*CLANG* *CLANG*
Somehow, this is an all but too familiar sound for the Philadelphia 76ers and its fan base around this time of year.
It’s not the sound of wayward basketballs banging uselessly off the rims at either the Wells Fargo Center or whatever arena the Sixers happen to be playing at. It’s the sound of pitchforks being slammed on to the ground OUTSIDE of the Wells Fargo Center – usually found on Twitter and the totality of the media landscape (both social media and traditional media).
When the Sixers hired Doc Rivers to replace Brett Brown last season, there was a bit of a possibility that this wouldn’t be a recurring theme because, after all, Rivers has a championship pedigree (albeit over a decade ago, but still), and he seemed to have the Sixers humming last season as the team was the one seed in the Eastern Conference.