<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/spurs-news-victor-wembanyama-blunt-take-andre-drummond-ejection-fiasco');   ga('set', 'title', 'Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama drops blunt take on Andre Drummond ejection fiasco');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Victor-Wembanyama-drops-blunt-take-on-Andre-Drummond-ejection-fiasco.jpg"></figure><h1>Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama drops blunt take on Andre Drummond ejection fiasco</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-24T08:49:12-08:00">December 24th, 8:49am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-24T08:49:12-08:00">December 24th, 8:49am</time><address><a>Brett Siegel</a>Brett Siegel joined ClutchPoints as a credentialed NBA insider and reporter in May 2023 after previously covering the NBA for Fastbreak on FanNation and NBA Analysis Network, as well as working with Louisville Basketball. From playing to coaching to covering the game as a media member, Brett has been involved with the game of basketball from many different perspectives. Breaking the news of various free agent signings, yearly NBA Draft news and other key stories around the league, Brett is always on the phone, getting the latest news and rumors around the NBA. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @BrettSiegelNBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>What happened when the San Antonio Spurs visited the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday night was a complete disaster regarding how this game was officiated. The continued drop in ratings has been a massive discussion across the NBA, and the officials are directly contributing to this problem, especially when you look at everything that occurred with Victor Wembanyama, Andre Drummond, and Joel Embiid during this game.</p><p>Bizarre is the perfect word to describe how this game went, as before <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-fans-lose-joel-embiids-ejection-foul-victor-wembanyama">Joel Embiid was ejected for his rampage towards the referees</a>, Drummond was ejected for throwing Wembanyama to the court before the ball had been inbounded by San Antonio. In a very unprecedented move, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-referee-admits-she-fd-up-andre-drummond-ejection-from-spurs">Drummond was ejected and then had this call reversed</a> in the span of a handful of minutes, allowing him to remain in the game and emerge from the locker room after subsequently having money taken out of his pocket by the officials for no reason whatsoever.</p><p>As both players battled for position under the basket, it seemed as if Drummond shoved Wembanyama, which prompted a second technical foul to be given to him. After the officials gathered to review the incident, this technical foul was rescinded on the floor, and Wembanyama was the one hit with a technical foul for flopping. Upon Sixers guard Tyrese Maxey making his free throw for the technical given to Wemby, this foul was then called back and the points were taken off the board as if nothing ever happened.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Andre Drummond was ejected after this play with Wembanyama.</p><p>The call was then reversed, and a flop was called on Victor.</p><p>Thoughts? 🤔<a href="https://t.co/3DRMqeFa51">pic.twitter.com/3DRMqeFa51</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1871358302216655070?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 24, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Nobody on the 76ers or Spurs knew what was going on, nor did they know this would eventually lead to the fiasco involving Embiid later on. When questioned about everything that went down on the court with Drummond and the officials in the Spurs’ 111-106 loss to the 76ers, Wembanyama shared his <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/43133441/76ers-joel-embiid-ejected-chaotic-opening-half-vs-spurs" rel="noopener">honest view of the play</a> that saw two technicals given out and reversed.</p><p>“He just stepped on my foot, and I fell,” Wembanyama said, via Michael C. Wright of ESPN. “I didn’t expect the foul to be called. I just fell.”</p><p>The Spurs star did not address the officials directly, nor did he comment on if he thought the whole matter was handled correctly or not. Interim head coach Mitch Johnson also gave his opinion on the Wembanyama-Drummond situation, claiming that he doesn’t think either player was in the wrong and no fouls should’ve been given out.</p><p>“I don’t think it was a foul on them, and I don’t think it was a flop [on Wembanyama],” Johnson stated. “That’s kind of how I saw it up to that point.”</p><h2><b>NBA officials admit mistake in 76ers-Spurs game</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Wembanyama-and-referee-shaking-hands-.jpg"><figcaption>Bill Streicher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-nick-nurse-honest-take-strange-officiating-ejections-spurs">The 76ers and Spurs were lost for words</a> during Monday night’s game. There really hasn’t ever been an instance of one official ejecting a player, allowing the ejection to be overturned, calling a different technical foul, and then having that foul overturned as well. Not to mention, there really hasn’t ever been an instance of the same official who made these mistakes going on to throw one of the best players in the NBA out of the game for arguing calls.</p><p>If anything, there was a major power trip going on in Philadelphia during this game, and it had nothing to do with the players or respective teams, which is a major disappointment for the league as a whole.</p><p>In the aftermath of the craziness that took place in Wells Fargo Center, Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer conducted a pool report with Crew Chief Curtis Blair to <a href="https://official.nba.com/pool-report-on-technical-fouls-and-ejection-in-second-quarter-of-tonights-san-antonio-at-philadelphia-game/" rel="noopener">set the record straight</a> on everything that happened with Drummond and Wembanyama, as well as the eventual ejection of Embiid.</p><p>When questioned about the Drummond-Wembanyama incident, Blair stated that further review of the matter determined that Drummond stepped on Wembanyama’s foot, which was deemed “incidental contact.” Due to Wembanyama tripping over Drummond’s foot, the technical foul for “flopping” was reversed. This is also the reason why a point was taken off the board for the 76ers from Maxey’s free throw.</p><p>At this time, there has been no further comment from the league regarding what happened in Philadelphia between both teams and the officials. It is yet to be seen if Embiid will face further discipline after being thrown out of this contest for blowing up on the officials.</p><p>As for Wembanyama and Drummond, this incident is being swept under the rug as if nothing ever happened.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama drops blunt take on Andre Drummond ejection fiasco

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-news-referee-admits-she-fd-up-andre-drummond-ejection-from-spurs');   ga('set', 'title', 'Referee admits she ‘F****d up’ Andre Drummond ejection from 76ers-Spurs');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/76ers-news-Referee-Jenna-Schroeder-admits-she-F-up-Andre-Drummond-ejection-1.jpg"></figure><h1>Referee admits she ‘F****d up’ Andre Drummond ejection from 76ers-Spurs</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-12-23T19:06:10-08:00">December 23rd, 7:06pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-12-23T19:33:42-08:00">December 23rd, 7:33pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-vs-spurs-refs-joel-embiid-victor-wembanyama">Philadelphia 76ers escaped with a 111-106 win</a> at home over the San Antonio Spurs Monday night <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-fans-lose-joel-embiids-ejection-foul-victor-wembanyama">but not before getting some controversial calls</a> from referee Jenna Schroeder, including the one that resulted in Sixers big man Andre Drummond’s ejection.</p><p>It happened in the second quarter when Spurs star Victor Wembanyama managed to draw a foul from Drummond on what appeared like a flop. Drummond was slapped with his first technical foul after that. He was hit with another technical later on, which got him ejected.</p><p>However, referee Jenna Schroeder later admitted that she was wrong to call a second technical foul on Drummond. After deliberation among the referees, the initial disqualifying technical foul on the veteran center was rescinded, thus allowing Drummond to return to the contest.</p><p>“I f****d up,” Schroeder <a href="https://x.com/ClutchPoints/status/1871378605273682086" rel="noopener">can be heard telling</a> 76ers head coach Nick Nurse on the sidelines.</p><p>The techincal fouls did not stop there, though. Schroeder would later call more on 76ers franchise player Joel Embiid in the third quarter, which triggered a ton of reactions from NBA and 76er fans online. Embiid got his first technical after arguing a call with Schroeder, who gave the seven-time NBA All-Star another tech shortly thereafter. It was a controversial sequence that left many questioning the ref’s judgment.</p><p>In any case, the 76ers got away with a win despite Embiid’s ejection and the confusion involving Drummond. Embiid concluded his night with just nine points on 2-for-8 shooting from the field with three rebounds, two steals and an assist in 14 minutes of action. Drummond, on the other hand, had two points in just seven minutes of action.</p><p>Now sporting a 10-17 record, the 76ers will look to build on their newfound momentum and keep it going on Wednesday when they face off against the defending NBA champions Boston Celtics at TD Garden.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Referee admits she ‘F****d up’ Andre Drummond ejection from 76ers-Spurs

