![]() ![]() I’m not sure any fan could buy into last year’s team plus Nick Nurse and Filip Petrusev being able to break through – and more importantly, I’m not sure the team itself could buy into that idea.Īt the beginning of the offseason, my preferred course of action was to let James Harden walk, and initiate a two or three year plan to acquire the proper pieces and identity to avoid the fate of all recent Sixers teams. That team was so thoroughly unmasked and humiliated towards the end of the Celtics series that wanting to bring the entire team back for another crack at it just feels like it spits in the face of reality. And now, in 2023, while a purely intellectual thought process could lead you to believe that Running It Back is the best option, it is actually the emotionally invested fan who is better able to arrive at the truth. Every fan could see exactly what that team really was – a legitimate title contender with all of the pieces to win a championship in the future. The unofficial Sixers Twitter slogan of the 2019 offseason was ~Run It Back~. But sometimes, the fans’ antenna for the vibes is spot on. After all, this was a 54-win team that largely got along and had some bad injury luck in the playoffs. One could easily intellectualize your way into thinking that the fanbase’s negativity and demand for major changes this offseason is an emotional overreaction. The fanbase begged for the 2019 team to run it back, and can hardly stomach the thought of the 2023 team doing so. Both Sixers teams made it to the same place – Game 7 of the second round – but the feelings afterwards were much, much different. I say that because it helps explain the interesting contrast between how the fanbase (rightfully) felt after the Raptors series, versus how it feels now. Between the Sixers and Celtics, the two teams played maybe three combined wire-to-wire well-played games. 2019 Sixers/Raptors was like watching two great teams throw haymakers at each other 2023 Sixers/Celtics was like watching two incredibly talented, but highly flawed teams vomit away each game with a barrage of unforced errors. ![]() In the midst of rewatching that series, I was constantly struck by one thought in particular: watching those games felt nothing like watching 2023 Sixers vs. The rock you grew up with.For my most recent piece on Nick Nurse, I had to go back and watch a good amount of the 2019 Sixers vs. ![]() We’ll do some Judas Priest and RATT tunes, like it’s the good ‘ole days of 94 WYSP. Maybe we’ll set up a jam session one of these days. I spot a Les Paul Studio, a Fender Strat, and I think that’s a Telecaster over his left shoulder. I also like his array of guitars on the wall. ![]() WIP is interviewing for his replacement as we speak. Good rant from Spike, who took a new gig as WFAN’s Program Director. If you can’t influence the game in postseason crunch time situations, then how do you justify occupying a spot on the floor? It sounds harsh, but it is what it is. The reality we’re coming to is that the concern about Simmons being a half court, fourth quarter, playoff liability is 100% legit. He’s just got such a unique skillset when it comes to positives and negatives that it causes this ultra-partisan rift where opinions exist so far on opposite sides of the spectrum that it makes Pluto seem to close to Earth, in comparison. We give him credit when he plays well and criticize him when he plays poorly. There’s always some tech weirdo that will bend over backwards to defend Ben Simmons to a fault.Īnd look, it’s been exhausting, trying to be fair to Ben. Do you? Good line about the bitcoin thing, too. ![]()
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