There’s the famous line delivered by Al Pacino’s Michael Corleone in Godfather: Part III, “Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!” This season for the Philadelphia 76ers is kind of the opposite. We want to be invested and back in on rooting for this team to turn the corner. But then they do something to drive us out again.
We had the full experience over the weekend. On Friday, the young backcourt of Tyrese Maxey and Jared McCain led the way in a win over Brooklyn. We found ourselves thinking, “OK, maybe the Sixers aren’t the title hopefuls this season we were promised, but that was fun and I can get behind this group.