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He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Injuries have hit the Philadelphia 76ers hard to begin the 2024-25 season. As Joel Embiid continues to manage his left knee injury, numerous other role players are also fighting to stay healthy. Embiid’s backup, Andre Drummond, will now miss several games.</p><p>The 76ers announced that Drummond, who <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/3-biggest-76ers-takeaways-vs-pistons-paul-george-return" rel="noopener">sprained his right ankle</a> in Philly’s win over the Detroit Pistons on Saturday, will be out for the team’s next three games and re-evaluated this weekend. After facing the Charlotte Hornets on Tuesday in their final NBA Cup game of the season, the Sixers will host the Orlando Magic for games on Wednesday and Friday.</p><p>Drummond’s absence and the uncertainty around when Embiid will return means that rookie center Adem Bona should get plenty of chances to play. The 41st overall pick <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-film-room-3-youngsters-x-factors-pistons" rel="noopener">has looked solid in his early opportunities</a>, though the big, physical Magic will be a challenge for him. Guerschon Yabusele, who has been one of the team’s best players to begin the season, will play more at the five than the four, too.</p><h2><b>76ers add Andre Drummond ankle sprain to list of injuries </b></h2><p>Drummond’s absence leaves the small 76ers even smaller, though there are a handful of players who could return to action soon.</p><p>According to Ky Carlin of Sixers Wire, Caleb Martin (upper back soreness), Kyle Lowry (right hip strain) and Reggie Jackson (right knee soreness) were all <a href="https://x.com/Ky_Carlin/status/1863643629467623758" rel="noopener">full participants in the team’s practice</a> in Charlotte on Monday. Each of them sat out this past Saturday, with Lowry now missing five straight games.</p><p>Drummond told Sixers Wire that he <a href="https://sixerswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/sixers/2024/12/02/andre-drummond-discusses-scary-injury-sixers-play-of-adem-bona/76707517007/" rel="noopener">doesn’t plan to miss much time</a>. “I recover fast, man. I’m staying on top of it,” he said. “Just doing what the doctors tell me to do and when it’s time for me to come back, I’ll come back. My plan is to come back soon.”</p><p>Martin returning to the lineup will be huge for the 76ers, who need his athleticism to serve as an outlet for rebounding as well as his stout defense. Paul George has <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-paul-george-had-great-game-in-return-despite-poor-shooting-per-nick-nurse">returned to the lineup</a> after missing more time with a left knee bone bruise but with ample time to rest following his return, he should remain good to go.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

76ers’ Andre Drummond gets critical injury update following ankle sprain

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-news-tyrese-maxey-reveals-awesome-connection-with-andre-drummond');   ga('set', 'title', 'Tyrese Maxey reveals ‘awesome’ connection with Andre Drummond');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/76ers-Andre-Drummond.jpg"></figure><h1>Tyrese Maxey reveals ‘awesome’ connection with Andre Drummond</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-22T07:17:47-07:00">October 22nd, 7:17am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-22T07:17:47-07:00">October 22nd, 7:17am</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>CAMDEN, N.J. — Among the most important players to have strong on-court chemistry for the Philadelphia 76ers this season are Tyrese Maxey and Andre Drummond.</p><p>Maxey, the lead guard, obviously has to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-how-tyrese-maxey-worked-on-developing-lead-guard-2024-offseason">establish a good rapport with everyone</a>. Drummond will often serve as the stand-in for Joel Embiid. In an offense where pick-and-rolls often serve as the foundation, it’ll be important for the point guard and center to be on the same page. Their familiarity with each other goes back years and is <a href="https://x.com/dan_olinger/status/1845985647992959116" rel="noopener">paying off already</a>.</p><p>After practice on Monday, Maxey recalled a time in his second NBA season when Drummond gave him a vote of confidence and helped him come along in games when Embiid was out.</p><p>“That goes all the way back to my second year in the league,” Maxey said. “I just remember it was times where Joel didn’t play and I would be starting and I was at the point guard and Andre Drummond would tell me, ‘Hey listen, you’re gonna get 30 tonight and we’re gonna win. I’m gonna set you a screen every single time. If they drop, you come off and shoot it. If they’re up, you go by ’em and shoot a layup. If you miss something, I’m gonna tip it in.”</p><p>During a nine-game stretch where Embiid was out in November of Maxey’s second season, averaged 23.7 points, 4.6 assists and 4.0 rebounds per game while shooting 48.8 percent from the field, 42.1 percent from deep and 91.1 percent from the foul line. Drummond started alongside him, bringing his words to life with screens that freed him up for shots in the paint…</p><figure><video><source src="https://videos.nba.com/nba/pbp/media/2021/11/08/0022100147/307/8d5c1ecf-4ad7-23e6-7cae-6d9b8677f6c2_1280x720.mp4?_=1" type="video/mp4"></source></video></figure><p>..and hand-offs that gave Maxey space to launch a triple. Back when the scouting report on him didn’t have as much to say about his three-point shooting, these looks were a cakewalk that helped the young guard reach 40 percent from behind the arc.</p><figure><video><source src="https://videos.nba.com/nba/pbp/media/2021/11/09/0022100155/77/0eb1fba4-f78a-1bb4-74bf-fa16f6e92b3a_1280x720.mp4?_=2" type="video/mp4"></source></video></figure><h2><b>Tyrese Maxey reflects on relationship with Andre Drummond</b></h2><p>“And now,” Maxey continued, “it’s just crazy ’cause he was saying like, ‘Man, you can do so many different things now with these ball screens and I’m gonna get you open. So just find a shot for yourself, find a shot for your teammates or myself on the lob and we’re going from there.’ He’s been great, he’s been awesome stepping into his role and we appreciate him.”</p><p>The Sixers hoped to get Drummond back to shore up their center depth, adding a veteran who can fill in reliably when Embiid doesn’t play. His familiarity with the team made him good to have on a roster that saw so much movement this offseason.</p><p>Drummond said in July that Maxey has always <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-andre-drummond-honest-take-being-back-home-philly">impressed him with his hard work</a>. As the star guard continues rising in the ranks of the NBA world, the two of them should generate great results together.</p><p>“He’s done everything that I expected him to do,” Drummond said. “From the day I met Tyrese, I said this kid is gonna be special. He’s worked. He never takes any days off. He works on his game, he works on his body, he does everything to try to make himself and his team better. You can’t ask for more from a guy like him and everything that he’s got is well-deserved.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Tyrese Maxey reveals ‘awesome’ connection with Andre Drummond

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-news-andre-drummond-breaks-silence-controversial-admission');   ga('set', 'title', 'Andre Drummond breaks silence over controversial admission');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/76ers-news-Andre-Drummond-breaks-silence-over-controversial-admission.jpg"></figure><h1>Andre Drummond breaks silence over controversial admission</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-19T19:56:44-07:00">October 19th, 7:56pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-19T19:56:44-07:00">October 19th, 7:56pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a>David Yapkowitz is an NBA Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is a credentialed reporter based in Los Angeles who covers the NBA/WNBA, NCAA/NCAAW and boys/girls high school basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Philadelphia 76ers backup center <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-andre-drummond-confession-about-rebounding">Andre Drummond recently made a controversial comment</a> about why he is able to rebound so well in the NBA. He initially said that when he came into the NBA, he would watch other players miss shots and study where their shots would come off the rim in order to grab rebounds.</p><p>Andre Drummond was then asked if he ever intentionally missed his own shots to grab a rebound to which he responded that he definitely did. With the NBA social media world in an uproar after those comments, he seemingly walked back that admission by taking to social media to <a href="https://x.com/AndreDrummond/status/1847789929864319464" rel="noopener">say it was just a joke</a>.</p><p>Whether he was joking or not, that still doesn’t change the fact that he is one of the better offensive rebounders in the NBA. Even if he has intentionally missed shots at times to get rebounds, opposing teams haven’t been able to box him out.</p><p>And even if it was just a joke, fans will probably have those comments in the back of their minds whenever they see Drummond grab a board this upcoming season.</p><h2><b>Andre Drummond’s return to 76ers<br></b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Andre-Drummond-reacts-to-a-play.jpg"><figcaption>Bill Streicher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Needing a backup center to spell Joel Embiid, the 76ers signed Andre Drummond in free agency this offseason. This is Drummond’s second stint with the Sixers after having played for the franchise during the 2021-22 season. He was then part of the trade that sent Ben Simmons to the Brooklyn Nets.</p><p>Drummond played half a season for the Nets before signing a two-year deal with the Chicago Bulls, who he’s played for the past two seasons. He’s now back in Philadelphia looking to help the team as they begin their quest for a championship.</p><p>This past season, Drummond appeared in 79 games for the Bulls, including ten starts, at a little over 17 minutes per game. He averaged 8.4 points and 9.0 rebounds with splits of 55.6 percent shooting from the field and 59.2 percent shooting from the free-throw line.</p><p>Drummond has long been one of the better rebounders in the NBA. Across his 12 year career, he’s averaged double figures in rebounding in nine seasons of those seasons. He’s led the league in rebounding four times, two of which were his lone All-Star years.</p><p>Drummond was originally drafted by the Detroit Pistons with the No. 9 overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft. He played seven and a half seasons with the Pistons before being traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Andre Drummond breaks silence over controversial admission

