Rights To Ricky Sanchez: The Sixers Podcast

Here we are in the 17th year of the Process and the Sixers almost swept the Warriors. We talk about the team and Brett Brown’s questionable decisions down the stretch of the game, the emergence of Jonah Bolden and Mike Scott, Joel Embiid’s comments about resting his body, take on some Relationship Advice, the Bryce Harper signing and look ahead to the five biggest remaining games of the season.

Just about every Sixer is going to be reevaluated in a number of weeks. Joel Embiid, Furkan Korkmaz, and Boban Marjanovic are healing while the Sixers are playing. We discuss Jimmy Butler’s perceived coasting, the Processy spasticness of Jonathon Simmons, the aggressiveness of Ben Simmons, as well as the chances Ben Simmons makes a decision that turns the NBA on its head, and what it would have be...

Because talking about the Sixers sleepwalking through a home loss to the Portland Trailblazers isn’t a ton of fun, we only spend about ten minutes on it. Then we get to a rare listener submitted Jigsaw that involves sneezing in the sack and being Bryan Colangelo’s personal assistant, a Lorenzo Brown mailbag where we talk about powering up certain Sixers and who would turn back a Pepsi when they or...

Boban made the Sixers return to basketball a little less painful without Joel Embiid. Spike and Mike discuss the Heat win, the Sixers time without Joel Embiid, Embiid’s knee issues and time off, expectations for the final 24 games, Jimmy Butler’s interview with Mark Wahlberg, the news on Zhaire Smith and Furkan Korkmaz, and a ruling on the possible unbanning of Kevin O’Connor. The Lottery Party is...

Since the Ricky is off this weekend, we figured we'd give you some of our best trade deadline and All-Star weekend material through the years.  2/21/14 - The very first Ricky trade deadline. They traded Evan Turner! 2/15/15 - The famous Paul Millap story. Ricky legend. 2/19/15 - The MCW trade deadline. 2/15/16 - The final Hinkie deadline, where Jerry Colangelo talks trash about Hinkie. 2/4/17 - Ja...

The Celtics, fueled by being free of their poison-in-the-locker-room point guard Kyrie Irving, were able to squeak by the Sixers once again. We talk about the performance of each Sixers player in the loss, pivot into a Bryan Colangelo Relationship Advice segment about dating a Celtics fan, discuss the Ben Simmons and Magic Johnson controversy, and then take stock of the Sixers at the All-Star Brea...

The new Sixers starting five, that doesn’t have a nickname, had an outstanding debut in beating the Nuggets and Nikola Jokic (who is doughy). Spike and Mike talk about the fit of the new starting lineup, and how the bench pieces fit in as well. Also, how insane it is that Elton Brand is the GM, which dog breed is each Sixers player most similar to, how much does ownership have to do with trade tim...

Elton Brand’s first trade deadline is over! We discuss how Brand did, Markelle Fultz’s run as a Philadelphia 76er is over, as he was traded to the Orlando Magic for a first round pick, a second round pick, and Jonathon Simmons. We discuss the trade, the rollercoaster ride of Fultz in Philadelphia, as well as the James Ennis trade and how the rest of the Eastern Conference improved.

The Sixers went all-in. Spike and Mike react to a huge trade as the team acquires Tobias Harris, Boban Marjanovic, and Mike Scott, for Wilson Chandler, Mike Muscala, Landry Shamet, THE MIAMI PICK, a Sixers 2020 first round pick and two second round picks. They discuss the ramifications on this season, the risks going into the future, and how this was the best timed trade of all time.

While the Sixers are playing their best basketball of the year and beating the Warriors, the Celtics are falling apart right before our very eyes. It’s a very sad situation. We talk about the Warriors win and Ben Simmons’ play, the case for Joel Embiid as the league’s MVP, the recent Anthony Davis and Kristaps Porzingis situations and how sad it is that the Celtics aren’t looking so hot, upcoming...

Jimmy Butler fulfilled his dream of playing point guard and the Sixers won in Los Angeles while Brandon Ingram dunked on Corey Brewer but was thinking about Mike the entire time. We’re on the doorstep of the NBA trade deadline and the Sixers may trade the former first overall pick in the draft for a guy who was on the shirt. We discuss the possibility of Brett Brown talking too much, if Ben Simmon...

Some are saying the Sixers starting lineup against the Nuggets was the worst of the season, and some are saying it was the best. Spike and Mike talk about the continued contributions of the best player on the Sixers, Corey Brewer, recent reports about Jimmy Butler, some trade ideas with the deadline approaching, which former Process era Sixers player we’d most like to have back on the team, questi...

