(***WARNING: Spoilers for Hustle lie within this piece***)
Like many of you, I spent two hours recently watching Adam Sandler’s new Netflix film, Hustle, in large part because it was filmed mainly in Philadelphia and is centered around the franchise I so deeply love (and hate), the Sixers. In the film, Sandler plays Stanley Sugarman, a longtime, beleaguered scout for the Sixers who’s been beaten down by all the travel and the unrewarding nature of his job. For years, he’s wanted to find his way onto the bench as a coach.