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-news-andre-drummond-confession-about-rebounding');   ga('set', 'title', 'Andre Drummond drops hilariously honest confession about his rebounding');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/76ers-news-Andre-Drummond-drops-hilariously-honest-confession-about-his-rebounding.jpg"></figure><h1>Andre Drummond drops hilariously honest confession about his rebounding</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-10-18T21:42:13-07:00">October 18th, 9:42pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-10-18T21:42:13-07:00">October 18th, 9:42pm</time><address><a>Nathan Yasis</a>Nathan Yasis is an Associate Editor for ClutchPoints, specializing in the NBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Philadelphia 76ers center Andre Drummond, widely considered one of the best rebounders of his era, recently revealed a surprising tactic behind his impressive numbers.</p><p>Appearing on the Run Your Race podcast, Drummond admitted to intentionally missing shots to pad his rebound stats.</p><p>Drummond is undeniably one of the top rebounders in the game, with a career average of 12.4 rebounds per contest. He has also led the league in rebounding four times.</p><p>The 76ers center shared insights into what makes him an elite rebounder, admitting that he didn’t fully realize the extent of his talent until he reached the professional level.</p><h2><b>Andre Drummond admitting that he sometimes misses shots for rebounds</b></h2><p>“I didn’t understand the talent I had for it until I got to the NBA,” said the 6-foot-11 center. “What I noticed, when I started watching guys shoot, I would know where their misses would come off. So that’s when I knew I have a different outlook of what rebounding is. Some of it is God given and some of it is a lot of work that I put in.”</p><p>During the podcast, Theo Pinson asked Drummond directly if he ever <a href="https://www.twitter.com/Sean_Barnard1/status/1846626826082455668" rel="noopener">missed shots on purpose</a> to secure the rebound, and Drummond simply admitted, “Yeah,” confirming he used that strategy at times.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Andre Drummond discusses his passion for rebounding and admits he has intentionally missed shoots to get his own boards 😂</p><p>(Via Run Your Race/ <a href="https://twitter.com/TidalLeague?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TidalLeague</a>) <a href="https://t.co/2JArhyOUfd">pic.twitter.com/2JArhyOUfd</a></p><p>— Sean Barnard (@Sean_Barnard1) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sean_Barnard1/status/1846626826082455668?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>It might not have been the wisest move for Drummond to admit that. With 3,656 offensive rebounds in his career, one can’t help but wonder how many of those came from him intentionally missing shots.</p><p>Drummond, at his best, was pulling in up to 16 rebounds per game. More than ten years into his career, his rebounding stats still hover in double digits. With the Bulls last season, he averaged nine rebounds per game despite playing only 17 minutes per contest.</p><p>The 31-year old’s strategies have enabled him to secure four rebounding titles during his career, winning in 2016, 2018, 2019, and 2020. In each of those seasons, he averaged over four offensive rebounds per game.</p><h2><b>Being Joel Embiid’s backup for the Philadelphia 76ers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Andre-Drummond-with-the-76ers.jpg"><figcaption>Bill Streicher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Rebounding was a major focus for the Philadelphia 76ers heading into the offseason. Their first free agency move addressed this need, signing a center who excels in that area.</p><p>After a brief stint with the team in 2022, Philadelphia signed him to a multi-year deal, and he made headlines on media day by boldly declaring himself the best rebounder in NBA history.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-why-andre-drummond-never-thought-hed-play-with-joel-embiid">Drummond has begun his second run with the Sixers</a> on a high note, averaging 10.5 rebounds per game in the preseason. The former All-Star is expected to play an essential role in the regular season, helping to alleviate some of the physical strain on Joel Embiid.</p><p>Earlier this month, Joel Embiid announced that he intends to avoid playing in back-to-back games moving forward, which means his backup will likely see more playing time on the court.</p><p>The 76ers have 13 sets of back-to-back games scheduled for the 2024-25 season, indicating that Drummond is likely to make at least 13 starts. Given Embiid’s injury history, it’s reasonable to expect that the two-time All-Star will miss additional games, leading to even more starting opportunities for his backup.</p><p>Andre Drummond averaged 8.4 points, 9.0 rebounds, 0.5 assists, 0.9 steals, and 0.6 blocks per game for the Chicago Bulls in a backup role during the 2023-24 season. At 31 years old, he is undoubtedly a valuable asset for the 76ers, whether off the bench or stepping into a starting role when needed.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-how-andre-drummond-helps-push-joel-embiid-to-be-best-center-in-the-league">Although Drummond won’t replicate Embiid</a>‘s production, he will play a vital role in preventing the 76ers from struggling during the minutes that the 2023 MVP is off the court.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Andre Drummond drops hilariously honest confession about his rebounding

