A Chance Meeting With Philadelphia Top Athleticism
Why These Young Eagles Attending A Sixers Game Is As Fitting As It Comes.
Who really cares that Lebron James didn’t acknowledge Cooper DeJean on the sideline of a Sixers game?
LeBron may be the greatest NBA player ever, but he’s never played in Philadelphia. These young athletes mean everything.
The position of the Eagles and Sixers couldn’t be more different. Once not so long ago a championship contender — the 76ers look anything but.
Bringing Paul George in as a key off-season acquisition and watching Joel Embiid win a gold medal in Paris didn’t move the needle, at least not in the right direction.
They’ll get lots of sympathy from the Eagles, who know all too well the emptiness of seeing a once championship-caliber team fade into mediocrity while facing the reality that once-heralded franchise players had to be moved on from.
The Eagles replaced them and made an even more impressive championship run.
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Now the Sixers, whose Process has not only not brought Philadelphia an NBA title but has sent a team with the annual expectations of deep playoff runs into virtual NBA extinction, leaving the future of the Sixers uncertain.
What is certain is what Philadelphia got positively from The Process. That is Tyrese Maxey — who seems, at present, to be the building block upon which the Sixers can add talent. When the Eagles rebuilt around Jalen Hurts — perfectly utilizing both the draft and free agency to both acquire the cornerstones of a championship roster and provide an exit strategy for those that they had to move on from — they masterfully got themselves two outstanding defensive backs in the NFL Draft who are perfectly positioned to be dominant for decades.
It’s not the symbolism of the greatest NBA player on the court with the greatest Eagles team ever that is most important. What’s more important is what players like Tyrese Maxey, Cooper DeJean, Jalyx Hunt, Devonta Smith, Quinyon Mitchell, Jalen Carter, and Landon Dickerson mean to Philadelphia. They are an automatic annual opportunity for another championship parade in Philly yearly.
Don’t know Cooper DeJean, Lebron?
You do now.
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