Remember when Joel Embiid used to DESTROY dudes in practice before he ever played a minute in an NBA game? Remember how excited Sixers fans would get? And how bad many of us felt for that poor little ...

LAS VEGAS -- It started out sloppy, but then there were thunderous Slam Dunk Contest-worthy dunks followed by a stirring comeback capped off by a scintillating buzzer-beating game-winning 3-pointer.

In one sequence Ben Simmons showed why he will likely be the first overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft. The 6-foot-10 freshman phenom crossed over Oklahoma sophomore forward Khadeem Lattin and blew ...