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He can be read at Heavy, FanSided, Philadelphia Sports Network, and right here at ClutchPoints. Are you ready to read about football and wrestling? Well, you've come to the right place.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>There was a time in the not-too-distant past when a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-joel-embiid-trolls-andre-drummond-in-nsfw-fashion" rel="noopener">showdown between Joel Embiid and Andre Drummond</a> was appointment viewing for fans of the Philadelphia 76ers and Detroit Pistons.</p><p>Two of the top young two-way centers in the NBA at the time, both were focal points of their respective teams with two-way versatility, even if the “Big Penguin” never expanded his range outside of the painted area. And yet, as Embiid’s star continued to shine, Drummond’s stock took a free fall, bouncing around the league before landing in Philadelphia for the 2021-22 season on a one-year, $2.4 million vet minimum contract.</p><p>Discussing what it was like to team up with a player who once tormented him both on and off the court in an appearance on the <i>Run Your Race Podcast</i>, Drummond revealed how the duo were able to co-exist and how they have<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-how-andre-drummond-helps-push-joel-embiid-to-be-best-center-in-the-league"> since become good friends</a>.</p><p>“Going to Philly was a crazy thing for me. I never thought in a million years I’d be the same teammate as Joel Embiid. If you look at the track record of why I’m saying that, is that we’d have this personal vendetta with each other,” Drummond told  <i>Run Your Race Podcast</i>. “But it was never, you know, a real beef; it was just like I saw him being this guy, one of the best bigs in the league, and I was like, I want to get to that point that I was just as good. So I’ve got to play this guy to the best of my abilities. So, I would never back down from him, and he can attest to that. Some guys would let him do what he wants like I’m no b**tch, I’m not going for that.”</p><p>Though their initial pairing was shortlived, with Drummond only appearing in 49 games in Philadelphia before being traded to the Brooklyn Nets alongside Ben Simmons and Seth Curry, he immediately became a fan favorite in the city and has since returned to the team on a new two-year, $10 million deal. In the end, Drummond and Embiid are teammates once more, and the 76ers are going to need both of them to succeed in 2024-25, as the “Process” reportedly<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-joel-embiid-reveals-probably-never-play-back-to-backs-again"> may never play a back-to-back game again</a>.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Andre-Drummond-in-his-76ers-uniform.jpg"><figcaption>Reese Strickland-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h2><b>Andre Drummond should be a perfect 1B for the 76ers in 2024</b></h2><p>With Embiid’s big announcement delivered to Tim Bontemps earlier in the week and 15 back-to-back games on the 76ers schedule in 2024-25, the 76ers are going to need Drummond now more than ever to step up and play a massive role moving forward.</p><p>Fortunately, in 76ers games where Embiid wasn’t available but Drummond was starting, 12 to be exact, his production was very good, averaging nine points, <a href="https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/andre-drummond-76ers-stats-when-starting" rel="noopener">14.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists, and a steal in 29.3 minutes</a> of action per night. Factor in the addition of second-round pick Adem Bona, who was encouraging in the preseason, and Olympic star Guerschon Yabusele, who is a power forward but could moonlight as a small-ball center due to his thick frame, and the 76ers might actually be able to <a href="https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask?q=76ers+record+without+embiid+2023-24" rel="noopener">win more than 16 games</a> without Embiid on the court in 2024-25.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Andre Drummond never thought he’d play with Joel Embiid, 76ers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/ranking-andre-drummonds-10-most-meme-able-moments');   ga('set', 'title', 'Ranking Andre Drummond’s 10 most meme-able moments');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Ranking-Andre-Drummonds-10-meme-able-moments.jpg"></figure><h1>Ranking Andre Drummond’s 10 most meme-able moments</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-24T13:02:13-07:00">September 24th, 1:02pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-24T13:02:13-07:00">September 24th, 1:02pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/spencersee10" rel="facebook">Spencer See</a>Spencer See is a part-time writer at ClutchPoints focusing on the NBA, evergreen content and celebrity lifestyle. He is also a lifelong fan of LeBron James. In his free time, he either goes fishing or watches basketball.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Throughout his NBA career, Andre Drummond has shown that he was an All-Star caliber center for a reason. In his NBA career, Drummond has garnered two All-Star Game appearances, an All-NBA Team selection, All-Rookie Team honors, and led the NBA in rebounds four times. The Bulls center continues to be one of the most impressive rebounders in the league.</p><p>But while Drummond has shown flashes of greatness, he has also been at the center of epic-fail plays and other moments that could only bring laughter. Here’s Andre Drummond’s 10 meme-able moments, ranked.</p><h2><b>10. Peace sign before dunk</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Andre Drummond went Tyreek Hill and hit 'em with the peace sign on this fast-break dunk ✌️😂</p><p>(via <a href="https://twitter.com/NBATV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBATV</a>)<a href="https://t.co/K5GAgYj56K">pic.twitter.com/K5GAgYj56K</a></p><p>— Ball Don’t Lie (@Balldontlie) <a href="https://twitter.com/Balldontlie/status/1507904274608533508?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 27, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Andre Drummond loves dunking the basketball whenever he gets the chance. But before doing so, he took out a page off NFL star Tyreek Hill’s playbook to pull off a peace sign before the dunk in 2022 while playing for the Brooklyn Nets. Although the dunk was successful, it’s surely one of the most meme-able moments in the All-Star center’s career.</p><h2><b>9. Dance after the dunk</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Andre Drummond with the dunk plus the foul and a little dance after 😂😂<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DetroitBasketball?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DetroitBasketball</a> <a href="https://t.co/wEX3wufV6z">pic.twitter.com/wEX3wufV6z</a></p><p>— Def Pen Hoops (@DefPenHoops) <a href="https://twitter.com/DefPenHoops/status/812477873210716160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 24, 2016</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Speaking of dunking the basketball, there’s no question that Drummond loves to celebrate after doing so. In this case, Drummond pulled out the shimmy after converting a two-handed jam plus a foul in 2016 while playing for the Detroit Pistons. The shimmy surely adds some extra sauce.</p><h2><b>8. Photobombing Kevin Hart</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Andre Drummond is just like me. He can't help but dance to <a href="https://twitter.com/taylorswift13?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@taylorswift13</a>. Watch Drummond photobomb <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinHart4real?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KevinHart4real</a>. <a href="https://t.co/b0N9x8E8iy">pic.twitter.com/b0N9x8E8iy</a></p><p>— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) <a href="https://twitter.com/BradGalli/status/698310113954820096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2016</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Kevin Hart is popular for his funny moments on screen. But during this interview segment with Cassidy Hubarth at the 2016 All-Star celebrity game, it was the Bulls center who stole the show. Not only did the All-Star center photobomb Hart’s interview, but Drummond even pulled out some dance moves, which forced Hart to push him away from the screen.</p><h2><b>7. Reacting to Marcus Morris</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">😂 Andre Drummond's reaction to Morris spiking the ball! <a href="https://t.co/qc7NA9X8d4">pic.twitter.com/qc7NA9X8d4</a></p><p>— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ballislife/status/1192425913755086853?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2019</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>When the calls don’t go his way, Marcus Morris Sr. is one to express his frustration and dislike against the referees. In this case, the forward got called for a travel in a game in 2019.</p><p>Drummond would ask for the ball, but shortly after, Morris slammed the basketball hard to the ground, leading to a technical foul against the Knicks forward.  Amazed by the sequence of events, Drummond’s reaction was priceless.</p><h2><b>6. Celebrating the dish</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">This was my favorite assist by Andre Drummond last night. Look at that celebration. 🙂 <a href="https://t.co/KauCQx0Elx">pic.twitter.com/KauCQx0Elx</a></p><p>— Positive Residual (@presidual) <a href="https://twitter.com/presidual/status/937091342466822145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 2, 2017</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Drummond isn’t known to be a passing center. However, in this scenario, Drummond was part of a give-and-go play that saw him properly locate teammate Reggie Jackson for the easy two points in 2017. Happy to get the assist, the former NBA rebounding leader celebrated with a special dance of generosity. He’s a gift that keeps on giving.</p><h2><b>5. Stepback three goes wrong</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Andre Drummond Stepback 3 &amp; Dwane Casey Reaction <a href="https://t.co/ty6DXLJCzD">pic.twitter.com/ty6DXLJCzD</a></p><p>— Gustavo (@iamvega1982) <a href="https://twitter.com/iamvega1982/status/1104199319584993280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2019</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>In a Bulls uniform, Drummond has shown that he has expanded his game by showing flashes of making his threes. But back when he played for the Pistons, Drummond actually attempted a stepback corner three with the shot clock expiring in 2019.</p><p>Unfortunately, Drummond only hit the backboard, triggering an irate response from former NBA Coach of the Year Award winner Dwayne Casey.</p><h2><b>4. Showering teammate Nikola Vucevic</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><p>Showering teammates and coaches with energy drinks are often reserved for winning the NBA championship. However, after the Bulls finally won after a five-game losing streak to improve to 6-14 thanks to Nikola Vucevic’s season-high 29 points to go along with 10 rebounds, Drummond didn’t hold back in giving Nikola Vucevic a shower.</p><h2><b>3. Blowing the dunk</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Looks like we have a new Andre Drummond meme 😂</p><p> <a href="https://t.co/eVgvqxXNWd">pic.twitter.com/eVgvqxXNWd</a></p><p>— NBA World (@NBAW0RLD24) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBAW0RLD24/status/1714467219458125987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 18, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Although Drummond loves to dunk when he gets a chance to, it’s sad to say that he finds a way to miss them as well despite being wide open. Despite completing a nice steal against the Raptors, the rim decided to block Drummond’s dunk in 2023.</p><h2><b>2. Copying LeBron James</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Andre Drummond x LeBron 😂</p><p>(Via <a href="https://twitter.com/awesemo_com?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Awesemo_Com</a>) <a href="https://t.co/yGQyWUX5fu">pic.twitter.com/yGQyWUX5fu</a></p><p>— NBA Retweet (@RTNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/RTNBA/status/1398137234138750976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>After a dominant stint with the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Los Angeles Lakers secured the services of Andre Drummond after picking him up from the buy-out market. Not only did it give the Lakers an All-Star caliber center in lieu of Anthony Davis’ injury, but it also helped Drummond <a href="https://fadeawayworld.net/nba-media/andre-drummonds-dream-is-to-play-with-lebron-james-one-of-my-goals-in-life-is-to-meet-and-play-with-or-against-lebron-james" rel="noopener">accomplish his lifelong dream</a> to play alongside LeBron James.</p><p>As an LBJ fan, it wasn’t surprising a lot of young basketball players were inspired by his game. In fact, Drummond took it to a whole new level as a major fan by copying his moves from the bench.</p><h2><b>1. Ruining his own teammate’s alley-oop</b></h2><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Chicago Bulls' uncontested fast break goes hilariously wrong as Torrey Craig throws himself an alley-oop off the backboard only to be thwarted by TEAMMATE Andre Drummond: 'They both missed!' <a href="https://t.co/N0cj8xiieC">https://t.co/N0cj8xiieC</a></p><p>— Mail Sport (@MailSport) <a href="https://twitter.com/MailSport/status/1778036533888458908?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 10, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>In the latter parts of the 2023-24 season, while the Bulls are wrapping up their season for the play-in tournament, Drummond and the squad made the headlines for the wrong reasons. Bulls forward Torrey Craig had a breakaway fastbreak play that saw him attempt a self alley-oop, which would’ve made the highlight reel.</p><p>Unfortunately for him his teammate Drummond decided to dunk the ball himself over Craig, leading to a missed dunk. Instead of making the highlight reel, both <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bulls-news-torrey-craig-response-andre-drummond-dunk-fail">Drummond and Craig became the faces</a> of a meme that won’t be forgotten anytime soon. To add insult to injury, the Bulls also lost the game against the New York Knicks, 128-117.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Ranking Andre Drummond’s 10 most meme-able moments

