by gordie | May 12, 2023 | NBA
The mind goes back 41 years ago to another Sixers-Celtics Game Six, on another May night in another Philadelphia arena – the Spectrum, which used to sit across the parking lot from the Sixers’ current home, the Wells Fargo Center, but now is a parking lot. Then, as...
by gordie | May 8, 2023 | NBA
The Philadelphia 76ers continue to ride the James Harden Rollercoaster, a white-knuckle situation if ever there were one. The Boston Celtics appear to believe that time can be made to stand still. It is altogether fitting and proper, then, that an Eastern Conference...
by gordie | Apr 20, 2023 | NBA
While the popularity of posters has undoubtedly plummeted since the heydays of Farrah Fawcett, Michael Jordan and George “Ice Man” Gervin, posterization very much remains a thing, as was shown again Monday night, when Brooklyn’s Cam Johnson jammed on Joel Embiid late...
by gordie | Apr 1, 2023 | College Basketball, NBA
With the college basketball season nearing its culmination, I sat down earlier this week and churned out 1,318 words about how much better the NBA game is than the college game … in months other than March. Mentioned how much more talented pro players are (duh). Threw...
by gordie | Feb 17, 2023 | NBA, Philadelphia 76ers
The banner, supported by two poles, was still on display Wednesday afternoon, across Pattison Avenue from the Eagles’ practice facility in South Philadelphia. It was green with white lettering, of course. “William Penn. Ben Franklin. Jalen Hurts,” it said on one side....
by gordie | Feb 3, 2023 | NBA, Philadelphia 76ers
Having long before completed his night’s work, Joel Embiid stood before a clot of media types at his cubicle in the Sixers’ locker room late Wednesday. This was highly irregular. Normally the NBA scoring leader, like his teammates, confines his postgame remarks to the...
