<!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-mo-bamba-savagely-rips-patrick-beverley-over-whitest-blackest-guys-take');   ga('set', 'title', '76ers’ Mo Bamba savagely rips Patrick Beverley over ‘whitest blackest’ guys take');   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/2024/03/76ers-news-Mo-Bamba-savagely-rips-Patrick-Beverley-over-_whitest-blackest_-guys-take-_Do-your-research_.jpg"></figure><h1>76ers’ Mo Bamba savagely rips Patrick Beverley over ‘whitest blackest’ guys take</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-03-21T22:51:28-07:00">March 21st, 10:51pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-03-21T22:51:28-07:00">March 21st, 10:51pm</time><address><a>Nathan Yasis</a>Nathan Yasis is a sports writer for ClutchPoints, covering the Los Angeles Lakers, NBA at-large, and gaming.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Philadelphia 76ers center Mo Bamba is not someone most people would want to mess with, considering his intimidating size. Patrick Beverley is not most people.</p><p>The Milwaukee Bucks guard <a href="https://youtu.be/811ppnVIhDY?si=WKQST42KxSZWg95W" rel="noopener">recently sparked controversy</a> on his list of the top-five “whitest black guys” in the NBA during an episode the <i>Pat Bev Podcast</i> with co-host Adam Ferrone. Beverley listed Cleveland Cavaliers center Jarrett Allen, Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner, 76ers center Mo Bamba, Charlotte Hornets forward Grant Williams and New Orleans Pelicans guard CJ McCollum in that order.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-trade-patrick-beverley-to-magic-for-mo-bamba">Beverley and Bamba have a history</a> since they were traded for each other in the 2023 season’s trade deadline. Needless to say, the big man didn’t take too kindly to his former teammates’ list, going after Beverley in a <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRealMoBamba/status/1770949979705942188">series of tweets</a>.</p><p>“Alright, I got time today @patbevpod. I’m a top 5 black-white guy because I can properly articulate how I feel &amp; how I see things? You a smart man, do your research. I’m not a gangsta to any capacity but I’m born &amp; raised from Harlem. I made it off the block &amp; out the trenches,” Bamba began.</p><p>“Secondly, sitting there with your legs crossed like that😂 &amp; asking your white co host to publicly question my blackness is one of the reasons why it’s hard to move the culture forward.<br>@PatBevPod @DrUmarJohnson”</p><p>Then Bamba hit Beverley with some visual aid.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Furthermore, If I’m top 5, where do you rank after letting homie talk to you like this?  <a href="https://twitter.com/PatBevPod?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PatBevPod</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DrUmarJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DrUmarJohnson</a> <a href="https://t.co/71sq6NK9ff">https://t.co/71sq6NK9ff</a></p><p>— Mo Bamba (@TheRealMoBamba) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheRealMoBamba/status/1770950686840434786?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 21, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“But like you say ‘luv gang’, yall go subscribe to the pod. @PatBevPod.”</p><p>Beverley explained that he included Bamba on his list due to his tendency to focus on shooting 3-pointers instead of playing inside, as well as his “finesse game.”</p><p>McCollum, meanwhile, also voiced his discontent, commenting on an Instagram video of Beverley’s remarks: “Ask @damianlillard about me before you speak on my name.” Notably, Lillard and Beverley are teammates on the Milwaukee Bucks.</p><p>The Bucks guard clarified his intentions behind revealing the list.</p><p>“Let’s get right to it, people want to see,” Beverley stated. “We did the blackest whitest guys. I’m reading the comments, and I like to read comments. You guys should do a whitest blackest five.”</p><p>He further elaborated that his list isn’t based on their basketball skills, but rather their “swag,” or lack thereof.</p><p>The Bucks guard has not responded to Bamba and McCollum’s comments regarding his list.</p><h2><b>Patrick Beverley’s least white, all-white NBA starting five</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/heat-news-tyler-herro-pops-up-on-injury-report-vs-magic-but-theres-a-catch-1.webp"></figure><p>Beverley <a href="https://youtu.be/W3S5U8vauXQ?si=DPecz-Y4qxc4v27J" rel="noopener">had also revealed</a> his “Least White All-White NBA starting five” in the past. The lineup consisted of Chet Holmgren (Oklahoma City), Alex Caruso (Chicago Bulls), Donte DiVincenzo (New York Knicks), Garrison Matthews (Atlanta Hawks) and Tyler Herro (Miami Heat).</p><p>Herro topped Beverley’s list as the league’s “least white player.”</p><p>“He irks me sometimes but boy got game,” he said.</p><p>Beverley also recounted an encounter with Herro in the bubble, justifying his place in the pecking order.</p><p>“He walked up to me in the bubble. Mind you, this is my first time seeing him, ‘What’s up Bev?’ I responded, ‘What, who (expletive) is you talking to?’ Then I foul him or something. [Herro says] ‘Oh, nah, I like that.'”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

76ers’ Mo Bamba savagely rips Patrick Beverley over ‘whitest blackest’ guys take

<!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-fans-have-hilarious-reactions-kyle-lowry-taking-over-mo-bambas-jersey-number-reax');   ga('set', 'title', '76ers fans have hilarious reactions to Kyle Lowry taking over Mo Bamba’s jersey number');   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/2024/02/76ers_news_Fans_have_hilarious_reactions_to_Kyle_Lowry_taking_over_Mo_Bamba_s_jersey_number_REAX.webp"></figure><h1>76ers fans have hilarious reactions to Kyle Lowry taking over Mo Bamba’s jersey number</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2024-02-13T17:22:19-08:00">February 13th, 5:22pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2024-02-13T17:22:19-08:00">February 13th, 5:22pm</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University senior from Atlanta on track to graduate with a BA in communications. 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>Earlier this week, shockwaves were sent throughout the NBA landscape when it was announced that point guard Kyle Lowry would be signing with the Philadelphia 76ers for the remainder of the season. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/76ers-news-kyle-lowry-hype-video-hometown-signing" rel="noopener">Lowry originally hails</a> from Philadelphia and signed <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/heat-vs-76ers-prediction-odds-pick-how-to-watch-2-14-2024" rel="noopener">with the 76ers</a> after reaching a buyout agreement with the Charlotte Hornets, the team he was traded to by the Miami Heat in exchange for Terry Rozier.</p><p>Now, it has been revealed that Lowry will actually be taking the number seven jersey previously worn by 76ers big man Mo Bamba, who will be switching to number five going forward, per Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer on X, the <a href="https://twitter.com/PompeyOnSixers/status/1757560135965085957" rel="noopener">social media platform</a> formerly referred to as Twitter.</p><p>Needless to say, fans on X were a bit perplexed by the move.</p><p>Some hilariously chimed in on the impact that Bamba has been able to make during his short stint with Philadelphia thus far this season.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">mo bamba better get both numbers retired</p><p>— Prada (@prada_nba) <a href="https://twitter.com/prada_nba/status/1757562432916988180?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 14, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Others wondered whether new Mo Bamba jerseys, featuring his new number, will be going on sale anytime soon.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">does this mean i have to buy a new mo bamba jersey</p><p>— 𝕞𝕞𝟘💰 (@maxeymiddy) <a href="https://twitter.com/maxeymiddy/status/1757560235886006728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 14, 2024</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Jersey number aside, Kyle Lowry figures to provide a crucial veteran presence for a 76ers team that is currently trying to stay afloat in the crowded Eastern Conference playoff picture as they deal with the injury to star big man Joel Embiid. Lowry played a surprisingly crucial role in the Heat’s run all the way to the NBA Finals less than a year ago, and still possesses the veteran savvy and occasional shotmaking ability that does not diminish even as his athleticism has declined.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

