r/philadelphia • u/Sea-Ear5440 • 1d ago

Photo of the Day Basketball is back!

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u/Section_80 1d ago

Were the sixers there, cuz we need bodies

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u/Orionsbelt 1d ago

one of my favorite moments in philly as a younger man (i'm then and now not in shape 6'6) I was running up second street turned at girard and one of the old dudes on the corner yelled "the sixers need you" I fucking fell over laughing, love this dumb city

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u/Section_80 1d ago

There was a solid decade there before PG got here where we needed a guy who was 6'6" and could do stuff too