Marreese Speights News

Well, it took more than 90 games, but it looks like the Philadelphia 76ers might actually end up with the 20/10 post player they thought they signed a year ago.

The season is not even a month old, and already 76ers coach Eddie Jordan has called his team out twice for either being too soft or for "playing as individuals." Maybe some of this was to be expected.

Eddie Jordan has been openly concerned about the 76ers' ability to rebound. Sixer Lou Williams keeps a close eye on the ball in the fourth quarter as Memphis' Mike Conley starts the offense.

YOU COULD see it mounting on the face of Elton Brand the past few weeks - as the minutes dwindled, the frustration grew.

Published: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 8:33 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 17, 2009 at 8:33 a.m. For a team that's lost five in a row, the Charlotte Bobcats have still found a reason to be optimistic.

Something's changing tonight. Maybe the 76ers ' starting lineup. Maybe the substitution rotation.

If you read Rodney Carney's poker face - or lack thereof - it seems as if the athletic swingman might be the 76ers' starting small forward tonight against the Charlotte Bobcats.

WITH TOP RESERVE Marreese Speights sidelined perhaps until after the New Year with a partial tear of the MCL in his left knee, 76ers coach Eddie Jordan is going to have to find someone, or several someones, to pick up the slack of 23.4 minutes, 13 points and 6.4 rebounds that Speights provided.

So much for a day off. The Milwaukee Bucks didn't practice Sunday, but rookie point guard Brandon Jennings was back in the suburban Minneapolis training facility working on his shot a night after scoring 55 points in his seventh career game, the most by a rookie in the NBA in 41 years.

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Philadelphia 76ers forward Marreese Speights will miss the next six-to-eight weeks after suffering a partial tear of his MCL in Saturday's loss to the Bulls.

If Eddie Jordan wants scoring from a big man in the fourth quarter, he relies on Marreese Speights.

And he said he Tweeted about it earlier. Maybe I need to be on Twitter more often.

IT'S EIGHT GAMES into the season, hardly enough time to have a full grasp on this 76ers team.

Marreese Speights converted a go-ahead 3-point play with 1 minutes 10 seconds to play and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Nets , 82-79, on Wednesday night at the Izod Center in East Rutherford, N.J. The loss extended the Nets' franchise worst start to 0-8. Thaddeus Young had 20 points to lead the 76ers, and Speights finished with 19 points and 9 ...

Marreese Speights converted a go-ahead three-point play with 1:10 to play and the Philadelphia 76ers beat New Jersey 82-79 on Wednesday night, extending the Nets' franchise worst start to 0-8. Thaddeus Young had 20 points to lead the 76ers, and Speights finished with 19 points and nine rebounds as Philadelphia snapped a two-game losing streak.

The 76ers' Elton Brand, scoring against Suns defenders Channing Frye and Amar'e Stoudemire, has been sitting at the end of close games.

Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash looked across the court at the 76ers and saw a young team with a lot of potential.

Steve Nash scored 21 points and made 20 assists as the Phoenix Suns beat the Philadelphia 76ers 119-115 on Monday.

As fellow B/R Featured Columnist Harrison suggested a few days back, the absolute beating the Sixers received at the hands of the Celtics the other night suggests an alarming trend for Philly fans: that the Celtics are simply too talented for the Sixers to compete with this year.