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FILE - Los Angeles Clippers forward Paul George (13) dunks during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Atlanta Hawks in Los Angeles, Sunday, March 17, 2024. George will sign a four-year, $212 million contract with the Philadelphia 76ers, a person with knowledge of the move told The Associated Press early Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, FIle)

76ers make a splash with $400 million in contracts for Paul George and Tyrese Maxey

By Dan Gelston - Associated Press

Philadelphia 76ers' Joel Embiid reacts during the first half of Game 6 in an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the New York Knicks, Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

76ers president Daryl Morey has big plans to build NBA title team around Embiid and Maxey

By Dan Gelston - Associated Press

Philadelphia 76ers' Daryl Morey pauses while speaking at a news conference before an NBA basketball game against the Atlanta Hawks, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Sports analytics may be outnumbered when it comes to artificial intelligence

By JIMMY GOLEN - Associated Press

Milwaukee Bucks coach Doc Rivers speaks to the media before the team's NBA basketball game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Bruce Kluckhohn)

76ers are set for familiar faces Doc Rivers and Patrick Beverley to return to Philly with the Bucks

By Dan Gelston - Associated Press

Philadelphia 76ers president Daryl Morey takes questions from the media at a press conference at the NBA basketball team's facility, June 1, 2023, in Camden, N.J. Morey composed an offbeat kind of basketball musical. Morey came up with "Small Ball," about a small team with big basketball dreams set on the fictional Lilliput island out of "Gulliver's Travels." (AP Photo/Chris Szagola)

76ers’ Daryl Morey mixes basketball with shot at Broadway in absurdist musical ‘Small Ball’

By Dan Gelston - Associated Press

Philadelphia 76ers' James Harden looks on during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Portland Trail Blazers, Sunday, Oct. 29, 2023, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Chris Szagola) **FILE**

76ers trade disgruntled guard James Harden to Clippers

By Dan Gelston - Associated Press

Philadelphia 76ers' Daryl Morey speaks during a news conference at the NBA basketball team's training facility, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, in Camden, N.J. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

76ers prez Morey taking ‘careful process’ in search for Rivers’ replacement as coach

By Dan Gelston - Associated Press

Philadelphia 76ers guard Ben Simmons (25) goes to the basket during their NBA playoff basketball game against the Atlanta Hawks, in Atlanta, in this Saturday, June 12, 2021, file photo. Simmons says he's taking his ball and going home. The 76ers say they still want their disgruntled All-Star guard. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File) **FILE**

76ers ready to start season without Ben Simmons drama

By Dan Gelston - Associated Press

FILE - This is a July 26, 2019, file photo showing Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey during an NBA basketball news conference in Houston. Morey hasn't had to make any major moves in his first season running the Philadelphia 76ers. But the executive who took the Houston Rockets to the brink of the NBA Finals believes he has the roster in Philly need to win its first NBA title since 1983. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

AP Interview: Morey embraces challenges of leading 76ers

By DAN GELSTON - Associated Press

Houston Rockets guard James Harden shoots over Portland Trail Blazers forward Robert Covington during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. The Blazers won 128-126 in overtime. (AP Photo/Steve Dykes)

NBA fines 76ers’ Daryl Morey $50,000 for tweet about Harden

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FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 22, 2019 file photo, Kentucky's Tyrese Maxey, left, shoots near Mount St. Mary's Malik Jefferson during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Lexington, Ky. The Philadelphia 76ers selected Kentucky guard Tyrese Maxey with the 21st pick of the NBA draft, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, the first selection under the new regime led by president Daryl Morey. (AP Photo/James Crisp, File)

76ers shake up roster, deal Horford, Richardson at draft

By DAN GELSTON - Associated Press

New 76ers president Morey: Embiid, Simmons can work together

By DAN GELSTON - Associated Press

FILE - This is a July 26, 2019, file photo showing Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey during an NBA basketball news conference in Houston. The Philadelphia 76ers are in advanced negotiations with Morey to become president of basketball operations as part of the overhaul of the front office that began after an underachieving season. The deal is expected to be finalized as early as this weekend, multiple people with direct knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because it has not been made official. Morey and the Rockets split a little over a year after he sparked a rift between the NBA and Chinese government. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

AP sources: Morey in advanced talks to lead 76ers

By DAN GELSTON - Associated Press

This is a July 26, 2019, file photo showing Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey during an NBA basketball news conference, in Houston. Rockets general manager Daryl Morey is stepping down on his own accord, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, because the move hasn’t been announced.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip) **FILE**

Daryl Morey, general manager, leaving Rockets on Nov. 1

By Kristie Rieken - Associated Press

This is a July 26, 2019, file photo showing Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey during an NBA basketball news conference, in Houston. Rockets general manager Daryl Morey is stepping down on his own accord, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, because the move hasn’t been announced.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip) **FILE**

General manager Daryl Morey leaving Rockets on Nov. 1

By Kristie Rieken - Associated Press

In this Oct. 8, 2019, file photo, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks at a news conference before an NBA preseason basketball game between the Houston Rockets and the Toronto Raptors in Saitama, near Tokyo. It’s been over three months since the commissioners of major sports cancelled or postponed events because of the coronavirus. Enough time for us to grade them on how they’ve handled the virus so far. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) **FILE**

Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee senator, questions NBA’s relationship with China

By Matthew Paras - The Washington Times

In this June 25, 2018, file photo Charles Barkley arrives for the NBA Awards at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. Barkley was honored in Philadelphia when he received the Lew Klein Excellence in the Media Award at Temple University on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Charles Barkley tells VP Mike Pence to ‘shut the hell up’ about NBA-China feud

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times

Fans at Rockets opener show support for Hong Kong protesters

By KRISTIE RIEKEN - Associated Press

A fan wears a T-shirt handed out by Hong Kong pro-democracy supporters at the season opener between the Pelicans and the Raptors in Toronto on Tuesday. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

NBA fans defy China, cheer Hong Kong as regular season tips off

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this April 18, 2017, file photo, former NBA basketball player Shaquille O'Neal sits off-set on a break from taping a commercial in Atlanta. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Shaquille O’Neal on NBA-China tensions: ‘Daryl Morey was right’

By Bailey Vogt - The Washington Times