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Tonight is the Night that May 12th Will No Longer be the Worst Day in Sixers Franchise History
By Kyle Pagan
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Tonight is the NBA Draft Lottery and tonight there’s a chance that May 12th in the Sixers organization isn’t remembered as one of the worst moments in franchise history. Instead it becomes one of the most memorable WHEN the Sixers get the #1 pick and Cooper Flagg:
I’m still not over that shot. What a gut-wrenching moment that could only happen to Sixers fans. Now listen, I still don’t think the Sixers had the bench to win it all, but that Kawhi shot has done irreparable damage to this franchise. If the Sixers pull that out, Embiid and Ben Simmons get their first taste of the Conference Finals and maybe Jimmy Butler is more likely to stay. Maybe Simmons doesn’t go AWOL with a deep playoff run still fresh in his mind. I know all of this revisionist history is sad, but recounting the 2018-19 Sixers is all the optimism I can muster currently because the alternative is Daryl Morey reminding us we had the third-best championship odds only seven months ago. That’s the last Sixers squad I actually enjoyed.
A little piece of every Sixers fan died on May 12th, 2019, but today it can be renewed. Jared McCain is representing us. He’s the perfect guy. He doesn’t have the stink of the Sixers on him yet. He’s got that childlike wonder that hasn’t been beaten out of him yet. Imagine the TikTok post-lottery win. OMG that will feed generations of Sixers fans who have lost all hope. It has to happen because the alternative is the Sixers drawing the seventh pick followed by Celtics vs. Knicks, which will have 76ers fans lining up on the Ben Franklin Bridge. Today is when the Sixers franchise officially stops being a loser. Cooper Flagg is going love the Xfinity Mobile Arena next year, and who are we kidding, he’s such a 76er and he doesn’t even know it yet:
Kyle writes blog posts and does Man on the Street-style videos all around Philadelphia. He graduated from Temple University (a basketball school) in 2015. contact: k.pagan@sportradar.com