Author: joe
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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…
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In recent years I’ve written about the Sixers in a personable way. The various frustrations. The very little enjoyment. How it feels to watch them from a fan’s perspective. That’s going to continue. If anything, I plan to write more…
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As the third quarter of Game 6 flipped to Philadelphia’s favor, it felt different. Finally, they’d make it past the second round. Sports are silly. You spend time and money. You exhaust energy. For something you literally cannot control no…
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I’ve written about his debut before. After back-to-back season-ending surgeries. His first bucket. A midrange turnaround fadeaway. Place erupts. Then he blocks the eventual MVP. Even louder. Looking back on every game I’ve seen in person, at least basketball ones,…
Feeling Just Swell 