August 31, 2016

Sixers Beat: Worst-case scenarios, rookie polls, and fights

By Rich Hofmann
PhillyVoice Contributor

I sound like a broken record, but there is quite literally no interesting basketball news to speak of. And yet just so we don’t get out too out of practice, the Sixers Beat crew continues to churn out a podcast every week. That’s dedication, folks. We could be hanging back, biding our time, and waiting to spring into action when training camp rolls around:

But the show must go on. We had a full house this week, and the main topics were our biggest fear for next season besides that gigantic fella landing on the shelf (Ben Simmons’ jumper not showing progress, Bryan Colangelo making a shortsighted move, etc.). Simmons scoring poorly in the rookie poll also might have come up.

Then we took a bunch of viewer questions that ranged from the serious (Why didn’t the Sixers target Evan Fournier?) to the not so serious (Which Sixer would you want to have backing you up in a fight?).

Oh yeah, we played a pretty fun game at the very end. And as always, if you like the Sixers, this is at least one of five podcasts for you: