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The Philly Fifty, #29: Billy Cunningham, Sixers

January 20, 2012 By Pete 2 Comments

For the complete list and explanation of criteria and scoring, check out the Philly Fifty page Longevity – 4 Cunningham played 9 years here with two stints with the Sixers. He started off his NBA career with 7 years here, then took a 2 years hiatus to the Carolina Cougars of the ABA, only to return to the [...]

The Philly Fifty, #30: Steve Van Buren, Eagles

January 14, 2012 By Pete 3 Comments

For the complete list and explanation of criteria and scoring, check out the Philly Fifty page Longevity – 3 Played 8 seasons, his entire career, with the Eagles. Was drafted in 1944 out of LSU with the 5th overall pick and played until he was 31. Peak – 4 A top-5 player at any position for [...]

The Sixers’ early returns: How players are stacking up

January 5, 2012 By Pete 81 Comments

The Sixers’ probably should be 4-1 right now, with a bad loss to a mediocre Jazz team, but I’m not going to complain coming home from an unprecedented 5-game road trip to start the season at 3-2. 5 games isn’t enough to make full blown proclamations about players, but it does give you a chance to see how players’ games [...]