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-news-how-andre-drummond-helps-push-joel-embiid-to-be-best-center-in-the-league');   ga('set', 'title', 'How 76ers’ Andre Drummond helps ‘push’ Joel Embiid to be ‘best center in the league’');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/76ers-Joel-Embiid-Andre-Drummond.jpg"></figure><h1>How 76ers’ Andre Drummond helps ‘push’ Joel Embiid to be ‘best center in the league’</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-09-10T13:27:31-07:00">September 10th, 1:27pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-09-10T13:27:31-07:00">September 10th, 1:27pm</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>CAMDEN, N.J. — Andre Drummond felt comfortable with the Philadelphia 76ers within his first week on the team, the very beginning of his first stint that began in the 2021 offseason. The embrace he got from the city made the transition to a new team and a role as a backup immensely easier. After being included in the midseason Ben Simmons-James Harden trade and spending two seasons with the Chicago Bulls, he’s excited to be back with the Sixers.</p><p>Drummond made an appearance at the Thomas H. Dudley Family School in Camden, New Jersey, joining the Sixers and Five Below in their Back-to-School Tipoff event. Just as thrilled as he is to reacclimate himself to a familiar, friendly community, he’s “really, really happy” for the season to start.</p><p>“When I wake up in the morning,” Drummond told ClutchPoints, “I just have this energy, like, ‘We have something really special here and we can’t let it go to waste.’”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Andre Drummond handing out Sixers water bottles with stickers and a gift card in them to students as they head back to their classrooms <a href="https://t.co/nlF9HLeCn6">pic.twitter.com/nlF9HLeCn6</a></p><p>— Sam DiGiovanni (@BySamDiGiovanni) <a href="https://twitter.com/BySamDiGiovanni/status/1833568266402582875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Joel Embiid reached out to Drummond in free agency to see if the veteran big man would return to the 76ers. That meant a lot to Drummond, who already <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-andre-drummond-honest-take-being-back-home-philly">thought of Philly as home</a>. Making the reunion with Philly even sweeter was the signing of Reggie Jackson, who played almost a decade with Drummond on the Detroit Pistons.</p><p>Drummond returning to the 76ers gives them more stability at the backup center spot. His sensational rebounding, size and occasional playmaking make him a relatively stable option off the bench. But he also gives the team someone who will compete hard against Embiid in practice.</p><p>“I’m playing against the best center in the league every single day, so not only is he getting the best work out of me, vice versa — I’m getting the best work out of him because he’s challenging me, as well,” Drummond said. “And for me, he knows I’m not gonna ever back down from him.</p><p>“And it’s been like that [since] I’ve been in Detroit,” he continued. “I think that’s really why he respects me, because no matter how good he is, he might have the upper hand on me but I’m gonna keep coming. I’m gonna push him to be great. I’m gonna push him to be the best player he can be, really to show the world why he is the best center to play this game.”</p><p>Drummond knows how much Embiid <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-france-star-guerschon-yabusele-drops-truth-on-decision-to-join-philly">works on improving himself</a>, a compliment that new Sixer Guerschon Yabusele also offered. Even if his role isn’t as prominent as it could have been on another team, the environment and players on Philly’s roster is perfect for the 31-year-old big man.</p><p>Just like he was with a second-year Paul Reed, Drummond is slated ahead of another young center in Adem Bona on the depth chart. He doesn’t want to overwhelm the rookie out of UCLA, who gets plenty of input and instruction from coaches already, so he resorts to giving him “little hints” on how to do certain things better.</p><p>“Like, if he does something that I notice he could change, I’m like, ‘Hey, on screens, maybe turn your body a little bit different.’ Or, ‘[on a] pick-and-roll, maybe don’t go up so high.’ Just little things like that,” Drummond said. While being a mentor is part of why the 76ers wanted to get him back, they also want someone more solid behind Embiid.</p><p>“He’s just a dominant player, he’s really just a super hardworking guy that really wants to be great,” Drummond said of Embiid. “You can’t help but support a guy that is trying to do so much for a city or for a team. I’m glad I’m here to be able to alleviate some pressure for him and really win a lot of games.”</p><h2><b>Andre Drummond joins Sixers for back-to-school event in Camden</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Andre-Drummond-reacts-to-defensive-stop.jpg"><figcaption>© Bill Streicher-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Andre Drummond participated in the first of two Back-to-School Tipoff events, the second of which takes place on Thursday at a school in Philadelphia and features a different, yet-to-be-announced Sixer. Drummond makes it a personal goal to “shed some light” on the schools in his adopted home cities.</p><p>“I love doing stuff like this, man,” Drummond told ClutchPoints. “Anything with school kids and giving back to the community, I’m always front in line for those kinds of things. I live by that, man. I love to get back to the community, especially in the cities that I play in. It just means a lot to me ’cause they’re the next generation.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Andre Drummond presents two teachers from Thomas H. Dudley Family School in Camden with $500 gift cards to Five Below to use for school supplies <a href="https://t.co/0sTdGMWbtQ">pic.twitter.com/0sTdGMWbtQ</a></p><p>— Sam DiGiovanni (@BySamDiGiovanni) <a href="https://twitter.com/BySamDiGiovanni/status/1833567324257067261?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Drummond greeted students, answered questions about his NBA career and school — his favorite subject was English and his favorite cafeteria food was a chicken patty — and surprised two teachers with gift cards to Five Below totaling $500 each courtesy of the team and the store.</p><p>“Enjoy being a kid. Learn something,” Drummond <a href="https://x.com/BySamDiGiovanni/status/1833565661114597511" rel="noopener">told the students in the crowd</a>. “Enjoy the experience.”</p><p>Before Drummond was introduced to the crowd, the 76ers’ mascot, Franklin, hosted a layup-free-throw-three-pointer tournament with four student participants and pumped up the crowd as Drummond arrived. The gym was decorated with illustrations of the Sixers logo and pictures of players’ jerseys. Participating in opportunities like these endear Drummond to the community even more — and vice versa.</p><p>“It’s an amazing feeling to be wanted and appreciated for what I do, so it’s an honor to be back here,” Andre Drummond said. “It’s an honor to put a Sixers jersey back on and do something bigger than me.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

How 76ers’ Andre Drummond helps ‘push’ Joel Embiid to be ‘best center in the league’

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-news-andre-drummond-rips-sportscenter-incorrect-angel-reese-ben-wallace-tweet');   ga('set', 'title', '76ers’ Andre Drummond rips SportsCenter for incorrect Angel Reese-Ben Wallace tweet');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Andre-Drummond-rips-SportsCenter-for-incorrect-Angel-Reese-Ben-Wallace-tweet.jpg"></figure><h1>76ers’ Andre Drummond rips SportsCenter for incorrect Angel Reese-Ben Wallace tweet</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-08-27T20:18:58-07:00">August 27th, 8:18pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-08-27T20:19:42-07:00">August 27th, 8:19pm</time><address><a>Michael Aaron Gomez</a>Michael Aaron Gomez is a creative writer and longtime NBA fan. He has been a fan of the Lakers since the three-peat but believes LeBron James is the greatest player of all time.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Sports media can get things wrong sometimes, and even ESPN’s SportsCenter isn’t immune to mistakes, as Philadelphia 76ers center Andre Drummond pointed out on Tuesday. The offense came from a post made by the official SportsCenter account on X, formerly Twitter, that compared Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese to Hall of Famer Ben Wallace for her impressive feats on the glass.</p><p>Here’s the <a href="https://x.com/SportsCenter/status/1828190436617277752" rel="noopener">misleading post</a> in question, which Drummond took exception to. In the post, SportsCenter conveniently left out the veteran big man in its mention of “players in the WNBA &amp; NBA in the last 50 years to grab 20+ REB three games in a row.”</p><p>So, Drummond quoted SportsCenter’s post <a href="https://x.com/AndreDrummond/status/1828581606682173920" rel="noopener">in his response</a> that said, ” 👀 👀you forgetting someone *cough.”</p><h2><b>The 76ers’ big man was a problem</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Andre-Drummond-takes-a-shot-during-a-game.jpg"><figcaption>© Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Who knows how the SportsCenter account got it wrong when Drummond had started his career by stuffing the stat sheet? Thankfully for him, many other commenters looked up his stats during his time with the Detroit Pistons to defend his claim.</p><p>In a reply to his first quote-response, someone pulled up a four-game stretch in 2019 where the center averaged 22.5 points and 21.5 rebounds in four games.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">literally did it in 4 games in a row idk why they lying on your name <a href="https://t.co/RF8SgzuhlG">pic.twitter.com/RF8SgzuhlG</a></p><p>— Rahim🇨🇦 (@Rahimbtw) <a href="https://twitter.com/Rahimbtw/status/1828584128796602671?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Andre Drummond also quoted another poster who pulled up a stretch of games where he grabbed 20 or more rebounds, taking offense to SportsCenter snubbing one of the great rebounders in the modern NBA.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Tell em again <a href="https://t.co/Cl9o7yNm45">https://t.co/Cl9o7yNm45</a></p><p>— Andre Drummond (@AndreDrummond) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndreDrummond/status/1828581714878145005?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 27, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Another person also blamed SportsCenter for not doing their due diligence and researching the stats before making such an outrageous post. Likewise, Drummond quoted this tweet and said, “Whoever posted it must be new to basketball.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Whoever posted it must be new to basketball 🤷🏾‍♂️ <a href="https://t.co/3S1r4o2E2n">https://t.co/3S1r4o2E2n</a></p><p>— Andre Drummond (@AndreDrummond) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndreDrummond/status/1828584892914909237?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Moreover, Stathead also corrected SportsCenter’s Drummond snub, revealing that the account also ignored Atlanta Hawks’ big man and fellow <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/hawks-deandre-hunter-clint-capela-trade-scenarios">rebound machine Clint Capela</a>.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Andre Drummond was not happy with the SportsCenter account omitting his streak of 20+ rebound games.</p><p>According to stathead, both Drummond and Clint Capela each recorded 4+ straight games of 20+ rebounds. <a href="https://t.co/YrI5o2w23N">pic.twitter.com/YrI5o2w23N</a></p><p>— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href="https://twitter.com/ClutchPoints/status/1828603748941475927?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>While Drummond may be right to complain, it doesn’t take away from Angel Reese’s achievement. After all, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sky-news-angel-reese-wild-wnba-history">Reese has made WNBA history</a> a few times already in just her rookie season. For one thing, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sky-news-sky-angel-reese-fastest-wnba-20-double-doubles">Sky rookie is the fastest WNBA player</a> to grab 20 double-doubles in one season.</p><p>Likewise, being compared to Ben Wallace is another accomplishment in itself.</p><h2><b>NBA history</b></h2><p>However, it’s also disrespectful to ignore the achievements of others just to praise the next big thing. Drummond might have passed his prime a few seasons ago, but his size and rebounding ability still give him some value around the league. For instance, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba/players/a8910947/andre-drummond">76ers reunited Drummond with Joel Embiid</a> because they need a backup big when Embiid takes a break.</p><p>Fans might also argue that the modern NBA has left behind post-centric big men like Drummond, but his records still stay in the books, and no one should take that away from him.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

