OT: Philadelphia 76ers: Taking Our Talents To The Offseason

[FLYguy3911]

Disagree. NFL may be the most popular nationally, but here, in terms of popularity, I'm not sure about the Eagles being the runaway favorite. They're the favorite year round on sports talk radio here for sure but the reality is far different.

Years ago, when I was growing up, Eagles games were blacked out a lot because they could never sell out the Vet. Most of the time, for them to sell out the Vet, it depended on the opponent. So Eagles/Dallas was always on tv but you never saw an Eagles/Cardinals game.

Flyers, on the other hand, always sold out even when they were one of the worst teams in the league. Their support has never once wavered.

On top of that, there are many other fans of other teams who were born and raised here. We have a ton of Cowboys fans, there's some New England fans now, there's even quite a few Raiders fans.

Now, contrast that with people who were born and raised in Philadelphia that follow all the major sports, and you'd be EXTREMELY hard pressed to find anyone who was born and raised here that is anything other than a Flyers fan.

It doesn't stop there, either. The basketball history in this town has few peers nationally. Few can match it.

Philly is also a fighting town so boxing also holds a special place here as well.

Phillies and baseball history go further back than most towns in this country have been in existence.

Philly is basically an everything town. Probably the only town in the country that can make that claim.

You didn't answer me last time but you are a Dallas fan, correct?

 

[FLYguy3911]

Bridges saving Nova.

 

[Jack Straw]

Nice win for ‘Nova. I really want to see Bridges in a Sixers uniform next year. He’d be the perfect wing.

 

[kelmitchell]

Nice win for ‘Nova. I really want to see Bridges in a Sixers uniform next year. He’d be the perfect wing.

How do you figure that? Not arguing, just curious

 

[Jack Straw]

How do you figure that? Not arguing, just curious

He’s considered by many the best 3 and D guy in the draft. 6-7 with a 7-2 wingspan, excellent defender, can shoot 3’s, attack the basket and put the ball on floor. Great basketball IQ. Seems like an ideal Brett Brown kind of player. I think he’d eventually be clear upgrade over Covington.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Davidson just knocked someone off the bubble.

 

[Hiesenberg]

Sixers need to beat down this Brooklyn team.

 

[Embiid]

Sixers need to beat down this Brooklyn team.

Yeah....last meetup was a bad loss by the Sixers. Can't squander these must win games...

 

[Hiesenberg]

I don't know what Saric has to do to get calls. Bleed? Lose Limbs? Die?

 

[Embiid]

The professionalism of the officiating in the NBA these days has been pretty horrid.....

 

[Jack Straw]

Solid first quarter

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Redick is such a good screener.

 

[Hiesenberg]

Embiid has been wrecked a few times, no calls.

 

[Jack Straw]

Did Okafor cut himself shaving or was he bitten by a vampire?

 

[Hiesenberg]

Can somebody explain the 3 second violation to Embiid when he had the ball in the paint?

 

[JojoTheWhale]

Looks better and they're not hiding the deep shot. All good news here.

 

[FLYguy3911]

This route is better for his long term development, but he probably could have played all year without a jumper, but this team already has 2 PG's that don't shoot.

Edit: This too

 

[OrangeAndBlackMetal]

Team is legitimately worse with Joel on the floor tonight. Just lazy play.

 

[FLYguy3911]

Embiid doesn’t even try to land on his feet anymore.

 

[gertbfrobe16]

saric enough with the turnovers this ain't the turkish league

 

[gertbfrobe16]

sixers=boys pacers=men

 

[gertbfrobe16]

redick really chokes at the end of the game misses open shots when it matters

 

[gertbfrobe16]

saric sucks trade his ass

 

[Hollywood Cannon]

That was a tough loss.

 

[OrangeAndBlackMetal]

Embiid doesn’t even try to land on his feet anymore.

He’s been getting on my nerves recently. You can’t be an “elite” player and cough up the ball anytime someone blows on you. He’s just been playing lazy basketball recently.