Meet the Sixers new owners
The Sixers' new owners are expected to meet the press this morning with a press conference at the Palestra.
I suppose that is a paean to one of the new owners, Joshua Harris, a financier who made his billions on Wall Street and who happens to be a graduate of Penn's Wharton School.
Which makes me wonder how Harris feels about the Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Philly movements, where protesters have been protesting now for about a month on behalf of the 99 percent of the rest of the country in comparison to the 1 percent of the wealthy they hold responsible for much of the nation's ills.
It will also be interested to see if the protesters notice the arrival of Harris in Philly. He and a group of his finance pals bought the team for a reported $280 million.
That's something Harris probably does not need. There is, however, something he does need.
That would be a season. Remember, NBA players are locked out. The preseason has been scrapped and regular season games - including the classic Christmas Day matchups - and in danger.
Not sure that's the atmosphere I'd like to be walking into as the new owner.
The Sixers' new owners are expected to meet the press this morning with a press conference at the Palestra.
I suppose that is a paean to one of the new owners, Joshua Harris, a financier who made his billions on Wall Street and who happens to be a graduate of Penn's Wharton School.
Which makes me wonder how Harris feels about the Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Philly movements, where protesters have been protesting now for about a month on behalf of the 99 percent of the rest of the country in comparison to the 1 percent of the wealthy they hold responsible for much of the nation's ills.
It will also be interested to see if the protesters notice the arrival of Harris in Philly. He and a group of his finance pals bought the team for a reported $280 million.
That's something Harris probably does not need. There is, however, something he does need.
That would be a season. Remember, NBA players are locked out. The preseason has been scrapped and regular season games - including the classic Christmas Day matchups - and in danger.
Not sure that's the atmosphere I'd like to be walking into as the new owner.
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