Author: joe
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It is October, which means basketball season calls. Last season was needed, in a way. A reset after seven demoralizing playoff exits in a row. After a sluggish beginning, the embarrassment lingered, even through some shining moments. There was Jared…
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There have been seven different champions over the past seven years. No repeats. No dynasties. To put that into perspective, seven teams won a title between 2005 and 2018, while seven teams won a title between 1980 and 2004. It’s…
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It cannot be overstated. I would have sold it, for sure. Spun it like any bullshit artist. But it wouldn’t pass legitimacy. Even though they had a better than good chance to keep the pick, the moments after Dallas and San…
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Hope dangles on a string like slow-spinning redemption is a lyric from Dashboard Confessional’s ‘Vindicated’. It became famous because of Spider-Man 2. I began this blog post with it for obvious reasons. We’re days away from a fairly consequential day…
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How do I begin? I could write something obvious like it’s cool to watch your favorite team win the Super Bowl. Okay, that’s done. That’s how I chose to begin. For what felt like the longest time, I struggled to…
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If it’s not foul baiting, or some reckless plays, the first thing that comes to the mind of many basketball fans when they hear the name Joel Embiid: never has made a conference finals. This isn’t unique to Embiid. It’s…
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The pressure has been there. It’s just mounting. Every franchise besides Charlotte, Washington, New York, and New Orleans has made a conference finals more recently than Philadelphia. The goal isn’t only to make it there, of course, but, shockingly, the…
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Like many, I have notifications from Woj and Shams on during the busy transactional portions of the NBA calendar. It’s the reason I maintain any Twitter presence. So, of course, my jaw dropped late Tuesday night when my screen showed…
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Every off-season has felt significant since the end of Joel Embiid’s first year. The amount of mistakes made have been well-documented, especially within this very website, and the more you think about them, the more you wonder how the hell…
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One of my favorite shows Hacks returned earlier this month. In fact, the season debuted the same day the Philadelphia 76ers season ended prematurely once again. The correlation between the two is appropriate considering this moment. I didn’t know how…