76ers fans have hilarious reactions to Kyle Lowry taking over Mo Bamba’s jersey number

<!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', '/sixers-news-mo-bamba-heartwarming-outlook-on-return-to-orlando-following-magic-trade');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mo Bamba’s heartwarming outlook on return to Orlando following Magic trade');   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/2023/12/Sixers-Magic-Mo-Bamba.webp"></figure><h1>Mo Bamba’s heartwarming outlook on return to Orlando following Magic trade</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-12-27T12:59:18-08:00">December 27th, 12:59pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-12-27T12:59:18-08:00">December 27th, 12:59pm</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>The Philadelphia 76ers’ first matchup of the season with the Orlando Magic will be a special one for Mo Bamba. The Sixers’ 25-year-old center will be making a return to his very first NBA home.</p><p>Bamba was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers at last season’s trade deadline but this will be his first time facing the Magic in their arena. In fact, it’ll be his first time facing the team that drafted him with the sixth overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft. Bamba was sidelined with an ankle injury when the Lakers and Magic faced off in March in Los Angeles.</p><p>When asked about his return to Orlando after the Sixers’ <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-vs-heat-instant-breakdown-tyrese-maxey-bam-adebayo" rel="noopener">Christmas Day loss</a> to the Miami Heat, Bamba said he’s excited to see his former teammates and face them in a game.</p><p>“I don’t care about those people…Nah, I’m joking,” Bamba said with a laugh. “That’s family over there. I’m probably gonna stop by Jalen Suggs’ mom’s house tomorrow just to kick it or whatever. But that’s family. Cole [Anthony], Wendell [Carter Jr.], ‘Kelle [Markelle Fultz], those are guys that I grew up with in the league…It’s going to be fun.”</p><p>With Joel Embiid again <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-joel-embiid-ankle-injury-status-vs-magic" rel="noopener">sidelined with an ankle sprain</a> and the Magic possessing a lot of size and physicality, Bamba should see plenty of playing time. He shined on Christmas, scoring 18 points on 7-8 shooting.</p><p>Bamba played 266 games for the Magic over four and a half seasons, averaging 7.7 points, 5.8 rebounds and 1.4 blocks in 18.3 minutes per game. Orlando developed him behind Nikola Vucevic and made him a starter alongside another young center, Carter, before moving him back to the bench the next season and then trading him to the Lakers in a deal that involved current Sixer Patrick Beverley.</p><p>After he was traded, Bamba penned <a href="https://x.com/TheRealMoBamba/status/1623870733108535299?s=20" rel="noopener">a goodbye note</a> that said he would root for the Magic as long as they weren’t playing the Lakers. It’s easy to assume that this is now the case for the Sixers. As he prepares for one of the few games where he isn’t rooting for Orlando, he’s still keeping the memories and friendships he made in that time fresh in his head.</p><p>“Still in the groupchat,” Mo Bamba said. “Still shooting it. Still making jokes. But it’s kind of bond I think we’ll have for life.”</p><p>The Sixers and Magic are third and fourth in the Eastern Conference, respectively, and Philly is looking to win its first game without Embiid this season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mo Bamba’s heartwarming outlook on return to Orlando following Magic trade

<!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', '/mo-bamba-holds-key-sixers-title-hopes');   ga('set', 'title', 'Why Mo Bamba holds the key to Sixers’ title hopes');   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/2023/12/Why-Mo-Bamba-holds-the-key-to-the-76ers_-title-hopes.webp"></figure><h1>Why Mo Bamba holds the key to Sixers’ title hopes</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-12-11T10:53:33-08:00">December 11th, 10:53am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-12-12T15:06:33-08:00">December 12th, 3:06pm</time><address><a>David Rooney</a>David Rooney is a former betting and fantasy football writer at ClutchPoints, primarily covering the NFL.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Joel Embiid has been one of the best players in the league for the Philadelphia 76ers for the past half-decade. Unfortunately, the Sixers have repeatedly come up short in the playoffs <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-phillys-plan-to-help-joel-embiid-improve-in-the-playoffs-revealed-by-daryl-morey" rel="noopener">throughout the Joel Embiid era</a>, and they appear to be stuck in the dreaded no-man’s land of second-round exits and occasional conference finals appearances that end up being non-competitive.</p><p>The biggest factor holding the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-philly-fans-up-in-arms-amid-brutal-joel-embiid-injury-news" rel="noopener">Sixers back is Embiid’s health</a>.</p><p>This is why the 76ers have invested significant time and resources into finding a capable backup center to give Embiid a breather without costing the team games. The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-philly-agrees-to-contract-with-mo-bamba-to-provide-depth-behind-joel-embiid" rel="noopener">team acquired Mo Bamba</a> in the summer of 2023. As a former top-10 pick, Bamba could prove to be one of the best backup centers the Sixers have had since Embiid has been in town.</p><p>This year, Bamba has been effective in limited minutes. If Bamba can keep up his level of play while taking on more minutes, it could help the Sixers keep Embiid rested and healthy for the postseason.</p><h2><b>Joel Embiid is Philadelphia’s most important player, but availability has been a problem</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Sixers-Joel-Embiid-1.webp"></figure><p>Joel Embiid is by far the most important player on the 76ers roster, but the big man has significant mileage on his body and has suffered serious injuries in almost every season since his debut — which was delayed two years due to foot injuries. </p><p>Some of these injuries were freak accidents. However, there is little doubt that Embiid’s body type and the way that he plays the game makes him more prone to injuries. </p><p>Embiid is 7-foot-2 and weighs more than 270 pounds and he is not shy about throwing his weight around and bullying opposing players on the court. He also hits the ground frequently (you can call it flopping if you want to, but sometimes when you are significantly bigger and stronger than your opponent, you have to embellish a bit to get the refs to give you a whistle), and when you weigh as much as Embiid does, every time you crash to the floor you put extra stress on your body compared to a smaller guard or forward. </p><p>While it is normal for a team to experience a drop in play when their best player goes to the bench, the 76ers over the years have seen a significantly steeper decline than most teams, especially most contenders. This decline is demonstrated through both advanced statistics and the eye test.</p><p>The Sixers don’t need a superstar when Embiid sits, but they need somebody who can protect the rim defensively and help other defenders while also rebounding on both ends of the court and consistently scoring in the paint.</p><h2><b>Embiid can’t continue to play so many minutes</b></h2><p>The Sixers have been stuck with a dilemma in recent seasons: They have to limit the number of minutes and games Embiid plays in order to give him the best shot at being healthy for the postseason, but they also need him to play in enough games to have a good enough record to earn home-court advantage in the playoffs.</p><p>Embiid’s health and injury history puts the Sixers in a unique position. While a running mate is very important (and Tyrese Maxey has emerged to fill that role quite nicely in the early part of this season), a backup center to give Embiid a breather and nights off might be even more essential to Philadelphia’s championship hopes than the other three spots in the starting lineup.</p><p>Indeed, Philadelphia has tried for years to find somebody to consistently and reliably spell Embiid. Unfortunately for the Sixers, they always seem to run into the same problem.  Whenever Embiid goes to the bench, there is such a dropoff in play that the team looks completely unrecognizable. </p><p>From Jahlil Okafor and Richaun Holmes to household names like Andre Drummond and DeAndre Jordan, the Sixers have continually struggled to make things work on both ends of the court without Embiid. There was even the failed experiment with Al Horford, who played alongside Embiid and also saw minutes at backup center when Embiid was getting a breather.</p><h2><b>A tale of two teams</b></h2><p>The story has been much the same for the Sixers in the Joel Embiid era, even throughout different iterations of the roster. You have the Sixers with Embiid on the court, where they look like the most dominant team in the league and are borderline unstoppable, and then you have the Sixers without Embiid on the court, where they look completely incompetent, go long stretches without scoring while giving up bucket after bucket on the defensive end, and generally look like they would struggle to beat one of the better college teams. </p><h2><b>Bamba is an ideal backup</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Sixers-news-Mo-Bamba-gets-vocal-amid-early-preseason-struggles-with-Philly.jpg"></figure><p>In Mo Bamba, the Sixers may have finally found the ideal Embiid backup. Bamba is an energetic athlete who plays a physical style of basketball. He is an <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/bambamo01.html" rel="noopener">excellent shot blocker</a> and rebounder on both ends of the court, which is just what the Sixers need. Offensively, he won’t stretch the floor the same way that Embiid does, but when he gets good positioning near the bucket he can score consistently.</p><h2><b>Load management for Embiid</b></h2><p>For the Sixers, it isn’t just staying competitive in non-Embiid minutes. Sure, Embiid isn’t the type of guy who should be playing 40 minutes a night, but he also shouldn’t be playing in every game either. </p><p>Due to his body type and physical style of play, it is important to give Embiid nights off and keep him as rested and healthy as possible for a deep playoff run. However, the team needs to make sure they have somebody who can handle an increased workload and keep the team competitive when Embiid has the night off. </p><p>Bamba can be that guy, and he can help the team win while also protecting the health of Philadelphia’s most important player. That is why Mo Bamba holds the key to the Sixers’ title hopes.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Why Mo Bamba holds the key to Sixers’ title hopes

