Philadelphia 76ers Become NBA Bad Boys Five Easy Steps?
By Bret Stuter
III. Flamboyancy
The Philadelphia 76ers have a long and colorful history filled with NBA flamboyancy. This is not quiet demure city. Philadelphia does not boast quiet demure fans. So the last thing this team needs is quiet demure players.
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Loud and proud. Focus and physical. Passion and productivity. Flash and flamboyance. Whether is was Darryl Dawkins smashing backboards with another Chocolate Thunder dunk, or Allen Iverson‘s fashion innovation, to Dr. J Julius Erving with his anti-gravity agility, this has been a team which does not shy away from cameras or microphones.
Family Tradition
Keeping in step with that rich history, rookie center Joel Embiid has already begun the renewing the tradition of bold claims and backing those claims up. The team is already earning a reputation as hard competitors. That’s the reputation of a team that loses, but stays close.
As soon as this team begins to win more than they lose, that hard competitor reputation will metamorph into flamboyant. But to the fans of the Philadelphia 76ers, that will trigger such an outpouring of love to this team unseen in many years.