76ers’ Andre Drummond rips SportsCenter for incorrect Angel Reese-Ben Wallace tweet

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-news-andre-drummond-honest-take-being-back-home-philly');   ga('set', 'title', 'Andre Drummond’s honest take on being back ‘home’ with 76ers');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/76ers-Andre-Drummond-Joel-Embiid-Tyrese-Maxey.jpg"></figure><h1>Andre Drummond’s honest take on being back ‘home’ with 76ers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-07-12T05:29:27-07:00">July 12th, 5:29am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-07-12T05:29:27-07:00">July 12th, 5:29am</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>CAMDEN, N.J. — Joel Embiid called Andre Drummond when he learned that the veteran rebounding extraordinaire could return to the Philadelphia 76ers. Drummond was already very fond of a reunion with the Sixers in free agency but the over-the-top excitement from his former teammate — the face of the franchise — sealed the deal.</p><p>“The moment that he found out there’s a possibility that I was gonna come here, he called me immediately, so I respected that and I loved that the most,” the 76ers’ new backup center said. “He FaceTimed like, ‘Bro, we doing this, what we doing? What’s happening?’ His excitement overall was truly the pushing factor of me coming here.”</p><p>Drummond said he and Embiid continued to talk and maintain a relationship after Drummond was included in the 2022 trade that brought James Harden to Philly. Daryl Morey reportedly tried to trade for Drummond at last season’s trade deadline but the Chicago Bulls weren’t budging. It ended up saving the Sixers some assets and leaving them with a wait of just a few months before implementing him <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/what-76ers-andre-drummond-eric-gordon-signings-mean-for-rotation">as the backup center again</a>.</p><p>“I am thrilled that Andre is coming back to the 76ers,” Morey said in the announcement of the Drummond signing. “A tremendous presence, and one of the best rebounders the modern NBA has seen, he made a great impact with us during his first stint in Philly and we know he’ll do the same this time around. Andre possesses an innate ability to attack the glass and will fortify our formidable front court.”</p><p>Andre Drummond couldn’t hide his excitement as he <a href="https://x.com/BySamDiGiovanni/status/1810722824652308488" rel="noopener">held up his new jersey</a>, donning the No. 5 as something that “represents change.” After spending the last handful of seasons on a variety of teams and preparing to turn 31 years old next month, he hopes he can stay a while in one place: the City of Brotherly Love.</p><p>“It feels like home. It feels good to be back,” he said. “I’m excited to be here, excited to try again and be here for the entire journey. Looking forward to what’s to come…To have the opportunity to be back here again, to play in front of these fans, I’m forever grateful and excited.”</p><h2><b>Andre Drummond feels at home in second stint with 76ers</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Andre-Drummond-guards-Joel-Embiid.jpg"><figcaption>© Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Way back in the day, when Embiid more commonly lit up an opponent online after an on-court kerfuffle, he and Drummond, then the franchise star of the Detroit Pistons, appeared to be enemies. Embiid <a href="https://x.com/JoelEmbiid/status/1058830917836460033" rel="noopener">calling Drummond a bum</a> on social media indicated some tension. But both of them downplayed the animosity when Drummond initially joined the Sixers in 2021.</p><p>Drummond became a starter in his second NBA season and played seven more seasons as a starter. Then, he joined the 76ers as Embiid’s backup, setting aside his pride for the chance to play on a championship hopeful. He <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-newsandre-drummond-instant-reaction-reunion">instantly loved it in Philadelphia</a> but spent the last two seasons with the Chicago Bulls. Even in those first 49 games as a Sixer, he made a very good impression.</p><p>It’s “an honor” to be recognized as the best backup center Embiid has ever had, Drummond said. Paul Reed perhaps has an argument for that title but regardless, Drummond was indeed one of the very best players to back Embiid up. Tagging him out and sending in one of the best rebounders in the game on both ends made for a very good center rotation. Drummond stands strongly on the stance that he is the all-time best in that area of the game.</p><p>“I pride myself on that,” Drummond said. “I set out from that for my rookie year, to be the best there ever was to do it. And I still stand on it to this date, I’m the best rebounder that’s ever played this game. I’m gonna make sure I leave that mark.”</p><p>Although Drummond is as good of a rebounder as there is, he doesn’t solve one of the most crucial gaps in Philly’s ability to get boards: the over-reliance on Embiid in the starting and closing lineups. Drummond and Embiid won’t share the court together this season, so while the Sixers should be better at securing boards when Embiid rests, the need for improvement when he plays still exists. That will either come with the addition of a bigger forward or more of an emphasis on gang rebounding.</p><p>Even though the Sixers won’t be among the strongest rebound vacuums in the NBA, their revamped roster has its own strengths that should make it one of the best in basketball. The additions of Paul George, Caleb Martin, Eric Gordon and Jared McCain and the re-signings of Kelly Oubre Jr. and Kyle Lowry put versatile talent around Embiid and Tyrese Maxey that offers upside as a shooter, athletic playmaker or both.</p><p>Philly’s only holdovers from Drummond’s last game with the team are Embiid and Maxey. Back then, Maxey was a mere sophomore jumping into the starting lineup trying to help the team. Now he’s an established star, something Drummond saw coming because of his incredible work ethic.</p><p>“He’s done everything that I expected him to do,” he said. “From the day I met Tyrese, I said, this kid is gonna be special. He’s worked. He never takes any days off. He works on his game, he works on his body, he does everything to try to make himself and his team better. You can’t ask for more from a guy like him and everything that he’s got is well-deserved.”</p><p>Just as he did with a second-year Reed, Drummond has a young understudy in Adem Bona on the roster with him. The rookie out of UCLA is an uber-athletic center with a nonstop motor that will eventually challenge Drummond for minutes, though perhaps not right away to start the 2024-25 campaign. The two of them will keep each other working hard as the season rolls along. Among the many things Drummond will instill in Bona — in addition to any tricks of the rebounding trade — is an appreciation for Philly.</p><p>Andre Drummond and the 76ers reuniting was easier to call than most free agents changing teams. Coming back home includes a sense of comfort in a highly competitive environment where the goal is to compete for the championship.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Andre Drummond’s honest take on being back ‘home’ with 76ers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/76ers-newsandre-drummond-instant-reaction-reunion');   ga('set', 'title', 'Andre Drummond’s instant reaction to 76ers reunion');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Andre-Drummonds-instant-reaction-to-Philly-reunion.jpg"></figure><h1>Andre Drummond’s instant reaction to 76ers reunion</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-06-30T20:52:35-07:00">June 30th, 8:52pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-06-30T20:56:51-07:00">June 30th, 8:56pm</time><address><a>Rexwell Villas</a>Rexwell Villas is an experienced sports writer covering a variety of sports, including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, and college football. He's a Communications Arts graduate from the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines, and he claims to have JR Smith's conscience with his shot selection. He has won a basketball, a baseball, and a football championship in fantasy all within a year.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Andre Drummond is <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/what-76ers-andre-drummond-eric-gordon-signings-mean-for-rotation">back in the City of Brotherly Love</a> after reports of the veteran big man going back to the Philadelphia 76ers on a two-year deal. Of course, playing in Philly is nothing new for Drummond, who had a short stint with the Sixers back in the 2021-22 NBA campaign.</p><p>It can be recalled that Drummond signed a one-year deal with Philadelphia worth $2.4 million in the summer of 2021 but he was not able to finish a full season with the Sixers, who traded him to the Brooklyn Nets along with Ben Simmons, Seth Curry, and picks ahead of the 2022 NBA trade deadline.</p><p>Drummond’s return to the Sixers also got a <a href="https://x.com/AndreDrummond/status/1807549881059328153">fun reaction</a> from the two-time NBA All-Star.</p><p>“I’m in the mood for a Philly cheesesteak 🫂,” Drummond posted on X (the social media app formerly known as Twitter).</p><p>Upgrading their frontcourt depth is widely viewed as a priority for the 76ers in the 2024 offseason and they seem to have just checked that box out by getting Drummond’s nod to reunite with the team. This time, his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-andre-drummond-reunion-amid-paul-george-madness">contract is much bigger</a> than the one he first got from the team, with Shams Charania of The Athletic reporting that the former UConn Huskies star center will be putting pen on paper for a two-year deal worth more than $10 million. Drummond was in the crosshairs of the Sixers ahead of the 2024 NBA trade deadline but such a swap ultimately did not materialize.</p><p>During his first stint with the 76ers, Drummond averaged just 6.1 points, 8.8 rebounds, 1.1 steals, and 0.9 blocks through 49 games (12 starts). Overall that season, Drummond put up averages of 8.4 points and 9.0 rebounds while making 55.6 percent of his attempts from the field.</p><p>Drummond, who spent the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-andre-drummond-reunion-amid-paul-george-madness">last two seasons</a> in Windy City with the Chicago Bulls, is now expected to be the chief backup of Sixers superstar center Joel Embiid, whose ability to stay healthy for an entire question has always been a big question mark. Although Drummond doesn’t have the scoring capabilities of Embiid, he’s someone who can provide some form of insurance behind the former NBA Most Valuable Player. In the 10 games he started for the Bulls last season, Drummond averaged 14.1 points and 17.9 boards in 29.3 minutes per game.</p><p>Philadelphia’s rebounding should get a nice boost once Drummond starts seeing action for the team. In the 2023-24 NBA campaign, the 76ers were 22nd overall in the league with 50.6 rebounds per game and only 28th in defensive rebound rate (73.8 percent).</p><h2><b>Fans react to Andre Drummond’s 76ers return</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/IMG_0493.jpeg"><figcaption>Wendell Cruz-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Fans have <a href="https://x.com/AndreDrummond/status/1807549881059328153" rel="noopener">all sorts of reactions</a> to Drummond hinting at his return to the 76ers. Many Bulls fans are also thanking him for his service in the last couple of seasons, while a lot of 76ers supporters are simply happy to learn that he’s back in Philly.</p><p>Here are some of the reactions:</p><p>“Perfect. We was in the mood for rebounds. 😏”</p><p>“thank you for everything man – Chicago will always have love.”</p><p>“Thank you for everything Drum, I appreciate our interactions of the past couple years!”</p><p>“Welcome home king 👑”</p><p>“Welcome back home. We gotcha!”</p><p>“Welcome back big dawg let’s get this ring”</p><p>“Gon miss your hustle big cat”</p><p>“Thank you for everything. You will be missed 🙏🏾”</p><p>“Congrats Andre! Thank you for your effort every night in a Bulls uniform CT represent 🫡🤝”</p><p>“Should’ve never been traded.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Andre Drummond’s instant reaction to 76ers reunion

