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This Day in Philly Sports History - May 22, 2023 · This Day in Philly Sports History

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  What's up everyone? Welcome to this day in Philly
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  sports history, for May 22nd 2023.
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  I'm your host Jim Montgomery. Alright, so the Sixers story,
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  just won't go away and I'm probably partly responsible for
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  because I keep talking about it. However, the big news yesterday
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  was again with James Harden, looking to be apparently,
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  there's interest in this to like a four-year 200 million dollar
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  contract. Well, the caveat here is any
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  team that's not the Sixers can offer.
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  Four years, 200 1.7 million. The Sixers can actually offer
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  him. 210 million Over a four-year deal based on the CBA
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  Whether or not, I guess it comes down to, whether he's willing to
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  take that with the Sixers or if you truly want to go to Houston.
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  His apparently, the thing I've read was his mom, all of his
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  businesses, he has homes. They're really just likes the
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  Houston area and I don't, obviously Philly can't can't
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  compete with that, but they can offer more money.
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  So basically, it comes out to that and the way this team is Do
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  with the salary cap, unfortunately, excuse me.
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  That is probably our best option.
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  Maybe not the best option but it maybe not the greatest option I
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  should say but it is our best option and I feel as though
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  we're in a position now where we need him way more now than he
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  needs us, he's made enough money.
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  Over his career is 9 million dollars enough to keep him in
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  Philly when his heart is in Houston and Houston has all this
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  cap, flexibility and whatnot to lure him in.
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  I don't know. We'll have to see but and I will
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  continue to say this until they're not playing anymore.
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  The fact that Jimmy Butler is that good and just that dominant
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  and we could have had him but we chose Brett Brown over and
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  preparado and Ben Simmons over him.
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  It's going to be frustrating. I mean, they're up three.
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  On the Celtics frustrating, yes, but could not be happier for the
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  Celtics. So we move on from there.
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  Good bounce back with the Phils. They were able to win two in a
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  row and take that series from the Cubs rice and stock came in
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  in the seventh, hit a pinch-hit two-run homer which was enough
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  tym, Walker went five and a third three cases gave up two
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  hits there. Only two games, under five
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  hundred seven games back of the Braves.
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  Now, would be a good time. I've been talking about this.
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  This to put together a little streak but not have those four,
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  five, six game, losing streaks, mixed in there there they have a
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  series against the Diamondbacks coming up this week.
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  And then finally, they get into some more division games which I
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  feel like they haven't played division games since the
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  beginning of the season but we do have high hopes for the
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  Phil's. I feel like I've been saying
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  this all the time, but this is like the hopefully this is the
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  like the the page turning and they're finally going to get it.
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  Kickstart it need to see the continued to get the runs in.
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  The pitching seems to be coming around and I feel like every
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  couple every week and a half, two weeks I'm saying this, but I
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  just limit those 56 game losing streaks.
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  All right. Speaking of High Hopes Phillies
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  sweet. Hi, we got high hopes t-shirts,
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  obviously, we know that's what they play at the end of every
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  All right, today, I've been teasing this for a while and
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  I've been looking forward to talking about this.
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  But on this day we're going back to 3 May 22nd 1963, the Syracuse
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  Nationals were sold by Danny Brown or to Irv Kozlov and Ike
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  Richmond who promptly moved the team to Philadelphia and rename
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  them. The 76ers in honor of the
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  founding of our country and the signing of the Declaration of
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  Independence before we get into what this movement for Philly,
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  the moved helped, ironically enough ignite the love and the
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  popularity of Sarah. Cuse basketball, which they
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  still enjoy to this day, I guess in a way for Syracuse, the it
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  worked out but I don't really know if there's what team they
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  would, I guess maybe Toronto at that point now, but overall the
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  Nationals were very successful. In Syracuse, 14 years.
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  There had 11 winning seasons made playoffs.
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  In all 14 years was remember though this was the early days
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  of the MBA. So there weren't as many teams
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  But they had three NBA Finals, appearances one, the one
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  championship in 1955 the Sixers have worn their the Syracuse
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  National jerseys. On a few occasions.
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  They're not on Philly go.com but they probably should be.
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  So I'll have to talk to my people at Philly goat to get.
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  Get some Syracuse National. Remember, if you remember, they
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  wore them. They had the Nats on it so I
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  have to get on them for that. Obviously, once they came to
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  Philly, Within a few years, they won their first championship
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  when they brought Will Chamberlain back home, but it
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  was on this day back in 1963 that the Syracuse Nationals.
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  Moved to Philip where sold officially moved to Philadelphia
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  and rename the 76ers. All right, so our Sixers playoff
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  spot light. We're going to go back to,
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  nineteen sixty-three sixty-four. This was the first year in
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  Philly for the newly named 76ers They had the same players and
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  and seam line up and whatnot. They went 3446 took third in the
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  Eastern Division. How Greer had averaged?
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  Twenty three point three points per game and 4.7 assist read.
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  Kurt led the team with rebounding that's 12 in at
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  twelve point seven per game. Dolph schayes was on this team
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  as well as Chet Walker how Greer and Walker were the All-Star
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  Game representatives for the Sixers that year Greer was
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  all-nba. Second team.
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  They lost in the division semis in the, which was the first
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  round to the Cincinnati Royals. Now, the Cincinnati Royals
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  ultimately became the Cincinnati Kings then ultimately ended up
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  in Sacramento, so I always like to kind of point out where teams
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  got their start and how they got there.
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  But the Sacramento Kings originally where the Cincinnati
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  Royals. They beat the Sixers three games
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  to two in the first round of the playoffs.
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  But after they played one more, They played the 64 65 year and
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  then they finally were able to get Wilt Chamberlain to come
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  back home and promptly won the championship in the 1966 67
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  season. But the first year in Philly,
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  they did make the playoffs with the 76ers after moving, on this
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  day, back in 1963. Let's hope the Phils keep it
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  rolling tonight against the Diamondbacks.
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  This is the week that Nick nurse apparently was coming in for his
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  interview. I'm actually See again, how this
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  I'm not really here in any other names that are lined up for
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  interviews. I don't know how that works.
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  If they're, I know the NFL has very specific rules when it
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  comes to guys that are on other rosters.
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  But at this point, like, Nick nurse Monty Williams, even
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  Cassell, those teams aren't playing anymore.
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  So I don't know what the rules and everything are surrounding
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  that. Honestly, I was at this point,
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  I'd like to get a I know we have time but I would like I'd like
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  to get a coach in place ASAP just to start prepping and see
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  where we are and what we have. But We shall see.
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  All right, don't forget to go to Philly, go.com use the promo
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  code, Jim Montgomery for your. We got high hopes t-shirts or
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  anything for that matter, on their website.
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  This has been this day in Philly sports history.
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  I'm Jim Montgomery go, have yourself, some Monday, and until
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  next time, see you. When I see you.