We’re in the homestretch of the NBA offseason, folks; if you consider Media Day and training camp part of the season, then the homestretch has already been traversed. Preseason games kick off this week. For the Philadelphia 76ers, they begin next week, when the Sixers and Brooklyn Nets battle Oct. 3 inside Barclays Center at 7:30 p.m. EST.
Preseason often feels like when you’re allowed to open a gift or two as a kid the day before the grand, imminent day of reveals. The brief rush of excitement and anticipation are joyous. Once the first gift is unwrapped and examined, however, a craving for more that cannot be immediately satisfied arises.