Liberty Ballers: for Philadelphia 76ers fans

The regular season has concluded, and this week on The Gastroenteritis Blues, Steve, Emily and Dan are ready to look back before looking forward to the playoffs. First, they delight in the Sixers' Processy victory over the Magic on Sunday night. They discuss the how the team clinched the 1 seed, and just how valuable that placement might be, in addition to ranking their preferred 1-8 matchup oppon...

On this episode of "No Particular Hurry," host Dave Early interviews the play-by-play voice of the Sixers, who coined the Zooism for this very pod. The two get into: Broadcasting from an empty stadium studio Marc’s gameday routine When do broadcasters make the most mistakes and is it scary if it goes viral on social media? Are there some 2001 vibes to the 2021 team now? Doc seems to have gotten th...

After blowing two straight one-seed coronation opportunities against the Pacers and the Heat, some justifiable anxiety is surging through the fanbase with the playoffs soon approaching. Dan and Sean discuss both of the Sixers' two most recent losses and the level of worry fans should have right now, as well as the historical precedent for a bench player like Matisse Thybulle making an All-Defense...

On this week's live episode of The Gastroenteritis Blues recorded on the Locker Room App, Dan, Steve and Emily discuss their takeaways from the Sixers' disappointing loss to the Indiana Pacers, they preview the big showdown with the Miami Heat on Thursday night, and they discuss the end-of-year awards races and how the SIxers will factor in. Also: some fun drop-ins from listeners live on the air,...

On this episode of No Particular Hurry Dave Early interviews AU, who Sixers fans know best as a top columnist for the Right to Ricky team. Is it a problem that this team hasn’t really had a big test in like two months? Will the Sixers try to beat Miami Thursday? Jrue Holiday is terrifying defensively It’s impossible to gauge exactly what the Bucks are going to be during the playoffs… Joel isn’t wi...

The first round of the 2021 NBA Playoffs is coming sooner than we all expect. The Philadelphia 76ers have a few possibilities as far as an opening round matchup, so host Adio Royster brought on Harrison Grimm. Harrison wrote a piece last week that outlines all of the possibilities. The pair talks about who they aren’t worried about, who they are a little more fearful of, and how the Sixers would f...

On this week's episode of The Gastroenteritis Blues, Steve, Dan and Emily are back to discuss the Sixers, who have continued to mow down feeble competition en route to its current 8-game win streak. The vibes are impeccable. Listen to the hosts share their theories as to how the team has been able to reverse its road-game woes this season, which teams they'd like to play and avoid in the postseaso...

Needing just four wins in their final six contests to clinch home court throughout the Eastern Conference Playoffs, Dan and Sean break down how the team has gotten here and how important securing that top spot is for the team's title hopes. Then, they discuss whether of not Doc Rivers will stick with the all-bench lineups in the playoffs, Matisse Thybulle's chance of making an All-Defense team and...

Happy 50 Episodes, Gastro Blues fans! Dan, Emily and Steve ring in #50 on the Locker Room app. Today's topics: the Sixers' 6-game win streak, to give a shake or not give a shake about the team's inferior opponents, the level of fan excitement, Matisse Thybulle's amazing defensive season, takeaways from the two Brooklyn v. Milwaukee games, rest v. winning and a quiz game about The Ringer's top 25 p...

Official predictions for season An honest look at Mental health and how Sixers Vibes can help us at our worst times and help us make new friends Collective panic like none of us are ok The Sixers fans we’re not gonna live long we have ten years of our life taken off. U don’t have to go all bench even I know that Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May the Fourth be with everyone in Philadelphia 76ers-land! Tom West joins host Adio Royster on the podcast to discuss the man who has become this team’s “Yoda”. Danny Green has been such an improvement to the Sixers roster in 2021. Tom and Adio talk about what he’s done for the team from several different angles. How Green’s shooting opens up the floor and the offense. How his crafty defense is m...

On this week’s episode of The Gastroenteritis Blues, Steve, Dan and Emily give their immediate reactions to Ben Simmons’ unlikely buzzer beater in overtime against the San Antonio Spurs. The hosts discuss the team’s blowout-filled week, the way the team should handle the upcoming condensed schedule, the playoff rotation, Tyrese Maxey, Furkan Korkmaz’s upcoming free agency and Dwight Howard’s impac...

