I've officially reached my limit with all of the national Philly love I keep seeing and hearing.
So many of these ESPN and FS1 talk shows and national radio shows etc., it's almost like they've all changed history in their heads and completely forgot that the Sixers LOST in the 2nd round to this Boston team without its 2 best players. Seems like everyone has decided that Philly's demolishing of a terrible Miami team in the 1st round is what they want their last thought of that team to be.
It's okay, just ignore how much of a moron Brett Brown is. Ignore the fact that Ben Simmons can't shoot outside of 4 feet from the rim. Ignore the fact that in a 7 game series, their "best defense since Christmas" got utterly exposed by a Boston team without Kyrie or Hayward.
And yet, knowing all of that, these national people want so badly for the Sixers to be THE team in the East going forward...so badly that it's almost like they've talked themselves into the idea that losing to Boston in 5 was nothing but a fluke. Incredibly frustrating.
End of rant.