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Thursday, October 22, 2009
76ers extend Speights, Young, Smith

76ers General Manager Ed Stefanski announced today that the team has exercised the third-year contract option for forward-center Marreese Speights and the fourth-year options for forward Thaddeus Young and forward-center Jason Smith.

Of the extensions, Stefanski said, "Thaddeus, Jason, and Marreese are there of our young players who have done everything asked of them and contribute to show improvement every time they step out on the court. We are excited about the way they have developed to this point and we are looking forward to them continuing their careers with the Sixers."

The Sixers practiced today at PCOM and will be traveling this afternoon to Queens, NY, where they will play the New Jersey Nets tomorrow night in their final pre-season game.

--Kate

Posted by Kate Fagan @ 1:55 PM  Permalink | 6 comments
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Posted 02:14 PM, 10/22/2009
brannigan73
That fourth year extension is just a formality for Young. The Sixers will look to extend him sometime during the next summer.
Posted 04:03 PM, 10/22/2009
mfecani
Kate, don't you mean 'three', not there?
Posted 04:06 PM, 10/22/2009
phillyhoodlum22
Just get rid of Brand and let Speights get the minutes. He looks to be a player where as Brand is lookin for another injury so he can get back to making films without having to work. If the sixers could get a bag of used balls they better take em for Brand.
Posted 02:52 AM, 10/23/2009
jefuuetsukusura
Hey philly hood, you`re right, that`s a great idea. Let`s just get rid of Brand. It`s not like he`s owed over 65 million dollars and has four years left on his contract. The best, and most financially sound option is to just get rid of him. Oh wait, you have no idea what you`re talking about.
Posted 09:21 AM, 10/23/2009
alank
sura, I was hoping you were wrong about size of contract for Brand, but it is apparently even worse: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3480691
Posted 09:37 AM, 10/23/2009
deasytrent
We all know that Elton has an 80 million dollar contract Alank. Jefuuetsukusura just subtracted approximately one year's salary from that, which would bring the amount close to 65 million left to be paid to Elton.
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Kate Fagan was, until recently, the all-time leading three-pointer shooter in the University of Colorado women’s basketball program. Her former teammates say that’s because she was also the all-time leading three-point taker in program history. Somewhere along the way, journalism became her passion, and there are those who say that she still likes taking her shots. This is her second season as the 76ers beat writer for The Inquirer. She brings a rare combination of first-hand basketball insight, writing ability and an attitude that fits perfectly in her new hometown.
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