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Patrick Causey

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Thoughts on the Sixers Draft

Embed from Getty Images   Patrick Causey, on Twitter @pcausey3 Last night was a defining moment for the Sixers franchise on a number of levels. Let's skip the long introduction and jump right into it. Here are five thoughts on how this draft impacts the Sixers, both in the near and long term: 1. This Draft […]

Patrick Causey  •  27 Jun 2016
Ranking Top Prospects Since 2012 By Tiers

Embed from Getty Images   (Note: this article originally appeared on seventeenrings.wordpress.com) Analyzing how Ben Simmons and Brandon Ingram stack up against the top prospects from the last four drafts Patrick Causey, on Twitter @pcausey3 I wanted to put some quick thoughts down on where Ben Simmons and Brandon Ingram rank relative to other top […]

Patrick Causey  •  22 Jun 2016
Kris Dunn, Brice Johnson and Patrick McCaw: Three Players the Sixers Should Target

Embed from Getty Images   Patrick Causey, on Twitter @pcausey3 Every year, certain players become undervalued by NBA circles. Whether it be their age, shooting ability, or some other defect that hangs over their head like a dark cloud, these otherwise talented players drop past the point at which their value demands they be drafted. This […]

Patrick Causey  •  21 Jun 2016
Scouting Report: Duke SF Brandon Ingram

Embed from Getty Images   (Note: This article originally appeared on Seventeenrings.wordpress.com) The Sixers should pass on the freshman sensation from Duke, but he will end up being one heck of a consolation prize for the Los Angeles Lakers. Patrick Causey, on Twitter @pcausey3 12 months ago, the notion that Brandon Ingram could be the […]

Patrick Causey  •  20 Jun 2016
Scouting Ben Simmons

Embed from Getty Images   (This post originally appeared on https://seventeenrings.wordpress.com/) Patrick Causey, on Twitter @pcausey3 When I watch Ben Simmons play basketball, I am reminded of a scene in Good Will Hunting, where Matt Damon plays a poor kid from South Boston with a lengthy criminal record who also happens to be a mathematical genius. In this scene, Damon attempts to […]

Patrick Causey  •  01 Jun 2016
Why Concerns with Ben Simmons Shot are Likely Overstated

Embed from Getty Images    Much has been made about Ben Simmons' inability to shoot. But a look at other NBA superstars shows that with work, Simmons should be just fine.  Patrick Causey, on Twitter @pcausey3 (This article originally appeared on seventeenrings.wordpress.com).  Joakim Noah. Karl Anthony-Towns. Hassan Whiteside. Myles Turner. DeAndre Jordan. Ben Simmons. Each of […]

Patrick Causey  •  24 May 2016
Jerry Colangelo Interview: Owners and Commissioner Pleaded for My Help

  View image | gettyimages.com   Patrick Causey, on Twitter @InsdeTheHuddle Welp. This just got serious. Jerry Colangelo just did an interview with Bickley & Marotta on 98.7 Arizona Sports with some interesting, and somewhat shocking, revelations about his recruitment to the Philadelphia 76ers. Colangelo stated that he was comfortable with his workload and had […]

Patrick Causey  •  09 Dec 2015
Sixers Hire Jerry Colangelo, Signals Change in the Process

  View image | gettyimages.com Patrick Causey, on Twitter @InsdeTheHuddle Earlier today, the Philadelphia 76ers unexpectedly announced a press conference with co-owner Joshua Harris for 4:30 pm. Speculation was abound about the topic of the press conference, vacillating between the mundane — the Sixers naming their new practice facility in Camden — to the bombshell […]

Patrick Causey  •  07 Dec 2015
Football Friday: Predicting Eagles v. Cowboys

  View image | gettyimages.com Yet again, the Philadelphia Eagles are faced with a near must win game this weekend, squaring off against the hated Dallas Cowboys on Sunday Night Football. A win will bring the Eagles to .500. A loss would set the team back to 1-3 in the division, which is nearly an […]

Patrick Causey  •  06 Nov 2015
Evaluating The Process

Patrick Causey, on Twitter @InsdeTheHuddle "What we look at is, how do we add to what we're doing in a way that gets us closer to our goal? We don't think that it will necessarily be linear — that every year you will add five wins and after 10 years you will get to 50. That's not […]

Patrick Causey  •  04 Nov 2015