<!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', '/sixers-news-mo-bamba-gets-vocal-amid-early-preseason-struggles-with-philly');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mo Bamba gets vocal amid early preseason struggles with Sixers');   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/2023/10/Sixers-news-Mo-Bamba-gets-vocal-amid-early-preseason-struggles-with-Philly.jpg"></figure><h1>Mo Bamba gets vocal amid early preseason struggles with Sixers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-10-13T17:30:12-07:00">October 13th, 5:30pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-10-13T17:30:12-07:00">October 13th, 5:30pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a>David is an NBA Associate Editor at ClutchPoints. He is based in Los Angeles and currently covers basketball at every level from NBA/WNBA to men/women college and boys/girls high school.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Coming into the 2023-24 NBA season, the Philadelphia 76ers had to settle on a backup center. Last season, that job went to Montrezl Harrell early and eventually went to Paul Reed. While the Sixers resigned both Harrell and Reed in the offseason, they also added Mo Bamba to compete for backup center minutes as well. While the Sixers continue to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-james-harden-breaks-silence-on-trade-demand-situation-plans-to-play-in-preseason" rel="noopener">navigate</a> the James Harden drama during the preseason, another storyline to watch for is Bamba’s early struggles. Bamba recently <a href="https://sixerswire.usatoday.com/2023/10/13/mo-bamba-discusses-comfort-urgency-level-with-sixers-in-preseason/" rel="noopener">spoke out</a> about what he needs to do to be better while trying to fit in with his new team as per Ky Carlin of Sixers Wire.</p><p>“I wouldn’t say a sense of comfort,” Bamba said. “I would say my sense of urgency just needs to be higher. Just being ready to play, being ready to dominate the details, but as far as just familiar faces and familiar offense, I think that’s starting to slowly become second nature.”</p><p>Through the Sixers first two preseason games, Mo Bamba is shooting only 23.1 percent from the field. In his first game, he finished with seven points and six rebounds shooting 3-9 from the field. In the second game he finished with only three rebounds and three fouls while missing all four of his shots.</p><p>Bamba joined the Sixers as a free agent after splitting last season between the Orlando Magic and the Los Angeles Lakers. In 49 games between the two teams, Bamba averaged 6.6 points and 4.6 rebounds with splits of 48.5 percent shooting from the field, 38.7 percent shooting from the three-point line and 66.1 percent shooting from the free-throw line.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mo Bamba gets vocal amid early preseason struggles with Sixers

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Foster is a writer and high school basketball coach in Oceanside, CA. His work has been featured at ESPN, The Ringer, NBC and more. You can follow D.J. on Twitter @fosterdj3.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Philadelphia Sixers star Joel Embiid isn’t renowned for his recruiting ability like a few other stars in the NBA are, but it’s possible that’s starting to change. Embiid, the reigning MVP of the league, apparently played a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-mo-bamba-details-how-he-and-joel-embiid-can-thrive-in-two-center-lineup" rel="noopener">major factor</a> in the signing of Mo Bamba this offseason, who became a free agent after spending the end of last season with the Los Angeles Lakers. Joel Embiid was vocal about wanting Bamba <a href="https://sixerswire.usatoday.com/lists/mo-bamba-opens-up-on-nick-nurse-joel-embiid-sixers-past-failures/" rel="noopener">to choose</a> the Sixers, as Bamba told Ky Carlin of Sixers Wire.</p><p>“Jo was probably the biggest in recruiting me,” Bamba said. “Everyone else was ‘Hey, it would be nice to have you,’ but Jo was probably the biggest. He was the first person that kind of like, helped me have that light bulb turned on at the time of free agency. I was looking at a few other teams, but Jo — and it was just a conversation that came up in passing and we revisited the conversation and he was like, ‘Listen, I’m not telling you where to go. At the end of the day, you’re in charge of your own career, but it’d be good to have you in the city.’ ”</p><p>Mo Bamba is expected to be the primary backup to Embiid this season, as Montrezl Harrell <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-big-man-montrezl-harrells-official-status-after-surgery-revealed" rel="noopener">tore his ACL</a> earlier this offseason. The opportunity for Bamba to play meaningful minutes on a contender will be a relatively <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/b/bambamo01.html" rel="noopener">new role</a> for him, as Bamba shuffled between being a starter and reserve in his first five seasons with the Magic.</p><p>Still only 25 years old, Mo Bamba should learn plenty going up against Joel Embiid in practice, who played a big role in bringing him to play for the Sixers.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Sixers star Joel Embiid’s major role in Mo Bamba recruitment to Philly, revealed

