Oh really,? Care to place a wager on that, kiddo?
The Palestra on a Saturday morning seemed as good of a place as any to take the temperature of the best sports city in America, and surruptitious entry into the gymnasium brought the discovery of a lone 19-year-old 6-footer shooting buckets inside the otherwise silent "Cathedral of Basketball" where the Penn Quakers, the teams from the Big 5 and even the Sixers -- earlier this year at an open practice -- have brought a level of vibrancy that few cities in America could ever imagine matching.
"Everyone talks about Philly pride, and watching everyone line up for that free practice, and how the entire Palestra was full, wearing their Sixers gear .