Hello all, a happy Tuesday morning to you. I trust your week is off to a better start than mine ... as I write this I'm fresh off a nine-and-a-half hour stint at the paper that saw me get back to the apartment here at 4:45 a.m. I'm currently running on the fumes lingering from a cherry Pepsi I had about two hours ago.
Alas, there is Sixer news to talk about from the past few days. Most prominently, they won a ballgame last Saturday night at Charlotte, 103-96. Obviously having read my last post, Andre Iguodala played more aggressively and scored a season-high 33 points. Hopefully its a sign of more things we'll be seeing out of him the rest of the year. I don't want to comment too much further on the play of the team, as I only caught a few stray minutes on the Ticket, which was otherwise dominated by my Celtic-fan roommate.
The win stopped a three-game skid and broke up a slump in which the Sixers had lost 11 of 13. Well, not really. I guess now they've only lost 11 of 14, which you have to say isn't all that much to be proud of. In any event its good to see the kids win a game here or there and hopefully they can keep it up.
Speaking of keeping it up, the Sixers have a nice little stretch here before the All-Star Break in which they play seven of eight games at home. I know the Wachovia Center atmosphere is dead right now, but you'd have to think the players are a little more comfortable in the friendly confines and maybe they can reel off a few. There's an Inquirer story on the stretch here. It's amazing that as bad as the Sixers have played, they're still only 2.5 out of playoff spot in the wretched East. More on this homestand in a blog later this week...
In other new, the Daily News writes that Lou Williams is already branching out into secondary endeavors. He will be hosting a hip-hop radio show on Philly's 100.3 The Beat. For those not from the area, its one of the most listened-to stations in the city. The show will run from noon to 4 p.m. every Sunday. And you'd have to say good for him. He's already a fan favorite, and doing things like this should only increase his popularity. The team could use a player to draw some fans in.
In trade news, there was a nice little teaser column from the Inky's David Aldrige the other day about some players the Sixers should look into dealing for. The most surprising of the suggestion is Chris Andersen. Yes, that Chris Andersen that flunked enough drug tests he was thrown out of the league for two years. Apparently he's eligible for reinstatement.
For those of you who don't know him, he might be best known for this at the '05 NBA Dunk contest. Not one of his finer moments, you'd have to say.
Aldrige does throw out two interesting names: forward Mickael Pietrus of Golden State and guard Thabo Sefolosha from Chicago. I don't know how plausible either is but I'd be in favor of either one joining the team provided the price wasn't too steep.
Finally, this man somehow has employment again. Hopefully Don Nelsen has a pair of fresh knees for him.
And that's it for this morning. Time for four hours of sleep before it's up again for class. Joy.
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