<!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', '/sixers-news-mo-bamba-play-cote-divoire-2023-fiba-world-cup');   ga('set', 'title', 'Sixers’ Mo Bamba to play for Côte d’Ivoire in FIBA World Cup?');   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/2023/08/Sixers_news_Mo_Bamba_to_play_for_Cote_d_Ivoire_in_FIBA_World_Cup.jpg"></figure><h1>Sixers’ Mo Bamba to play for Côte d’Ivoire in FIBA World Cup?</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-10T04:35:35-07:00">August 10th, 4:35am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-10T04:35:35-07:00">August 10th, 4:35am</time><address><a>Quenton Albertie</a>Quenton Albertie is an author and sportswriter with a focus on the NBA. A native of Fort Hood, TX, Albertie currently lives in Atlanta, GA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">FIBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>On the heels of the most chaotic season of his basketball career, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-mo-bamba-details-how-he-and-joel-embiid-can-thrive-in-two-center-lineup" rel="noopener">Philadelphia 76ers center Mo Bamba</a> is among the<a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Ctg140oKji8" rel="noopener"> players pre-listed by</a> the Ivorian men’s national basketball team to participate in the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/fiba-world-cup-news-steve-kerr-dishes-on-interesting-team-usa-roster-plan" rel="noopener">2023 FIBA World Cup</a> when it tips-off on Aug. 25.</p><p>Bamba, now 25-years-old, was the sixth overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft.</p><p>This is “the first time since his choice to defend the colors of his country” that the 7-footer has landed on the pre-list for the Elephants (created by second-year Côte d’Ivoire head coach Dejan Prokic), per the Ivorian Basketball Federation’s official Instagram page. The Elephants are coming off of a second-place finish in the 2023 FIBA AfroCan after going 5-1, losing to Morocco in a 78-76 nail-biter as big man Mike Fofana left with All-Star honors.</p><p>Côte d’Ivoire will be making its fifth FIBA World Cup appearance and their first back-to-back appearance since 1986.</p><p>Their last World Cup appearance (2019) was a forgettable one, as the Elephants finished in 29th place with an 0-5 record. However, the Ivorian men’s national team finished 10th place in the FIBA AfroCan that same year with an 0-3 record. Their jump from 10th-place to 2nd-place in that tournament over the past four years provides just enough belief that they can have a much more impressive showing this time around.</p><p>So too does the arrival of Bamba, who has averaged 9.0 points, 6.6 rebounds and 1.3 blocks over the past two seasons while shooting 38.3 percent from 3-point range. One of the few players that’s as adept at protecting the rim as he is knocking down threes, he will do plenty to make up for the absence of Fofana, a legitimate 3-point threat himself as he made 34.9 percent of his long-range attempts during the 2023 FIBA AfroCan tournament.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Sixers’ Mo Bamba to play for Côte d’Ivoire in FIBA World Cup?

<!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', '/sixers-news-mo-bamba-gets-100-real-about-next-step-after-time-with-lebron-james-lakers');   ga('set', 'title', 'Sixers’ Mo Bamba gets 100% real about ‘next step’ after time with LeBron James, Lakers');   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/2023/07/Bamba.png"></figure><h1>Sixers’ Mo Bamba gets 100% real about ‘next step’ after time with LeBron James, Lakers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-11T19:54:43-07:00">July 11th, 7:54pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-11T20:04:30-07:00">July 11th, 8:04pm</time><address><a>Nick Meyer</a>Nick Meyer is a sports writer for ClutchPoints based in the Metro Detroit area. He has covered everything from Major League Baseball to the NFL, UFC, and College Football.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Mo Bamba of the Philadelphia 76ers is speaking out about his time in Los Angeles. The tall, easy-going former college and Orlando Magic star has a lot to say about his plans for thriving in the ‘City of Brotherly Love.’</p><p>Bamba has high <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-mo-bamba-details-how-he-and-joel-embiid-can-thrive-in-two-center-lineup" rel="noopener">hopes for playing alongside Joel Embiid</a>. The Sixers added Bamba for depth purposes and recently made a critical roster move on another depth player <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-philly-makes-critical-paul-reed-decision-after-jazz-offer" rel="noopener">that the Jazz attempted to steal</a>.</p><p>“The next step for me is just consistency,” Bamba <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/sports/sixers-mo-bamba-nba-free-agency-joel-embiid-20230711.html?int_promo=" rel="noopener">said according to The Philadelphia Inquirer</a>. “Barring any injuries, just being out there and, you know, doing what I do best, protecting the rim, touching the floor and being so much more of a lob threat.</p><p>“I’m really looking forward to playing with the group of guys that we’ve got here. But I think consistency in all things I do out there on the floor is the biggest thing for me.”</p><p>Last season, Bamba <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/4277919/mo-bamba" rel="noopener">averaged 3.7 points</a> and 4.6 rebounds with the Los Angeles Lakers in nine games. He averaged 7.3 points in 40 games with Magic, also adding 4.6 rebounds per game.</p><p>Bamba, a 7-foot, 230 pound center, has drawn attention in the past for adding muscle to his often thought of as “slight” frame. He has made 35.9 percent of his three-pointers over six NBA seasons, but has had a hard time staying healthy for an entire season.</p><p>The former Texas Longhorns star will need to improve his assist-to-turnover ratio to become a true impact player with the Sixers in Philadelphia. For his career, he has averaged 0.9 assists per game compared to 0.8 turnovers per game.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Sixers’ Mo Bamba gets 100% real about ‘next step’ after time with LeBron James, Lakers