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/what-76ers-andre-drummond-eric-gordon-signings-mean-for-rotation');   ga('set', 'title', 'What Andre Drummond, Eric Gordon signings mean for 76ers’ rotation');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/76ers-Andre-Drummond-Eric-Gordon.jpg"></figure><h1>What Andre Drummond, Eric Gordon signings mean for 76ers’ rotation</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-06-30T20:24:18-07:00">June 30th, 8:24pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-06-30T20:32:17-07:00">June 30th, 8:32pm</time><address><a>Sam DiGiovanni</a>Sam DiGiovanni started at ClutchPoints as an associate editor in 2021 and became the site's Philadelphia 76ers beat reporter ahead of the 2022-23 season. He graduated from Marist College in May of 2022 and has written for TheKnicksWall.com and CenterFieldMarist.com in the past.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As the 2024 NBA free agency period gets underway, the basketball world is staying up late and watching to see whether the Philadelphia 76ers can finally secure Paul George. They’re the only horse left in the race but still have plenty of ground to cover before officially forming a new star trio.</p><p>But as the Sixers aim to land the plane in the George negotiations, they agreed to terms on cheap contracts with Andre Drummond and Eric Gordon. Philly has nearly a whole roster to remake and added two veterans to give them a different look off the bench than they had last season. Neither move jeopardizes the pursuit of George and gives Philly some actual players on its roster, though it still lacks size on the wings, which should be its main priority after (ostensibly) landing George.</p><p>The additions of Drummond and Gordon have significant ramifications for the 76ers roster, even though the massive domino in the room has yet to fall.</p><h2><b>Andre Drummond signing adds more uncertainty to Paul Reed’s future</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Andre-Drummond-rebounds-the-ball.jpg"><figcaption>© Matt Krohn-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Drummond is reuniting with the 76ers on a two-year deal worth $10 million. The 30-year-old was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-76ers-andre-drummond-bulls-trade-deadline">nearly traded to Philly midseason</a> but had to wait a little bit to officially make it back after being included in the Ben Simmons-James Harden blockbuster. He now leaves the Chicago Bulls behind for the Sixers.</p><p>As a backup center, Drummond brings elite rebounding on both ends and even a hint of playmaking from the high post. He isn’t a very efficient scorer — all he does is shoot shots from close range and he doesn’t make those at a good rate for a center — but will be good enough for a few dunks and putbacks while inducing cold sweats every time he goes to the foul line. His defense down low isn’t elite nor is he versatile to play in a variety of schemes but he should be serviceable enough for the dozen or so minutes he has to play each night. At the very least, he’ll contribute a block or a steal relatively consistently.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">I’m in the mood for a Philly cheesesteak 🫂</p><p>— Andre Drummond (@AndreDrummond) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndreDrummond/status/1807549881059328153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 30, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Drummond will certainly help the Sixers’ rebounding but his signing doesn’t address the lack of rebounding around Embiid, the bigger piece of the puzzle when it comes to the team’s struggles in that area. There’s no chance Drummond and Embiid will play at the same time, so Philly has to find other starters who will help the big man control the boards. At the very least, though, when Embiid rests, one of the league’s best individual rebounders will be taking his place.</p><p>The impossible angle to ignore with the Drummond signing is that Paul Reed seems very likely to be on the move. Drafting Adem Bona in the second round was one thing but now with Drummond here for potentially two seasons (he has <a href="https://x.com/MikeAScotto/status/1807550438520082815" rel="noopener">a player option</a> after his first seasons), Reed has never been more expendable since he became the Sixers’ primary backup center. Moving his nearly $8 million salary could unlock more moves and net value for the Sixers in other areas.</p><p>Reed, for example, could be traded for Oklahoma City Thunder forward Kenrich Williams or Charlotte Hornets guard Cody Martin, who each make similar salaries. The Thunder, who have to find room for other young wings, and the Hornets, who are looking to sell off veteran talent, could each feasibly take a flyer on Reed. OKC, in particular, would be wise to add some size. If the Sixers attach a draft pick, they could add a defensive-minded role player who either brings some playmaking upside (Martin) or three-point shooting (Williams).</p><p>If the Sixers want to acquire more assets, they could trade Reed to the Houston Rockets for Jock Landale and draft capital. Houston would get a player who is better, younger and can be used either in another trade or waived at no penalty. With extensions looming for Alperen Sengun and Jalen Green, moving off Landale’s contract might be a goal of theirs, especially now that Steven Adams is preparing to take over the backup center spot. Philly can then turn around and use Landale’s contract in a trade later on.</p><p>Bball Paul had a lot of good moments for the 76ers but his salary stands out as a trade chip now that the team has other options under center. Unless Bona spends his rookie season on a two-way contract or the team looks to make Reed more of a power forward, it feels inevitable that he’ll be used in a trade. Drummond, meanwhile, appears to be the main man behind Embiid until Bona is ready to step up.</p><h2><b>Eric Gordon adds more shooting but questions about bench rotation </b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Eric-Gordon-dribbles-the-ball.jpg"><figcaption>© Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sport</figcaption></figure><p>The Sixers satisfied their hunger for former Rockets by signing the 35-year-old Gordon to a minimum deal. There aren’t any of his former teammates in Philly now but he at least reunites with Daryl Morey and gets the chance to play for another playoff team after spending last season with the Phoenix Suns. Since he’s on a minimum deal, it doesn’t cost Philly all that much to see how much he has left in the tank.</p><p>Gordon was one of the more prominent three-point-shooting specialists in the NBA for a few years and even as he fades, he remains a very good shooter. Last season, he attempted 5.8 threes per game and cashed in on a 37.8-percent clip, shooting off the catch and the dribble pretty well. Even at his advanced age, Gordon can still <a href="https://x.com/scooperhoops/status/1722097816338587805" rel="noopener">score a little bit on his own</a>. His handles are solid and he isn’t afraid to get into the paint, taking it all the way to the rim or stopping to shoot a floater/push shot.</p><p>With Gordon aboard, it seems unlikely that Buddy Hield will come back, as EG takes his role as the high-volume-shooting two guard. De’Anthony Melton and Cam Payne, with the Sixers adding two other guards in Gordan and Jared McCain while also seeming likely to re-sign Kyle Lowry, also don’t seem to have a solidified spot anymore. But with McCain coming aboard after being drafted with the 16th overall pick, the addition of Gordon doesn’t make as much sense.</p><p>Gordon and McCain may be too similar to play together. The good news is that they are both excellent shooters who use their strength to get inside the arc and score. But neither is a consistent playmaker or defender and both are undersized at the guard spot. Gordon started to get fewer minutes as the 2023-24 season went on and his rebound and assist numbers each declined last season. If he cuts into McCain’s minutes, it might be a detriment to the team.</p><p>You can never have too much shooting but size still very much matters. Gordon can really only play shooting guard — he isn’t skilled enough on the ball to be a point guard and could maaaaybe play small forward in some instances because he’s strong, but his age will eventually catch up to him to the point where he can’t. While his addition is just for one season, it does make McCain a smidge more expendable if the Sixers can include him in a trade for someone really good like Lauri Markkanen. But a deal of that caliber does not seem easy to pull off, so the overlap with McCain and Gordon will be a subplot to keep an eye on this season.</p><p>While the addition of Gordon doesn’t prevent the Sixers from adding more size, he does occupy a roster spot that could have gone to a younger, 3-and-D forward. If his main role is to be insurance in case McCain needs some time to develop, the signing of Gordon makes sense. Having another veteran to mentor him should be good, too. But the upside of this signing — even for a minimum contract — is minimal.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

