Philadelphia, let's start acting like real basketball fans. For those who don't know, we'll point it out: the Sixers currently hold the seventh place spot in the Eastern Conference. They’ve won 10 of their last 13 games. With 21 games left to play before the season goes post-style, the Sixers are playing good basketball, and are on their way to the playoffs. Yes, it might seem a little premature to say the word that should......

The Sixers have spent the past decade being too small and individualistic on the court, dumb-witted and stubborn in the front office, and unwilling to change with the times in both areas. All of that changed last season. They got rid of their star players. For quarters at a time, they ran the court and shared the basketball. Andre Miller looked like a poor man’s Steve Nash, and Kyle Korver made enough plays away from......

Maybe rebuilding the Sixers is the best thing to do, as the team has failed to progress in the last couple of years. And this season has been particularly abysmal. Despite all that Iverson has given this town - 4-time scoring champion while finishing in the top 3 every year since '99, 2-time leader in steals, 2001 MVP, rookie of the year, 2-time Allstar MVP, trip to the 2001 NBA Finals - his detractors will......