They never win this game! The Sixers come up with ten straight points for an unlikely win over the Spurs, following a blowout win over the Rockets, both without Jimmy Butler. Spike and Mike talk about the infusion of super weird energy and facial hair from Corey Brewer, the best basketball Ben Simmons has ever played, and a new cohesion with Joel Embiid, the emergence of Small Ball Five Bolden, co...

The most difficult stretch of the season has begun, and we talk about what’s gone wrong and what’s gone right. Joel Embiid is playing through an injury, Ben Simmons has turned it up another level, and Jimmy Butler has had one great game and one bad game. There’s a quick recommendation corner, then Andrew Unterberger joins us to separate the three Process years. Finally, we discuss who we’d rather...

The Sixers blew out the Timberwolves from beginning to end, it was a true joy. We talk about the on-court harmony of Embiid, Simmons and Butler, whether it’s the Jonah Bolden game, and the arrival of Corey Brewer. We discuss the homecoming of Dario and Covington, our trip to Minnesota to see them, some trade rumors, and the newest Ringer piece about the Sixers from Chris Ryan and Justin Verrier .

A colorful Ricky discusses the awful loss to the awful Atlanta Hawks, the two-year anniversary of the TJ McConnell game winner and what life might be like without him, what the Sixers might have to trade to get better this season, the prospective Ben Simmons trades that Zach Lowe discussed this week, and Andrew Unterberger proposes some imaginative, impossible Sixers trades before skewering Spike...

The Sixers split a back to back with the Wizards after a low-energy disaster in Washington DC. The roster is obviously thin, but how much does culture and accountability come into play for the players and the coach. We also discuss the open roster spot, the addition of Haywood Highsmith, playoff positioning, the tough stretch coming up for the Sixers, and rousing editions of Bryan Colangelo Relati...

The Jimmy Butler story and what it means for the Sixers moving forward this season and the offseason, why we’re not having more fun watching the Sixers and instead arguing all the time, Shake Milton’s integration, Jonah Bolden’s defense, Ben Simmons’ dominance, and Spike’s Luka Doncic take with our special guest Sixers fan Dave Hartley of The War On Drugs and Nightlands . Follow Dave on Twitter @n...

The Sixers wrapped up their West Coast road trip at 3-1 with the longest game of all time over the Phoenix Suns. We talk about the wins over the Suns and the Clippers, the Embiid/Simmons brouhaha in Los Angeles and their relationship moving forward, the jumper heard ‘round the world, and the pair’s dominant performances in Phoenix and Los Angeles. We also talk about the options for a Jimmy Butler...

The Ben Simmons fit/trade debate raged on the internet this week, we took a measured, honest look at the fit, the future, and the present with Simmons. We discuss Jonah Bolden’s future as a small ball five surrounded by shooters, the win over the Jazz, bring back the Jorge Gutierrez Recommendation corner to give you some movies and music to check out, get a touching letter in the Lorenzo Brown mai...

Spike promised that when the Rights To Ricky Sanchez hit 2000 ratings on Apple Podcasts, he'd read all of the reviews from the 1,000 mark until the 2,000 mark. Here it is. It's terrible. It's also brought to you by Kinetic Skateboarding. 

The Sixers lost (again) to the Celtics, this time with the entire country watching on Christmas. We give our takeaways from the game about Ben Simmons, Joel Embiid, Jimmy Butler and the rest of the roster, the decision to run a dribble handoff to JJ Redick as the final play, how they can make better use of the personnel they have, and the personnel they need. Finally, we go through some interestin...

2018 was another weird year for all of us, and we wouldn’t have it any other way. We go through the biggest things that happened in Sixers and Ricky land throughout the year, and what they feel like in retrospect. Of course we discuss Embiid's All-Star appearance, last year’s playoffs, Burnergate, the Butler trade, Fultz, the confetti game, the Elton Brand hire, and much, much, much more. For even...

After weeks, months, of being the guy who looks at the bright side of life, Mike was finally broken by the game against the Spurs, a game he shouldn’t have watched. We discuss the Sixers inability to solve the Embiid double teams on post-ups, the thin roster, if any potential trade targets can help, and if they can fix it for this year. We also discuss what their plan should be during free agency,...

The Sixers have the least depth of any Eastern Conference contedender. We discuss what the biggest culprits are for them being in this position, if they can remedy it this year, and if it’s worth fixing this year. We talk about the team’s late game offense when Joel Embiid has the ball, some hilarious quotes from a Jimmy Butler interview in GQ, Dave Silver’s latest lie, the sad Markelle Fultz stor...