What Andre Drummond, Eric Gordon signings mean for 76ers’ rotation

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From playing to coaching to covering the game as a media member, Brett has been involved with the game of basketball from many different perspectives. Breaking the news of various free agent signings, yearly NBA Draft news and other key stories around the league, Brett is always on the phone, getting the latest news and rumors around the NBA. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @BrettSiegelNBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Philadelphia 76ers have agreed to a <a href="https://x.com/ShamsCharania/status/1807550698260758730" rel="noopener">two-year contract</a> worth at least $10 million with veteran center Andre Drummond, according to The Athletic’s Shams Charania.</p><p>Drummond, 30, spent part of the 2021-22 season with the Sixers before being included in the trade with the Brooklyn Nets that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/videos/watch/1559/what-did-sixers-and-nets-get-from-harden-trade">involved Ben Simmons and James Harden</a>. From there, Drummond played for the Nets and has spent the last two seasons as a member of the Chicago Bulls.</p><p>The two-time All-Star center now returns to Philadelphia, where he will be an integral part of the 76ers’ bench unit. With rumors swirling about the 76ers on the verge of<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sources-warriors-failed-paul-george-pursuit-nba-free-agency"> landing multi-time All-Star Paul George</a> in free agency, Drummond has decided to return to a frontcourt spearheaded by 2022-23 NBA MVP Joel Embiid.</p><p>Although his minutes and role have declined through the years, Drummond is still a very serviceable big man in the NBA. In a total of 79 games with the Bulls last season, 10 of which he started in place of Nikola Vucevic, Drummond averaged 8.4 points and 9.0 rebounds in roughly 17.1 minutes per game. Interestingly enough, Drummond led the league in rebounding per 36 minutes at 18.9 rebounds per game.</p><p>His best game of the 2023-24 season came against the Atlanta Hawks on December 26. In this game, Drummond had 24 points and 25 rebounds in 39 total minutes, showcasing that he still has what it takes to be one of the most impactful rebounders in the NBA.</p><p>As he prepares to return to Philadelphia, Drummond will once again look to thrive in a bench role behind Embiid. Due to his various injuries through the years, the 76ers recognized that they needed to add frontcourt depth to protect themselves in the event that Embiid suffered yet another injury.</p><p>Going after Drummond is nothing new for the 76ers. He became a focal point for them in trade discussions with the Bulls ahead of the trade deadline in February. Prior to trading for Buddy Hield, the Sixers believed that they had a deal in place to acquire Drummond from Chicago for multiple second-round picks. Ultimately, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-76ers-andre-drummond-bulls-trade-deadline">Bulls pulled out of this deal</a> at the last minute due to their belief that they could still compete in the Eastern Conference. Chicago finished the year with a 39-43 record, failing to make the playoffs.</p><p>Drummond now rejoins the 76ers and will be one of their more impactful secondary options for head coach Nick Nurse to lean on for impactful depth behind Embiid in the frontcourt.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

76ers pull off Andre Drummond reunion amid Paul George madness

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A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Head coach Billy Donovan and the Chicago Bulls are currently in the midst of what figures to be somewhat of a crossroads of an offseason as for the future direction of the franchise. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/zach-lavine-net-worth">Bulls suffered through</a> yet another year of mediocrity this past season that resulted in, stop if you’ve heard this before, a play-in game loss to the Miami Heat, and there have been growing <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/bulls-news-billy-donovans-son-named-head-coach-windy-city-bulls">calls for Donovan</a> to potentially hit the hot seat if the struggles continue into the coming 2024-25 NBA season.</p><p>The Bulls’ biggest <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports-saturday/2024/06/15/bulls-preparing-uncertain-draft-need-to-hit-big-at-no-11?utm_content=buffera8cb7&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer" rel="noopener">problem is that</a> not only do they not have a competitive roster in the modern NBA, but the majority of their roster is on the downside of their career, meaning there isn’t a ton to look forward to as it pertains to the future.</p><p>Recently, the Bulls were awarded the 11th overall pick in the upcoming 2024 NBA Draft (ironically, the team they beat in the first play-in game, the Atlanta Hawks, somehow got number one), and it seems that in addition to making this pick, the team will also have to navigate some potential free agency departures in this offseason, if the latest reports are any indication.</p><p>“What remains to be seen… is what direction do the Bulls go? Do they prepare for DeMar DeRozan possibly leaving in free agency or if he does return — the more likely scenario — draft his heir apparent at the small forward position?” reported NBA insider Joe Cowley of the Chicago Sun-Times. “Do they grab a big to replace the expected vacancy with Andre Drummond looking for a new team, as well as some youth to push starter Nikola Vucevic?”</p><h2><b>What will the Andre Drummond market look like?</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Drummond-vs-the-Heat.jpg"><figcaption>Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports</figcaption></figure><p>Although Drummond is not the force he once was with the Detroit Pistons, the big man is still one of the best pure rebounders in the NBA today.</p><p>Last offseason, Drummond signed for a minimum contract for the Bulls, and at one point last summer, Drummond called himself out for his own demeanor and attitude being reasons why he wasn’t able to get more money.</p><p>“To be pouting on the bench, making faces, not cheering your f*cking teammates on… I was that guy… I went from $100 million to a f*cking league minimum,” said Drummond, via his account on X, the social media platform formerly referred to as Twitter.</p><p>Of course, a league minimum NBA contract is still more money than 99.9 percent of the world population will see in their lifetime, but it was still a quick fall from grace from what used to be one of the game’s most promising young centers.</p><p>However, Drummond showed a better attitude and adjusted quickly to his role off of the bench for the Bulls this season, putting together several strong performances and now finding himself likely to have several suitors on the free agent market this offseason, probably for a good bit more than the minimum.</p><p>In any case, free agency is set to begin in early July following the NBA Draft later this month.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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