In Philadelphia 76’ers news, the team is still hard at work training and building for the upcoming basketball season.  The season will begin this October with five pre-season games:

              1} 76’ers vs. Chinese pro Team {Guangzhou Loong-Lions}  10-8-19

              2} 76’ers vs. Charlotte Hornets 10-11-19

`             3} 76’ers vs. Orlando Magic 10-13-19

              4} 76’ers vs. Detroit Pistons 10-15-19

              5} 76’ers vs. Washington Wizards 10-18-19

 

                                                  LET’S GO SIXERS!!!!!!!!!

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WOMEN’S NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION (WNBA)
 

As of September 2019, The Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) is in its twenty second season.  The WNBA is a professional women’s basketball league in the United States founded in 1996.  Games began the following year in 1997.  The WNBA is the counterpart to the Men’s National Basketball Association (NBA). The League consists of twelve teams:

              1. Connecticut Sun {16 wins – 6 losses}

              2. Washington Mystics {15 wins- 7 losses}

              3. Las Vegas Aces {15 wins – 8 losses}

            4. Los Angeles Sparks {13 wins – 8 losses}

            5. Chicago Sky {12 wins – 9 losses}

            6. Phoenix Mercury {11 wins – 10 losses}

            7. Seattle Storm {12 wins – 7 losses}

            8. Minnesota Lynx {11 wins – 11 losses}

            9. New York Liberty {8 wins – 13 losses}

            10. Indiana Fever {8 wins – 15 losses}

            11. Dallas Wings {6 wins – 16 losses}

            12. Atlanta Dream {5 wins – 18 losses}

 (Note: These stats can change and are based on recorded data from September 17, 2019).

The WNBA is currently in the second round of playoffs.  In the first round, The Seattle Storm defeated The Minnesota Lynx (84-74), and The Chicago Sky defeated The Phoenix Mercury (105-76) to advance to the second round of play.  In the second round, The Seattle Storm will play the Los Angeles Sparks and the Chicago Sky in the Las Vegas Aces.  The winners will advance to the semi-finals, best out of five series.  The Washington Mystics and the Connecticut Sun are waiting for the winners of the second round.

GREAT JOB TO ALL THE TEAMS WHO MADE IT TO POST SEASON!!!

SHOUT OUT TO PHILLY’S OWN KHALIA COPPER- CHICAGO-SKY!!!!!

 

Hopefully, sometime in the near future, there will be a WNBA Team in the Philadelphia Area.  Philadelphia has a Women’s Basketball Developmental Association (WBDA) Team named The REIGN.  The WBDA was founded in 2005 by Mr. Willie McCray.  McCray had a vision of moving the sport of women’s basketball forward by creating a highly competitive league giving players who wanted to continue to compete at a high level post college, the opportunity to showcase their talent in front of scouts to hopefully generate pro contracts for the WNBA and for international markets.  The League has grown to 37 teams nationwide divided into 8 regions.  The Philly Reign was undefeated in their regular season. The team went 10-0 in the regular season play.  They were the top seed and the only unbeaten team in their division. As the top seed, the Reign secured one of only two spots remaining in the playoffs.  The Reign defeated top seed Atlanta Dream to advance to the championship games against The Toledo Threat.  Back in August, Toledo Threat defeated The Reign in the championship game.  The Philadelphia Reign played a great game.  Thank You for a GREAT SEASON!!!
 

For the most up-to-date WNBA scores visit www.wnba.com

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FIBA MENS BASKETBALL 2019
 

2019 FIBA Men’s Basketball for the USA Men’s Team was a bust.  Team USA was eliminated from medal game play and was eliminated by Team France in the quarter finals, and Team USA then lost again to Team Serbia.  After suffering the second lost to Serbia, The USA Team had to play Poland for seventh place in The FIBA World Games. OMG!!! USA defeated Poland 87-74. Two of the top ranked teams, Team USA and Argentina, have secured their spots in The 2020 Olympic Games.
 

There were four teams remaining in the semi-finals: France, Argentina, Spain and Australia. The semi-final games were played in China, last month on September 14th.  The Bronze Medal game featured France vs. Australia, Australia won.  The Gold Medal game against Spain vs. Argentina, was on September 15, 2019.  Team USA must take this time to regroup and refocus and evaluate what it will take to win the Gold Medal in the 2020 Olympic Games.   LET’S GO TEAM USA!!!!!!!!

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For the most up-to-date FIBA scores visit http://www.fiba.basketball/live-scores

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Shout out to Simone Biles for winning her Sixth Women’s Gymnastics title in Kansas City, Missouri.  Simone is preparing for the 2020 Olympics.

GO GET EM' SIMONE !!!!!!


 

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The Philadelphia 76’ers unveiled a sculpture of former Sixers player Charles Barkley, which is placed on the Statue of Legends Walk outside of the Sixers practice facility in Camden, NJ.  Charles spent sixteen years with the NBA, and the first eight were with the Philadelphia 76’ers and later went to play for the Phoenix Suns.  Currently, Charles is a well respected

sports commentator, known for his straight talk, honest critique.  CONGRATS CHUCK, you deserve it!  Click the link to watch the video of his speech from CBS: https://cbsloc.al/2O0FsYI 
 

Also, last month on September 6, 2019, Robert Clyde Jones, also known as "Bobby Jones," was enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall Of Fame.  Bobby Jones formerly played for the Denver Nuggets and also for the Sixers.  He was a four time all-star and also the first player ever to be named NBA Sixth Man of The Year.  Jones was also First Team All Defense, eight years in a row.  Jones played in the NBA for twelve seasons.  CONGRATS & THANK YOU BOBBY!!  

 

 

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By Danette Clement

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