<!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', '/sixers-news-mo-bamba-details-how-he-and-joel-embiid-can-thrive-in-two-center-lineup');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mo Bamba details how he and Joel Embiid can thrive in two-center lineup with Sixers');   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/2023/07/Sixers-Mo-Bamba.jpeg"></figure><h1>Mo Bamba details how he and Joel Embiid can thrive in two-center lineup with Sixers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-10T16:57:47-07:00">July 10th, 4:57pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-10T16:57:47-07:00">July 10th, 4:57pm</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, NJ — Mo Bamba is the latest center brought in by the Philadelphia 76ers to back up Joel Embiid. The 25-year-old big man joins Paul Reed and Montrezl Harrell on the Sixers roster as they <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-daryl-morey-welcomes-patrick-beverley-mo-bamba-to-philly-after-official-signings" rel="noopener">jostle for minutes off the bench</a>.</p><p>Bamba, a native of Harlem, New York, became a Sixers fan during his time at Westtown School in the nearby town of West Chester. The passion that Philly fans had made him want to <a href="https://twitter.com/BySamDiGiovanni/status/1678492985787314185?s=20" rel="noopener">root for the team</a>. Now, he will get the chance to contribute to the “winning pedigree” in Philly.</p><p>Unlike many of Embiid’s previous backups, Bamba is a strong outside shooter. In his five-year career, Bamba has made 35.9 percent of his attempt from deep and has raised the rate at which he attempts threes each season. A shade over half of his attempts came from deep last season. His ability to stretch the floor and make defenses pay for being overly aggressive against rim pressure gives him an intriguing theoretical fit next to Embiid on the court. Could that double-big lineup work? For many reasons, it very well could.</p><p>For starters, Bamba said that he and Embiid have a great relationship that started when Embiid introduced him to his trainer, Drew Hanlen. Bamba called Embiid “an easy person to just learn from.” During free agency, the Sixers superstar pitched Bamba on Philly with the idea that the team fits him and that they could potentially spend time on the floor together.</p><p>Bamba recalls Embiid’s pitch going like this: “Listen, this might sound a little crazy because we’ve been playing against each other so much. But it looks like the Sixers would be a good fit for you. I don’t know exactly what it will look like as far as playing together or not playing together. But I think we can play together.”</p><p>The idea works mainly because Embiid has skills that are rarely seen from a center. “Jo, believe it or not, believes that he can be positionless. He’s such a scoring threat on the floor, he’s such a dominant force out there to where it might open up things for other players,” Bamba said. “The way how I’ve been progressing my game to be a stretch five, stretch four, I think there’s very much of a chance that we can play together.”</p><p>Embiid serving as the focal point of the offense creates space on the perimeter to shoot. Given Philly’s need to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-biggest-need-2023-nba-offseason" rel="noopener">expand its offense</a> past the James Harden-Embiid pick-and-roll and isolations from each star, Bamba not only being a good shooter but being someone who can occasionally catch lobs from the baseline makes him a sound supporting piece.</p><p>Defensively, Bamba has made a name for himself by swatting shots, a skill that made him the sixth overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft. With him and Embiid, it would leave one rim protector further out on the perimeter. Both players are equipped to hold their own out there but in a perimeter-centric league that relies so much on screens to free up shooters, it has the downside of potentially being overly taxing.</p><p>It takes a certain set of skills between both centers to play well together. Bamba explained the ins and outs of what bigs who play together need to be able to do in order to thrive.</p><p>“I think a two-big lineup only really works if you have a back-to-the-basket player in one big, say your five-man. The four-man needs to be a really good shooter. It’s just spacing,” Bamba said. “It gets really when frustrating when you can’t really even go to your jump hook and the paint’s getting clogged. Or if you go to your face-up and there’s a guy just standing, clogging the lane…”</p><p>“But defensively, I think in order to put out a two-big lineup, there’s a level of defensive versatility that needs to be out there,” the Sixers center continued. “It could work with two guys in a drop coverage and might be a little harder because of the direction of the game. A lot of fours, you see a lot more Jonathan Isaac and Jaden McDaniels and even Naz Reids at the four. Those guys can put it down on the floor and do a couple of things as opposed to when I first got in the league. They were kind of more like stretch fours, kind of pick-and-pop guys. But defensively if you have a level of versatility out there with a guy who can switch, who can rim protect, a guy who can do a lot of different things, I think that’ll definitely help the lineup.”</p><p>It takes more than two to tango in this dance, as the right personnel has to both surround the two bigs and fill the three lineup spots around them. The Sixers’ new coach, Nick Nurse, has a history of finding success with two-big lineups in the past and the talent around them (as the roster stands now) is in good enough shape for the Embiid-Bamba duo to work.</p><p>Bamba said that he had a “great conversation” with Nurse, saying that the Sixers coach is “one of the most creative coaches since I’ve been in the league with the lineups that he’s put out there.” Bamba noted one particular pairing that suggests he will get chances to play alongside Embiid.</p><p>“If you look at his championship run back in 2019 when I came into the league, he played a lot of two-bigs,” Bamba said. “He played a lot of Serge [Ibaka] and Marc Gasol until four or five slots. And he made it work. His creativity and watching him blossom as one of the most respected coaches in the league has been fun to watch.”</p><p>Although Bamba said that he and Nurse didn’t discuss the specifics of his role, that Toronto tandem — and even Nurse’s frequent pairing of Chris Boucher and Precious Achiuwa over the past few years, too — is evidence that Nurse likes what he sees from big men with complimentary play styles.</p><p>Ideally, you would want solid wing defenders to deter perimeter shooters and funnel players into the two centers, who can better affect shots. This is an area that the Sixers roster needs work in, as their collection of wings is suspect. Playmaking and more three-point spacing compliment the bigs on offense and in that area, Philly is doing well with Harden (for now) to dish it and a few solid shooters, namely the swish-happy Maxey, to make the offensive fit funky in a good way.</p><p>Whether Bamba spends a good amount of time around Embiid, plays mostly at the five or primarily just runs as the floor-spacing big next to Reed off the bench, he can be the type of high-upside player that provides an impactful wrinkle for the Sixers.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mo Bamba details how he and Joel Embiid can thrive in two-center lineup with Sixers

<!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', '/inside-mo-bamba-2-9-million-penthouse-with-photos');   ga('set', 'title', 'Inside Mo Bamba’s $2.9 million penthouse, with photos');   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/2023/06/inside-mo-bambas-29-million-penthouse-with-photos.jpg"></figure><h1>Inside Mo Bamba’s $2.9 million penthouse, with photos</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-10T12:11:00-07:00">July 10th, 12:11pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-10T12:11:00-07:00">July 10th, 12:11pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/spencersee10" rel="facebook">Spencer See</a>Spencer is a part-time NBA writer at ClutchPoints. In his free time, he either goes fishing or watches basketball. He is also a life-long fan of LeBron James.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Evergreen</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After a stellar college basketball career, Mo Bamba has had a difficult time trying to adjust to the NBA, with injuries being one of the biggest culprits. Although a stint with the Los Angeles Lakers saw him make the postseason for the first time, Bamba was hardly a factor.</p><p>As a result, it wasn’t surprising that the University of Texas standout was waived by the Lakers after getting <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-trade-patrick-beverley-to-magic-for-mo-bamba" rel="noopener">traded by the Magic</a> in the middle of the 2022-23 season. He did manage to land on his feet, however, after <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-philly-agrees-to-contract-with-mo-bamba-to-provide-depth-behind-joel-embiid" rel="noopener">Bamba signed a one-year contract</a> with the Philadelphia 76ers for the NBA minimum. With Bamba set to back up Joel Embiid, have you ever wondered how the former first-round pick lives? This article features Mo Bamba’s $2.9 million penthouse in Orlando, Fla.</p><p>Back in 2018, the Orlando Magic selected Bamba in the NBA Draft. After his selection, the Texas standout acquired a penthouse which made him shell out $1.7 million.</p><p>After getting traded by the Orlando Magic to the Lakers, it was only natural for the sixth overall pick in the 2018 NBA Draft to list his penthouse on the market. Bamba originally first listed the penthouse in 2021 with an asking price of $2.8 million. Fast forward to 2023, he is relisting the same property with an asking price of $2,9 million.</p><p>Here are some photos of Mo Bamba’s $2.9 million penthouse in Orlando.</p><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Screenshot-2023-06-30-202512.png"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Screenshot-2023-06-30-202458.png"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Screenshot-2023-06-30-202443.png"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Screenshot-2023-06-30-202429.png"></figure><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Screenshot-2023-06-30-202401.png"></figure><p>Photos <a href="https://www.mansionglobal.com/articles/headed-to-los-angeles-nba-star-mo-bamba-lists-penthouse-in-orlando-florida-for-2-9-million-24e8b0b2" rel="noopener">courtesy of</a>: Mansion Global</p><p>Originally completed in 2005, the home has gone through renovations since the NBA big man took ownership. Bamba’s home encompasses 4,800 square feet of living space. It includes three bedrooms and four bathrooms. Bamba’s penthouse features a good-sized living room, a family room, a chef’s kitchen, a dining area, and much more.</p><p>Apart from the home’s interior, as a resident of the condominium, Bamba also has access to several privileges, including the building’s pool and spa, a community room, security, and concierge services.</p><p>Although Bamba has struggled to find his footing in the NBA, he was still able to sign a pair of $20 million deals with the Magic. As a result, it isn’t surprising that the first-round pick can afford to live in a luxurious penthouse like this. According to Fresherslive, Bamba has a net worth of <a href="https://www.fresherslive.com/latest/articles/mohamed-bamba-net-worth-10012439" rel="noopener">around $5 million</a>. Aside from lucrative NBA deals, he also earns from endorsements.</p><p>Nevertheless, this is all the information that we have on Mo Bamba’s $2.9 million penthouse in Orlando.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Inside Mo Bamba’s $2.9 million penthouse, with photos

