Liberty Ballers Sep 22, 2023
Can Paul Reed thrive in what might be a complete role shift?
Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Paul Reed has been used almost exclusively as a backup five with the Sixers. It appears Nick Nurse has bigger plans for Bball Paul. Ready or not, another season of 76ers basketball is right around the corner. With that being said, it is once again time for preseason player profiles at Liberty Ballers. We already looked at the two-way guys and players the team has signed to Exhibit 10 contracts, Filip Petrusev, Furkan Korkmaz, Jaden Springer, Danny Green, Mohamed Bamba, Patrick Beverley and Danuel House, Jr. looking forward to how...
ClutchPoints Sep 20, 2023
Paul Reed, Jaden Springer, other Sixers youngsters show out at Rico Hines runs
The Philadelphia 76ers don’t officially play basketball again until Sunday, October 8, when they face the Boston Celtics in TD Garden after a week of training camp at Colorado State University’s Moby Arena. But plenty of Sixers players already have hit the court together in the months leading up to camp. Rico Hines, one of […] The post Paul Reed, Jaden Springer, other Sixers youngsters show out at Rico Hines runs appeared first on ClutchPoints.
Liberty Ballers Sep 20, 2023
Nick Nurse speaks on Paul Reed’s shooting adjustments, Tyrese Maxey creating for others, and more
Nick Nurse has clear plans to use players like Tyrese Maxey and Paul Reed a little differently. If this Philadelphia 76ers franchise hasn’t already completely drained the life from you and left you a desiccated husk, one of the primary reasons for optimism about the upcoming season is new head coach Nick Nurse. In this offseason’s coaching search, Nurse met Sixers fans’ top criteria of ‘not being Doc Rivers,’ but even aside from that reasoning, the 2019 NBA Champion and 2020 NBA Coach of the Year is an exciting hire. Since arriving in Philadelphia, Nurse has been...
Liberty Ballers Sep 15, 2023
Sixers Tyrese Maxey, Paul Reed, coach Nick Nurse attend Philadelphia Eagles game
Tyrese Maxey, Paul Reed and coach Nick Nurse were at Lincoln Financial Field to see the Philadelphia Eagles go 2-0. The Philadelphia 76ers are just a few weeks away from beginning training camp in Colorado, but there’s still time to have a little fun in the meantime. New Sixers head coach Nick Nurse has been making the rounds around the fellow City of Brotherly Love teams. He has visited the Philadelphia Phillies to throw out the ceremonial first pitch a few weeks back, and visited the Philadelphia Eagles during their preseason training camp at the end of August. Last night,...
The Sixer Sense Sep 15, 2023
Paul Reed’s stellar ascent: From Sixers backup to a potential starting role
This summer, the Utah Jazz threw down the gauntlet, challenging the Philadelphia 76ers to acknowledge Paul Reed’s escalating value in tangible terms. Coming off his status as a former second-round pick, Reed entered the free agency spotlight and secured a tantalizing three-year contract worth over $23 million. Given the Sixers’ recent moves – the signing of […] Paul Reed’s stellar ascent: From Sixers backup to a potential starting role - The Sixer Sense - The Sixer Sense - A Philadelphia 76ers Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
The Sixer Sense Sep 10, 2023
76ers head coach Nick Nurse bares lofty plans for Paul Reed this season
Don’t count out Paul Reed becoming a breakout player for the Philadelphia 76ers in the upcoming 2023-24 season. Unflagging turmoil may have been the story of the offseason so far for the 76ers, but with a talented squad still slated to banner Philly next season and a newly installed championship-caliber head coach to man the […] 76ers head coach Nick Nurse bares lofty plans for Paul Reed this season - The Sixer Sense - The Sixer Sense - A Philadelphia 76ers Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
Liberty Ballers Sep 7, 2023
Nick Nurse on BBall Paul Reed: ‘will he play with Embiid? For sure.’
Photo by Mitchell Leff/ Nick Nurse sounds a lot like he thinks the days of mud are looong gone. He expects big things this season from the versatile, young, athletic, high-motor big man, Paul Reed. Earlier this offseason, in what now feels like a land far, far away, the Philadelphia 76ers matched the Utah Jazz’s creative contract offer sheet to “BBall” Paul Reed. Celtics legend, Danny Ainge, the 64-year-old CEO of Basketball Operations for the Jazz devised terms that would have made Reed’s post 2023-2024 salary guaranteed if and only if whatever team Reed was...
