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Tyler Trumbauer

By Tyler Trumbauer

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The Process is almost complete. The Sixers held their Media Day on Monday, and it was just as wonderfully weird as you would expect.

To start off the day, Bryan Colangelo called an unexpected press conference. Some braced for the worst, but it turned out to be delivering somewhat positive news on the Joel Embiid front, which was echoed by Joel Embiid later in the day, as laid out here by Keith Pompey:

“But hopefully, I can [play] in the first game of the season,” he said.

He has not participated in five-on-five scrimmages since having what the Sixers called “minor” surgery more than six months ago to repair a meniscus tear in his left knee. Embiid, however, said he feels great. The 23-year-old said he has worked hard on his body during the past couple of months.

“I feel good about myself and can’t wait to be back on the court,” he said. “And as far as everything, I feel amazing.”

Embiid experienced swelling in his knee right after the surgery. However, that was expected. He said he hasn’t experienced any since. Embiid added that he has had the knee scanned two or three times since the surgery.

Embiid also shot down the report that he was holding out of 5-on-5 for contract reasons and drained one on Howard Eskin:

Colangelo was a bit more vague when talking about Embiid. He also said he wasn’t actively shopping Jahlil Okafor. You can watch his whole presser and gaze at his collar here.

One Sixer that is certainly ready for this season at the Wells Fargo Center is J.J. Redick, who lauded Philly while taking a shot at his previous teams.

Ben Simmons is unrestricted after his injury and set to play on opening night, but according to Jessica Camerato on CSN Philly, the Sixers need to figure out that point guard situation:

The Sixers plan to utilize Simmons as an unconventional 6-foot-10 point guard. Expect him to be tasked with defending power forwards on defense. This role will lend itself to more versatile lineups wherein the Sixers can be a position-less team in many cases. With Simmons at the point, Markelle Fultz will slide over to the shooting guard spot when they are paired on offense. The Sixers traded up to draft him No. 1 in part for his ability to play off the ball.

The backup point guard roles will have to be sorted out. Jerryd Bayless is returning from appearing in just three games last season because of a wrist injury. The veteran can play both guard spots in the backcourt. T.J. McConnell, who started 51 games last season, will once again find himself fighting for minutes.

The Sixers open up the regular season on Oct. 18 at the Washington Wizards. Less than one month!

Let’s go round up!

The roundup:

Monday was a rough day for the Eagles as the team found out that Darren Sproles suffered a broken arm AND a torn ACL on the same play in Sunday’s win over the Giants. The injury is season-ending and potentially career-ending as well.

Doug Pederson did say though that both Fletcher Cox and Jordan Hicks are fine, but will be day-to-day moving forward. Here are some more notables from his time at the podium.

You can’t deny Pederson made some questionable coaching decisions on Sunday that could have cost the Eagles the game, but luckily for him he was coaching against Ben McAdoo. Kyle rips them both.

The Eagles did survive with the win on Sunday afternoon. Watch Merrill Reese react to the game-winning kick as well as listen to the radio call. Also, our Kevin Kinkead compiled his ten takeaways from the game.

The latest Crossing Broadcast, which dropped Monday morning, discussed Sunday’s game as well.

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The Phillies fell to the Nationals on Monday night as former Phillie, Jayson Werth, contributed to Washington’s win. Aaron Nola tossed nine strikeouts in the loss. The Phillies continue their final homestand of the season on Tuesday night with Jake Thompson on the mound for the Phightins.

Speaking of Thompson, Tom Housenick of The Morning Call listed him as one of the top five disappointments in the phillies farm system this year:

Failure to follow up: Jake Thompson was the 2016 IL pitcher of the year. The right-hander with a five-pitch arsenal allowed 15 earned runs in his first 34 batters faced in his first two starts this year for Lehigh Valley. It took until his final minor-league start to get his ERA to less than 5.00. After leading the IL in losses (16), Thompson is getting a second wind thanks to the Phillies starting pitching woes. He has allowed one or no runs in three of his last four starts for Philadelphia.

With the season winding down, folks are already looking towards 2018 for the ballclub, but manager Pete Mackanin does not know if he will be in the red pinstripes next season:

Mackanin praised his coaching staff Monday.

“It would’ve been easy to just give up on those guys,” he said. “But they’re out there every day. I think we do more on a daily basis than any other team to be honest with you.”

That doesn’t mean Mackanin will not need to make changes to his coaching staff, although nobody has told him that yet.

He should learn more soon, including his own future with the Phillies.

“I still don’t know if I’ll be here next year,” Mackanin said. “I don’t know.”

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The Flyers were at Madison Square Garden on Monday night for some preseason hockey against the New York Rangers, who beat the Fly guys, 3-2 in overtime.

Claude Giroux played left wing for first time in his Flyers career, but Travis Sanheim stole the spotlight with his performance in the Big Apple as he fights for a roster spot. He is on the right path, according to John Boruk’s observations from Monday night’s contest:

Sanheim has continued to make significant strides and show improvement throughout the preseason, and his offensive upside has to give Hakstol some serious consideration to how he wants his defense to look when the regular season begins. There have been few lapses defensively since the preseason opener against the New York Islanders.

The Flyers host the Rangers Tuesday night at 7 p.m. in another preseason battle.

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Speaking of the Big Apple. The one at Citi Field couldn’t get it up on Monday night.

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The NFL made its way onto Jeopardy last night and no surprise it was the last category remaining. This was cringeworthy:

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The Cowboys came back and defeated the Cardinals last night, but Larry Fitzgerald keeps moving up the record books.

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The Cubs served a Cardinals fan nachos:

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In case you forgot (or didn’t know) Mike & Mike are splitting up with Greenberg getting his own morning talk show-esque show in New York City. Reportedly, he is bringing two other well-known ESPN personalities with him:

According to The Hollywood Reporter‘s Marisa Guthrie, ESPN has tabbed Beadle and her NBA Countdown co-host Jalen Rose to be a part of the new morning show with Greenberg. Beadle and Rose will relocate from Los Angeles to New York for the new show, which will broadcast from a studio in lower Manhattan. Both will continue in their roles with the NBA studio pregame and halftime program. Additionally, Rose will remain on ESPN Radio, co-hosting Jalen & Jacoby with David Jacoby, which airs Monday through Friday from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m ET.

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Things got wild on The Price is Right the other day, but was it too wild to be real? You be the judge.

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National Anthem kneeling has made its way into baseball:

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PGA golfer Justin Thomas is life goals.

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Jake Elliot was featured in SI’s MMQB column yesterday:

The head coach, Doug Pederson, looked at this kid he barely knows, said nothing and pointed out to the field. “I ran out there,” Elliott calmly recounted. “Normal flow. A little jittery. But I was zoned in. I couldn’t really tell you what I was thinking. I felt good about it. When I hit the ball, it felt good. You know when you’re a kicker, and you hit it really well, sometimes it feels like you haven’t really hit it that hard …”

“Like a baseball player hitting the ball on the sweet spot of the bat and not really feeling much?” he was asked.

“Exactly.”

Then, he said, he kicked it, and “I saw the ball in real life.” It veered a little bit right and kept going and going and appeared to slightly shave the inside of the right upright. Plenty of ball. Good.

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In other news…

Puerto Rico is still waiting for aid after the hurricane.

This hot weather is expected to continue for next few days.

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And I’m going to leave you with this to get your day started on a happy note:

Tyler Trumbauer
Tyler Trumbauer

Tyler Trumbauer is a young Philly sports junkie who didn’t believe in the Process, but now is grateful that Sam Hinkie died for his sins. He’s aptly described as a guy with a little talent, a lot of luck, and great timing.

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