<!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', '/sixers-news-daryl-morey-welcomes-patrick-beverley-mo-bamba-to-philly-after-official-signings');   ga('set', 'title', 'Daryl Morey welcomes Patrick Beverley, Mo Bamba to Sixers after official signings');   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/2023/07/Sixers-Patrick-Beverley-Mo-Bamba.jpeg"></figure><h1>Daryl Morey welcomes Patrick Beverley, Mo Bamba to Sixers after official signings</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-09T11:34:55-07:00">July 9th, 11:34am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-09T14:11:23-07:00">July 9th, 2:11pm</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>The Philadelphia 76ers made their two free agency signings official by announcing the additions of Patrick Beverley and Mo Bamba. Both players were signed to one-year minimum deals and will provide depth for a Sixers team that has lost numerous free agents.</p><p>Sixers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey tweeted at each player along with one of their highlight reels to welcome them to the team. The video used for Bamba was his <a href="https://twitter.com/dmorey/status/1678093785023250433?s=20" rel="noopener">career-high 32-point game</a>, which came against Philly in January of 2022.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Welcome to the <a href="https://twitter.com/sixers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@sixers</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/patbev21?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@patbev21</a> ! <a href="https://t.co/LOXWkDu2hr">https://t.co/LOXWkDu2hr</a></p><p>— Daryl MorΞy 🗽🏀 (@dmorey) <a href="https://twitter.com/dmorey/status/1678092554288640003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Last offseason, Philly sought to prioritize tough-minded veterans and/or good defenders with their additions of P.J. Tucker, De’Anthony Melton, Danuel House Jr. and Montrezl Harrell. In Beverley and Bamba, the Sixers again sought players known for their defense — the former is a menace on the perimeter and the latter is a nimble, long-armed rim protector. Both guys have been good three-point shooters throughout their careers, too, respectively shooting 37.3 percent and 35.9 percent from deep.</p><p>Patrick Beverley, who said he joined the Sixers after getting a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-doc-rivers-eye-opening-message-to-patrick-beverley-convinced-him-to-sign-with-philly" rel="noopener">great endorsement of the team</a> from Doc Rivers, will wear no. 22 as he teams up with James Harden, Montrezl Harrell and Tobias Harris again. The veteran guard played with Harden on the Houston Rockets and with Harris and Harrell on the Los Angeles Clippers.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="art">🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 <a href="https://t.co/LeJzSVB7Y5">https://t.co/LeJzSVB7Y5</a></p><p>— Patrick Beverley (@patbev21) <a href="https://twitter.com/patbev21/status/1678100288803151877?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 9, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Mo Bamba will wear no. 7 as he begins his stint as one of Joel Embiid’s backups. The press release shared that the former standout at Westtown School in West Chester, PA is one of 15 players in the NBA to rack up at least 2,000 points, 365 blocks and 100 steals since entering the league in 2018.</p><p>Beverley will be the Sixers’ new backup point guard, replacing Shake Milton, whose new contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves was also <a href="https://www.nba.com/timberwolves/news/timberwolves-sign-shake-milton" rel="noopener">made official</a>. Meanwhile, Bamba will compete with Montrezl Harrell for backup center minutes. The Sixers’ backup center last season, Paul Reed, signed an offer sheet with the Utah Jazz. Philly has the chance to match the deal and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-letting-paul-reed-leave-jazz-free-agency-massive-mistake" rel="noopener">would be wise to do</a> so given Reed’s talent and Bamba’s ability to play at the four next to him.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Daryl Morey welcomes Patrick Beverley, Mo Bamba to Sixers after official signings

<!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', '/sixers-news-philly-agrees-to-contract-with-mo-bamba-to-provide-depth-behind-joel-embiid');   ga('set', 'title', 'Sixers agree to contract with Mo Bamba to provide depth behind Joel Embiid');   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/2023/07/Sixers-Mo-Bamba-Joel-Embiid.jpeg"></figure><h1>Sixers agree to contract with Mo Bamba to provide depth behind Joel Embiid</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-05T17:53:13-07:00">July 5th, 5:53pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-05T17:53:13-07:00">July 5th, 5:53pm</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>The Philadelphia 76ers’ offseason has been focused mostly on James Harden’s trade request and how the team will react. In the meantime, they are looking to replenish depth. Their latest signing, 25-year-old center Mo Bamba, will serve as a backup for Joel Embiid.</p><p>Bamba is <a href="https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1676750018013806592?s=20" rel="noopener">signing a one-year deal</a> with the Sixers, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. The contract is a <a href="https://twitter.com/KyleNeubeck/status/1676749947683631105?s=20" rel="noopener">minimum deal</a>, per Kyle Neubeck of PhillyVoice. The former first-round draft pick will play behind Embiid on a Philly team that lost multiple players to free agency, including one of their backup centers, Montrezl Harrell.</p><p>In 49 games last season (40 with the Orlando Magic and nine with the Los Angeles Lakers), Bamba averaged 6.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game while shooting 48.5 percent from the field and 38.7 percent from deep. His ability to shoot at his size — standing at 7-foot-0 with a 7-foot-10 wingspan — gives him intriguing upside as someone who could potentially spend time playing alongside Embiid for short spurts.</p><p>Bamba’s addition gives the Sixers some length and athleticism off the bench, though his addition is a curious one given that Paul Reed, who emerged as a fan favorite and quality backup for Embiid, remains unsigned. However, the Sixers still have serious interest in keeping him.</p><p>“Philadelphia is bringing in Bamba with the intention of keeping restricted free agent Paul Reed, but Bamba gives the Sixers some security behind Joel Embiid if they do lose Reed,” writes Wojnarowski, adding to multiple reports stating that Reed and Philly are interested in a reunion. Reed is a restricted free agent, so the only way he would leave is if the team chose not to match an offer sheet he signed.</p><p>There is already some familiarity between Bamba and the Sixers. In January of 2022, Bamba scored a career-high 32 points in Wells Fargo Center, though it came in a losing effort. Embiid and Bamba have been friends over the years, with the Sixers superstar throwing down a huge dunk against him in a scrimmage to welcome Bamba to the NBA.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Embiid says “welcome to the f-cking league” to Mo Bamba 😂😂😂 <a href="https://t.co/jdlTvI6Uji">pic.twitter.com/jdlTvI6Uji</a></p><p>— drew (@sixersruinedme) <a href="https://twitter.com/sixersruinedme/status/1012434419930615809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 28, 2018</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Mo Bamba joins Patrick Beverley as the only other free-agent addition for the Sixers <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sixers-news-doc-rivers-eye-opening-message-to-patrick-beverley-convinced-him-to-sign-with-philly" rel="noopener">who has NBA experience</a>. Philly signed undrafted free agents Ricky Council IV and Terquavion Smith to two-way deals.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Sixers agree to contract with Mo Bamba to provide depth behind Joel Embiid

