Feel sorry for the Philadelphia 76ers if you must.
But you ain’t seen nothing yet.
The woeful Sixers coughed up 30 points to the Celtics’ Kelly Olynyk in an 18-point loss last night. It dropped them to 2-22. It also dropped them to 0-13 at home.
In other words, they’re only about 70 percent on the way to being as bad as the Mavericks 20 years ago.
I covered a couple of those Mavs’ games for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram in 1993-94, and it was dreadful. They were coached by the very unlikeable Quinn Buckner and featured prominent players such as Tim Legler, Donald Hodge and Derek Harper.
Those Mavs started 2-39 on their way to 13-69, which – amazingly – was a two-game improvement from the previous season. But the thing I most remember about those Mavericks – they lost their first 19 home games and didn’t win a game at Reunion Arena until Jan. 29.
So keep plugging along Sixers. And wake us in a month if you still haven’t won a home game. By winning even less, those Mavs have you beat.
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A native Texan who was born in Duncanville and graduated from UT-Arlington, Richie Whitt has been a mainstay in the Metroplex media since 1986. He’s held prominent roles on all media platforms including newspaper (Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Dallas Observer), radio (105.3 The Fan) and TV (co-host on TXA 21 and numerous guest appearances, including NBC 5). He currently lives in McKinney with his wife, Sybil, and two very spoiled dogs.