On the concept of being a “token” and flipping it to one’s advantage Why the HECK doesn’t Philly have a WNBA team? Should we lower rims in practice to improve athleticism and encourage more female players to jam? This war of attrition NBA season is too much! Do the Sixers just want it more and Embiid’s leap the MVP? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In today's episode Dave Early interviews SNY TV's NBA Insider Reporter for the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets. In the pod they get into: who should be the coach of the year among Atlantic Division rivals: Doc Rivers, Tom Thibodeau, or Steve Nash. Are the Nets realllly hurt or are they just executing the most shameless load management jawn you've ever seen? What's the latest on James Harden's ha...

Dan O and Sean are joined by Emily and Dan V from the Gastro Blues Pod on the LB podcast feed to quickly rehash the Sixers' annihilation of the Trae-less Hawks, before the Gastro Blues crew grills your Talking About co-hosts ranging from how confident they are in the Sixers to win it all this season to a very important discussion about cat-sized horses. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...

In this pod host Dave Early interviews award winning sports writer Mirin Fader on many of her features. Hear Mirin impersonate how Packers' All-Pro wide receiver sounds with his baby daughter! Hear her talk about how being a 5' pitbull of a point guard at the college level prepared her for a future career connecting with rising stars like Lonzo and LaMelo Ball, Brandon Ingram, overachievers like P...

Dave Early returns for a back-to-back repeat performance of the Out of Site Podcast. Hopefully, he’s not as drained as the Philadelphia 76ers on the second night of a back-to-back. The Sixers have lost four straight. The Brooklyn Nets have the 1-seed as of right now, and the Milwaukee Bucks have surged a bit to make this a three horse race for the top seed in the Eastern Conference. Dave joins hos...

It's a very special edition of The Gastroenteritis Blues as, this week, Dan, Emily and Steve welcome Bleeding Green Nation's Brandon Lee Gowton to the show. BLG -- also a former Liberty Baller -- shares his feelings on the Sixers' recent swoon. The panel discusses its current level of concern for the Sixers' pursuit of the 1 seed, what to make of the team's recent rash of injuries, and predict the...

Dan and Sean broke down the Sixers' exciting defeats at the hands of the Warriors and Suns, as well as their painfully boring loss to the Bucks, and what the recent skid could mean for the playoff picture going forward. Then they touch on everyone on the Sixers' roster from Joel Embiid to Anthony Tolliver, before finishing off with a series of basketball and non-basketball related questions for ea...

It's another live episode of The Gastroenteritis Blues recorded on the Locker Room App. Today, Steve, Dan and Emily delve into the catfishing drama that unfolded recently in Lakerland before getting to the Sixers. The trio discusses getting the full Steph Curry treatment in the team's loss to Golden State, and they preview the game versus the Suns. Unsure of which Sixers will suit up, they also de...

On today's pod, Dave and Keith get into everything from Doc, to Joel, to Ben to Daryl..... you won't want to miss this one Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re four games into this brutal stretch of games against playoff-caliber opponents, and the Philadelphia 76ers have done … decent. They’re 4-0 after defeating Oklahoma City, Brooklyn, the Los Angeles Clippers, and the Dallas Mavericks. There is a sense of unease around David Early, though. It’s warranted as a result of late blown leads to the Nets and Clippers, so Dave joins host Adio Royster to...

This week on The Gastroenteritis Blues, Emily, Dan and Steve discuss the Sixers' big win over the LA Clippers. They try to predict the rotation guys who are due for heavy minutes in the postseason, and they discuss recent interviews from Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons as they campaign for their respective award chases. THEN! Jeopardy! champion and Philadelphia native Brad Rutter joins the show to tel...

Dan and Sean are first joined by Lucas Kaplan of The Nets Republic to react to LaMarcus Aldridge's retirement and ponder just how much we can even know about a potential Sixers vs Nets playoff matchup, then are joined by Noah of the NBA Underground to dissect the Sixers-Clippers matchup on deck. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Gastroenteritis Blues is finally whole again, as Emily (now Connell) re-joins the podcast for another live episode on the Locker Room app. This week, Dan, Emily and Steve discuss the Sixers' win over the Brooklyn Nets. What can be learned from a win over BK without Harden and Durant? Was the fourth quarter troublesome from a Sixers perspective? Who would the hosts most like to avoid in the pla...