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Sunday, November 15, 2009
Speights to miss 6-8 weeks

Sixers forward Marreesse Speights will be out 6 to 8 weeks with a partial tear of the medial collateral ligament in his left knee, the team said today.

Speights was injured in the fourth quarter of the Sixers' loss at Chicago on Saturday night and did not return to the game.

He underwent an MRI exam when the team returned from Chicago and was examined by team physician Dr. Jack McPhilemy.

The injury is a substantial blow to the Sixers because Speights has been one of the team's best players early this season. He is averaging 13 points and 6.4 rebounds per game in 23.4 minutes per game off the bench.

"We are discussing options and looking at a list of possible replacements, but don't see quick move," team president and general manager Ed Stefanski said in an email to the Daily News today.

The Sixers have 13 on their roster and 12 available players. Primoz Brezec will be active for the first time since the season opener when the Sixers resume play Wednesday at home against Charlotte.


 


 

Posted by Bob Cooney @ 2:54 PM  Permalink | 26 comments
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Posted 03:03 PM, 11/15/2009
davi
lottery here we come
Posted 03:42 PM, 11/15/2009
PhillyNH
Pitiful what ahs happened to this once proud franchise. Almost unwatchable.
Posted 04:09 PM, 11/15/2009
phillyPete
Exactly, PhillyNH... When I hear folks comment "who cares", well I DO! I want a decent Sixers team to watch again.
Posted 05:00 PM, 11/15/2009
Coff
Who Cares.
Posted 05:06 PM, 11/15/2009
PhillyGuy1979
The day Pat Croce quit, was the day the sixers died....Snider needs to retire and give up the power...
Posted 05:55 PM, 11/15/2009
rzzzzz
pretty tough. speights was making his move towards some real recognition. can only hope that he heals well.
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Posted 06:32 PM, 11/15/2009
butchcat
The day that they made the trade for Chris Webber, aka Elton Brand, the sixers were destined to mediocrity for at least the length of his contract. There are no mulligans in the NBA. The GM made a fatal mistake in a salary cap sport. Where is Billy King when we really need him?
Posted 07:02 PM, 11/15/2009
jefuuetsukusura
Relax guys, the sixers will be fine. No lottery pick for you losers.
Posted 08:12 PM, 11/15/2009
prudential2
One has to feel genuinely sorry for Speights. But the record of putrid mediocrity, 325 wins and 350 losses since 2001, is unworthy of this great city.
Posted 08:38 PM, 11/15/2009
whynotlawson
I believe this injury will give Eddie Jordan the opportunnity to play the best lineup they have now (Lou Williams, Kapono, Iggy, Thad & Sammy). They play much better with Thad at the 4 and Iggy at the 3. Keep Elton Brand's the way they are now. Any extended time for him and it could be another season ending injury.
Posted 08:42 PM, 11/15/2009
Snoddy
Hate to sound negative but this is a double negative which could turn out good if we end up in the lottery!
Posted 09:18 PM, 11/15/2009
robertthomas
Unwatchable team in a sport that is almost unwatchable.
Posted 09:29 PM, 11/15/2009
Vituperator
Quite literally, Speights was the one and only 6er who was worth routing for these first few games. It's tough to be upbeat about the team right now. I would give Holliday some important minutes. Oh, and I would throw Brand in the nearest dumpster.
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Phil Jasner joined the staff of the Daily News in 1972. He has covered the 76ers and the NBA on a full-time basis since 1981. He won the 2004 Curt Gowdy Media Award, presented by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame for outstanding contributions to the sport during his career; he was a finalist for the award in 2001, when he also received a lifetime achievement award from the Professional Basketball Writers Association during the NBA Finals. He is a past president of the Professional Basketball Writers Association and the Philadelphia College Basketball Writers Association. Along the way, he has covered high school sports, the Big 5, the Eagles and the NFL, the World Football League, the North American Soccer League and what was then the Major Indoor Soccer League. He is a proud graduate of Temple University, and spent his early professional days at the Pottstown (Pa.) Mercury, Montgomery Newspapers (Fort Washington, Pa.), the Norristown (Pa.) Times-Herald and the Trentonian.

Bob Cooney has been at the Daily News for almost 20 years, working in the sports department the past 12 years. This is his first season on the Sixers beat. He has covered just about everything, but mostly college basketball, where he has been the La Salle beat writer for the past six seasons.

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