<!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', '/lakers-news-final-mo-bamba-roster-trade-rumors/');   ga('set', 'title', 'Lakers make final Mo Bamba roster move amid trade rumors');   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/2023/06/Lakers-news-LA-makes-final-Mo-Bamba-roster-move-amid-trade-rumors.jpg"></figure><h1>Lakers make final Mo Bamba roster move amid trade rumors</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-06-29T13:20:38-07:00">June 29th, 1:20pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-06-29T13:35:13-07:00">June 29th, 1:35pm</time><address><a>Matt Wadleigh</a>Matthew Wadleigh was born and raised in Oceanside and resides in Fresno. He lives with his wife and two dogs. He is a huge Southern California sports fan and a retired member of the Fresno State drumline.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The NBA free agency period is right around the corner, and as always, the Los Angeles Lakers are <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-rumors-eric-gordon-lakers-plot-thickens-after-video-resurfaces/" rel="noopener">entrenched in plenty of rumors</a>. Prior to the start of the frenzy, the Lakers decided to <a href="https://twitter.com/JakeLFischer/status/1674507929976729612" rel="noopener">waive</a> center Mo Bamba, according to Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports.</p><p>‘The Lakers are waiving Mo Bamba, according to a league source.’</p><p>The Lakers have been plenty active behind the scenes and are linked to a number of big names, including Denver Nuggets reserve Bruce Brown. However, Bamba’s name has been a popular trade piece, along with Malik Beasley. Leading up to the NBA Draft, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-4-2023-nba-draft-trades-no-17-pick-malik-beasley-mo-bamba/" rel="noopener">Beasley-Bamba package</a> was floated for a potential deal, but nothing came to fruition.</p><p>Bamba was acquired in the middle of the season <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nba-trade-deadline-lakers-trade-patrick-beverley-to-magic-for-mo-bamba/" rel="noopener">in a trade</a> with the Orlando Magic that sent Patrick Beverley out of town, but Bamba played just nine regular-season games and three postseason contests <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-mo-bamba-injury-fans-calling-demarcus-cousins-reunion/" rel="noopener">due to an injury</a>.</p><p>With LeBron James expected to return and Anthony Davis back in the fold, the Lakers now are rumored to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-las-austin-reaves-rui-hachimura-official-fa-announcements/" rel="noopener">bring back Austin Reaves</a> and potentially Rui Hachimura. But, waiving Bamba is a bit surprising, especially since he was working out at the facility on Thursday.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bamba was just working out at the facility wearing Lakers gear a few minutes ago. <a href="https://t.co/cXmFbt8Zr3">https://t.co/cXmFbt8Zr3</a></p><p>— Jovan Buha (@jovanbuha) <a href="https://twitter.com/jovanbuha/status/1674508724801777665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Lakers are expected to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-rob-pelinka-los-angeles-2023-nba-free-agency/" rel="noopener">make some moves</a> during free agency, even more after a trip to the Western Conference Finals and time running out before LeBron runs out of gas. Malik Beasley’s team option being declined is another talking point, and it will be interesting to see what general manager Rob Pelinka does when free agency begins.</p><p>For now, Mo Bamba is waived, and the Lakers are creating cap space in an effort to make a run at some bigger names.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Lakers make final Mo Bamba roster move amid trade rumors

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The Bulls are a franchise with financial incentive to make major changes to their roster, especially with a middling team that’s expecting to be without Lonzo Ball for a second straight season.</p><p>Ball, a talented two-way playmaker, has $41.8 million remaining on his contract through 2024-25.</p><p>With that in mind, the Lakers could potentially acquire Andre Drummond and Carlik Jones by taking on Ball’s contract for the next two seasons, trading Beasley and Bamba’s expiring contracts to the Bulls in return.</p><p>Although it’s unclear if they could use Ball’s injury to request a Disabled Players Exception that would allow them to sign a player on a one-year contract up to $9.3 million, there could be an extra benefit to bringing Ball back as well. This isn’t to say his experience and basketball IQ won’t be useful even if he couldn’t suit up.</p><p>Nonetheless, with rookie <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/2023-nba-draft-lakers-select-jalen-hood-schifino-no-17-pick" rel="noopener">first-round choice Jalen Hood-Schifino</a> and a re-signed D’Angelo Russell, the Lakers have a solid 1-2 punch at point guard. Carlik Jones averaged 29.0 points, 12.0 assists and 3.5 steals per game in a pair of G League appearances back in the 2021-22 season.</p><p>Drummond would return to L.A. as an exceptional rebounder and true center with the size they need against a player like two-time MVP Nikola Jokic.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

