritis Blues -- first recorded live on the Locker Room App -- Dan, Emily and Steve are ready to discuss the Sixers' blowout 120-95 game 2 victory over The Washington Wizards. First, unfortunately, they had to discuss the unacceptable act of the "fan" who poured popcorn on Russell Westbrook. Then it was on to the game. Topics discussed: Ben Simmons' excellent ni...

On today's episode, Dave and Ben get into: Ben Simmons Ben Simmons usage Does doc use Ben Simmons properly Mare of Easttown & More! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The playoffs have begun! Game one was a success as the Philadelphia 76ers disabled the magic of the Washington Wizards. (Pathfinder and DnD players will appreciate the reference of that last sentence.) Anyways, last week, Steve Lipman wrote about five key matchups for the Sixers in this series against the Wizards, and he joins host Adio Royster on the podcast, today, to analyze how the Sixers did...

On this episode of The Gastroenteritis Blues, Dan, Emily and Steve discuss everything about the Sixers' game 1 victory over the Washington Wizards. From Tobias Harris' huge night, to the way the Sixers chose to defend Bradley Beal and Russell Westbrook, to Doc Rivers' hesitancy to challenge foul calls. Also covered: Ben Simmons' performance, the bench rotation, Joel Embiid's foul trouble and much...

In this episode Dave Early hosts Sixers must-follow superfan and salary cap enthusiast Marty Teller. They offer predictions and rooting interests on each playoff series. Who would Ben Simmons cover if they were to play the Nets down the road? Furkan vs. Shake Will Doc find a way to play Tyrese Maxey this post season? best narratives if the Sixers were to win it all and much more Learn more about y...

To preview the 1-8 matchup between the Sixers and the Wizards, one of the smartest experts in the basketball media industry (and a Wizards fan!) — Mike Prada — joins Sean and Dan to break down all the ins and outs of this upcoming series, what the Sixers need to do to ensure that they finish the Wizards off quickly and a look ahead at what to expect throughout the rest of the playoffs from both th...

It's a very special bonus episode of The Gastroenteritis Blues, as this week Emily, Dan and Steve are joined by NBC Sports Philadelphia commentator and broadcaster Alaa Abdelnaby. Alaa discusses his playing career and what it was like going to the Western Conference Finals and the Finals in his first two professional seasons -- including what it was like to face off against Michael Jordan in the F...

We got a pair of besties on the pod, today (as in “Best of SB Nation-ers” from last week). Harrison Grimm joins host Adio Royster on the podcast to discuss Harrison’s piece last week (that was Best of SB Nation, by the way, if it wasn’t mentioned) on his feeling that Philadelphia 76ers guard/forward Matisse Thybulle could end his career as a legendary defender. The two dive into all of his metrics...