If you weren’t in the building for the Sixers’ game one playoff win, you missed a great bell ringing. Dikembe Mutombo went up there, hit that bell with the hammer, and the crowd went absolutely wild for the start of postseason basketball.

Over the years, we’ve gone through dozens and dozens of bell ringers. Meek Mill has done it. Lil’ Dicky. M Night Shyamalan. We’ve even had Freddie Mitchell and Kevin Negandhi up there. Talk about variety.

We know that Pat Croce is confirmed as the Sixers/Wizards game two bell ringer, but who is next on the list? The Sixers need to go above and beyond to get the fans even more pumped up for these games, so we decided to exercise our collective Crossing Broad brain power, with your help, in order to compile The Ultimate List of 100 Candidates Who Deserve to Ring the Sixers Bell.

(edit – this list in not in any kind of preferential order)

  1. the guy who flipped the double birds to Russell Westbrook
  2. Nick Foles
  3. Joe Cordell, of the domestic litigation law firm, Cordell and Cordell*
  4. the F Lot Crew
  5. Dr. Fauci
  6. Kate Winslet
  7. Gabe Kapler
  8. Sam Hinkie
  9. Brett Brown
  10. the “Unlike Agholor” guy
  11. Bryan Colangelo
  12. Jalen Hurts
  13. Bernie from Broomall
  14. Donald Trump
  15. Todd Rundgren
  16. Angelo Cataldi
  17. Butch from Manayunk
  18. Jim Cramer
  19. Eagles Shirley
  20. Ingy
  21. Chuck from Mt. Airy
  22. Arthur (virtual bell ringing from prison)
  23. Kendall Jenner
  24. Jumaine Jones
  25. Mike Missanelli
  26. Bobby Hoying
  27. Reno Mahe
  28. Tony Wroten
  29. Rodney “The Sheriff” Buford
  30. Reggie Evans
  31. Hersey Hawkins
  32. El Wingador
  33. Molly Schuyler
  34. Sonya “The Black Widow” Thomas
  35. Zack Hample
  36. Larry Krasner
  37. Carlos Vega
  38. John McNesby
  39. all members of The Dirty 30 at the same time
  40. Jonathan Papelbon
  41. Danny Tartabull
  42. Inga Saffron and Stu Bykofsky
  43. Johnny Doc
  44. Anna Horford
  45. Steven Singer
  46. Kyle Lowry
  47. Hitchbot
  48. Hip Hop
  49. Andrew Bynum
  50. Rand Spear, accident lawyer
  51. the Swiss Cheese pervert
  52. Dr. Paul Glat, hair restoration specialist
  53. lawyer Tom Kline
  54. Howie Roseman
  55. Tom Donahoe
  56. the Eagles fan who ate horse shit
  57. the guy who flipped off Isaiah Thomas because he “just wanted a free frosty”
  58. Stephen A Smith
  59. Hunter Biden
  60. Skip Bayless
  61. Jake Tapper
  62. Andrew and Chris Cuomo at the same time
  63. Alycia Lane
  64. Larry Mendte
  65. Odubel Herrera
  66. Spike Eskin
  67. Monica Malpass
  68. Don Tollefson
  69. Craig Carton
  70. The Fishtown baseball bat guys
  71. Andy Reid
  72. Stone Cold Steve Austin
  73. pharma bro Martin Shkreli
  74. Bradley Cooper
  75. Tommy Conwell
  76. Sylvester Stallone
  77. Lauren Hart
  78. Jim Lynam w/ the chin strap beard
  79. Eddie Jordan
  80. Geno Vento
  81. the guy who climbed into the penalty box to fight Tie Domi
  82. Bob Brady
  83. Carson Wentz
  84. Matt Geiger
  85. Larry Brown
  86. Rob Van Dam and Sabu
  87. Jim Sipala the Kia dealer
  88. Gary Barbera
  89. Tom Cudeyro, the electrician who told Manny Machado to “do the right thing and sign”
  90. the “Jack, sell em for less” guy
  91. John Bolaris
  92. Lenny Dykstra
  93. Jose from Norristown
  94. former PHL 17 reporter Colleen Campbell
  95. The Bloodhound Gang
  96. Brian Heffron, aka The Blue Meanie
  97. the woman who spit on customers at Di Bruno Bros and said “bitch, I don’t have the virus.”
  98. Jerry Blavat
  99. Joe Conklin
  100. Dwayne from Swedesboro


Hopefully the Sixers take our suggestions seriously. These men and women deserve the opportunity to ring the bell.

*I’ll check with Joe to see if he’s licensed to ring the bell in our state. He may only be licensed in Missourah and Illinois.