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Sixers Tinder: Mr. Pickles, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love JaKarr Sampson

What are the odds that two players from Akron's St. Vincent-St. Mary High School (enrollment: 700) would be playing in the NBA at the same time?

The more notable of the two is desperately trying to lead his team to the Finals for the fifth consecutive season. Conversely, there's a good chance that the other is in the midst of an impromptu "SpongeBob SquarePants" marathon on Hulu.

According to JaKarr's @StJohnsBBall bio, if he could have dinner with anyone living or dead, it'd be Michael Jordan & SpongeBob SquarePants.

— Max Rappaport (@MaxRappaport) January 29, 2015

On a Philadelphia 76ers' team whose players are rich enough to buy a Tesla but too young to legally rent one, JaKarr Sampson was the lowest man on the totem pole last season.