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LeBron’s Banner Night and the Toughness Test
The schedule is already written. LeBron James will make his 76ers debut on Opening Night at Madison Square Garden against the defending champion Knicks as they raise their first banner in 53 years. Then on Christmas he returns to Los Angeles to face the Lakers. The hype is locked in. The toughness still has to be proven. Jim Rand breaks down the staged drama of the biggest dates on the NBA calendar, what the Sixers actually have to show once the games start counting, and why the same requirement is showing up right now in college football fall camps. Steve Sarkisian is demanding physicality…
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