Sixers

Somebody Running the Jumbotron Spelled Julius Erving’s Name Wrong

By Kyle Pagan

Published: Jan 28th, 2022 · 3:19 PM EST

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Late in the 3rd quarter of the Sixers/Lakers game on Thursday night, the camera captured Dr. J’s box as part of a Tissot Celebrity Watch sponsorship:

Yikes. The 76ers spelled Dr. J’s name wrong. pic.twitter.com/O9Z6fTj4f8

— Dan Gelston (@APgelston) January 28, 2022

The only bad part is that’s not Julius Irving, its Julius Erving. Is it a fireable offense? Of course not. But maybe some laps around the arena until you can spell the names of everyone on the 1983 championship team will do. Remember it’s a ‘C’ for Marc Iavaroni, not a ‘K’.

I do need to know the Wordle record for whoever runs the jumbotron graphics. Today’s word probably put them through a blender. It did me and completely ruined my day. This guy is probably wasting guesses trying to remember the “I before E” rule. Remember it’s “I before E except after C,” and when sounding like ‘A’ as in ‘neighbor’ and ‘way.’ And on weekends and holidays and all throughout May. And you’ll always be wrong no matter what you say:

Unless it’s Chief. That word makes zero sense and the only reason I would never write for a Kansas City sports blog.

P.S. This is probably the first post of the day if all hell didn’t break loose a quarter later. Sixers jumbotron guy needs to find that fan and send a thank you care package to his house stat:

You’re down 18 Melo! pic.twitter.com/tiIhSxvI7t

— Kyle Scott Laskowski (@KyleScottL) January 28, 2022