RUMOR: Mo Bamba’s Lakers future gets eye-opening update

<!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', '/lakers-4-2023-nba-draft-trades-no-17-pick-malik-beasley-mo-bamba');   ga('set', 'title', 'Lakers: 4 2023 NBA Draft trades with No. 17 pick, Malik Beasley, Mo Bamba to get another starter');   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/2023/06/Lakers-X-2023-NBA-Draft-trades-with-No.jpg"></figure><h1>Lakers: 4 2023 NBA Draft trades with No. 17 pick, Malik Beasley, Mo Bamba to get another starter</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-06-18T09:32:41-07:00">June 18th, 9:32am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-06-18T09:32:41-07:00">June 18th, 9:32am</time><address><a href="http://hoopnut.blogspot.com/">Enzo Flojo</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">Editorials</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>As the Los Angeles Lakers gear up for the upcoming NBA season, the anticipation surrounding their potential trade moves is growing. Rumors are circulating about their willingness to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/2-best-lakers-trades-using-no-17-pick-in-2023-nba-draft" rel="noopener">part with the No. 17 draft pick</a>, along with Malik Beasley and Mo Bamba. As such, fans and analysts alike eagerly speculate about the impact these trades could have on the team’s starting lineup. In this article, we delve into the possibilities, weighing the pros and cons of each potential trade. Join us as we navigate through the landscape of potential trades, exploring how these moves could shape the Lakers’ future.</p><p>The latest reports suggest that the Lakers are actively exploring trade options to acquire a “win-now” player in exchange for <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-sneaky-players-17-pick-2023-nba-draft" rel="noopener">their 2023 No. 17 draft pick</a>. Notable players like Buddy Hield and Mikal Bridges might be within their sights. While it’s important to note that these discussions are still in the realm of speculation, they offer valuable insights into the Lakers’ mindset as the draft approaches.</p><h2><b>Why Trade Now?</b></h2><p>Several factors come into play when evaluating the potential advantages and drawbacks of the Lakers trading their 2023 No. 17 draft pick. On the positive side, such a trade could provide the Lakers with an immediate impact. It might bolster their championship contention for the upcoming season. Shedding the contracts of Beasley and Bamba, who are both under contract for the next season, would offer greater flexibility for roster adjustments. Additionally, the trade presents an opportunity to address positional needs and enhance the Lakers’ depth.</p><p>However, there are also considerations to keep in mind. Trading the 2023 No. 17 draft pick means sacrificing a valuable asset with long-term benefits for the team. The trade could also impact the Lakers’ salary cap flexibility. This is essential for maintaining a well-rounded roster. Furthermore, there is inherent uncertainty in the performance of any player acquired through the trade. He may not meet the team’s expectations, potentially hindering any perceived progress.</p><p>Now, let’s explore four compelling NBA draft trades that the Los Angeles Lakers could pursue with their No. 17 pick:</p><h2><b>Trade with Pacers</b></h2><p><b>Lakers receive: Buddy Hield and TJ McConnell </b><br><b>Indiana Pacers receive: Malik Beasley, Mo Bamba, and the 17th pick</b></p><p>One potential trade scenario for the Lakers involves the Indiana Pacers. In this scenario, the Lakers would <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/pacers-news-buddy-hield-stance-on-all-stars-like-kawhi-leonard-sitting-for-rest-will-fire-fans-up" rel="noopener">receive the sharpshooting Buddy Hield</a> and the versatile TJ McConnell. Hield, known for his ability to stretch the floor, averaged an <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/player/stats/_/id/2990984/buddy-hield" rel="noopener">impressive 16.1 points per game</a> throughout his career. His scoring prowess and outside shooting would provide an immediate boost to the Lakers’ offensive firepower. McConnell, on the other hand, brings valuable skills as a playmaker and defender. His ability to distribute the ball effectively and provide tenacious on-ball defense would further enhance the Lakers’ backcourt rotation. By acquiring Hield and McConnell, the Lakers would not only address their shooting needs but also add a seasoned playmaker to their roster.</p><h2><b>Trade with Bulls</b></h2><p><b>Lakers receive: Zach LaVine </b><br><b>Chicago Bulls receive: Malik Beasley, Mo Bamba, Rui Hachimura, and the 17th pick</b></p><p>Another intriguing trade possibility for the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-perfect-zach-lavine-trade-los-angeles-must-offer-bulls" rel="noopener">Lakers involves the Chicago Bulls</a>. In this scenario, the Lakers would acquire the dynamic scoring talent of Zach LaVine. LaVine, a high-flying shooting guard, has consistently showcased his ability to put up points with an impressive career scoring average. His offensive versatility and athleticism would be a significant asset to the Lakers’ starting lineup. In return, the Bulls would receive Malik Beasley, Mo Bamba, Rui Hachimura, and the 17th pick. This trade would provide the Bulls with young and promising talents. That’s along with an additional draft pick to bolster their roster. For the Lakers, acquiring LaVine would not only strengthen their scoring options. It would also bring an electrifying presence to their backcourt.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Lakers: The perfect Zach LaVine trade Los Angeles must offer Bulls<a href="https://t.co/gBBKSQkcD2">https://t.co/gBBKSQkcD2</a></p><p>— LakeShow (@LakeShowCP) <a href="https://twitter.com/LakeShowCP/status/1669742195094724613?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 16, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><h2><b>Trade with Blazers</b></h2><p><b>Lakers receive: Anfernee Simons </b><br><b>Portland Trail Blazers receive: Malik Beasley, Mo Bamba, the 17th pick, and a 2025 second-round pick</b></p><p>A potential trade with the Portland Trail Blazers could bring rising star Anfernee Simons to the Lakers. Simons, a young and talented shooting guard, has shown tremendous potential, particularly in his scoring ability. With an average of 21.1 points per game this past season, Simons has proven his ability to carry an offensive load. Additionally, his defensive skills make him a valuable asset on both ends of the court. Joining forces with James and Davis, Simons could thrive in the Lakers’ system, contributing to their quest for a championship. In exchange for Simons, the Lakers would send Malik Beasley, Mo Bamba, and multiple draft assets to the Blazers. This trade would provide the Blazers with established players and additional draft picks. It would offer them plenty of opportunities for roster development in their rebuild.</p><h2><b>Trade with Nets</b></h2><p><b>Lakers receive: Mikal Bridges </b><br><b>Brooklyn Nets receive: Malik Beasley, Mo Bamba, the 17th pick, and a 2025 second-round pick</b></p><p>The Brooklyn Nets present another intriguing trade partner for the Lakers. In this scenario, the Lakers would receive the services of Mikal Bridges. This rising star is a lockdown defender with explosive scoring abilities. Bridges’ defensive prowess would greatly strengthen the Lakers’ wing rotation, providing them with a valuable asset to guard elite opponents. Moreover, his ability to contribute on offense, averaging 20.1 points and 4.4 rebounds per game last season, would significantly enhance the Lakers’ scoring options. In return, the Nets would acquire Beasley, Bamba, and two draft picks. This trade would provide the Nets with young talent and additional draft assets to fortify their roster depth. For the Lakers, the acquisition of Bridges would be a major two-way upgrade and an exciting addition to their championship aspirations.</p><h2><b>Looking Ahead to the 2023-2024 Season</b></h2><p>By exploring these potential trades, the Lakers have an opportunity to reshape their starting lineup and elevate their chances of competing for an NBA championship. Each trade scenario brings its own set of advantages and considerations. As such, the Lakers’ decision-makers should carefully weigh their options to make the best possible move for the team’s success.</p><p>Looking ahead to 2023-24, the Lakers find themselves at a pivotal juncture. GM Rob Pelinka will weigh the potential trades involving Malik Beasley, Mo Bamba, and their draft picks. While each trade option presents its own set of pros and cons, the Lakers must carefully assess their roster needs and long-term aspirations. With the right trade, they could enhance their starting lineup, reinforce their depth, and solidify their contention status for the upcoming season. The Lakers’ ability to strike the right balance between immediate impact and long-term sustainability will determine their trajectory this year.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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2023-24 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
4.4	4.2	0.7	1.1	0.4

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