It’s Basketball Christmas (actual Christmas, when games are played, is Basketball Fourth of July). After months of excitement and a fair share of anxiety, we’re here. It’s Opening Night. It’s everything we thought it would be at the end of last season. Simmons is ready. Embiid is ready-ish. J.J. Redick is actually here. Jerryd Bayless is starting. Okay, so it might not be exactly what we all pictured, but clap your hands, everybody.
A few years ago at my old gig I wrote a piece about how Sam Hinkie’s Process was essentially the plot from the TV show LOST.