Well, the 76ers suck again. It was a fun little run where they were winning a bunch of games and Joel Embiid was providing Twitter bantz and they still had Nerlens Noel and Ersan Ilyasova. Now their roster is back to being garbage since they don’t have any of their three best players from that magical time, a time which has recessed so far back into the hazy mist of memory that I’m not even sure it ever happened at all.
So, while Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid get to hug each other and cry in the hospital bed that they share, the rest of Sixers have to make do with what they have. Richaun Holmes is certainly making the most of his opportunity, using his newfound center minutes to great effect. If you give him twenty minutes you’re pretty much guaranteed double-digit scoring out of him, and now that those other tall guys are out of the picture, we’re seeing just how hard he was being held down.
More good news on the Rich Holmie ‘Chaun front: he got rid of those ugly cornrows and has normal hair again. For some reason those things were just aggravating me. Now I can watch 76ers games and only be aggravated by Nik Stauskas’ perfect blue eyes.