Proud of my city tonight. They got everything from Boathouse Row to One Liberty lit up in purple and the Sixers tribute was beautiful. Rang the bell 9 times and played his last game intro in Philadelphia.
"A 6'6 GUARD FROM LOWER MERION HIGH SCHOOL, WHERE HE WON THE TITLE IN 1996..."
Nine beams of light shined to honor the nine victims of the helicopter crash that took the life of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven others.
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Embiid called Bobby Jones for personal permission to wear his retired #24, then dropped 24 & 8 with the 24th point on a fadeaway yellin Kobe! Crazy.
I've heard so many Young Mamba stories from locals this week. He got pissed off about practice being cancelled for a snow day lol. He was icing his knees after games at age 10 lol. I can't believe I work down the street from where this dude was shooting hoops as a kid.