The Sixers 2018-2019 regular season schedule has been released, and there’s a lot to take in. While I’ll continue to collect my thoughts on the Sixers slate and relay them to you in the coming days, the following thoughts are some of my takeaways just a few hours removed from the publication of the schedule.
27 nationally televised games: Think the Sixers are a hot ticket? 27 nationally televised games is short of the Lakers’ league-leading 43 nationally televised games, but the number of 27 is still almost unbelievable compared to where this franchise was just a few seasons ago — and they actually have 39 games on national television if you’re counting the 12 to be shown on NBATV.