Jimmy Butler’s campaign to garner the most attention this season has failed, and not just because it was overshadowed by the blockbuster trade that sent Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks and Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers.
Some shrug off Philadelphia as a perennial tease that can’t get it done in the postseason, and I find myself vacillating between two questions: do they have a chance to capture the team’s first title in 40 years? Or will they crash out in the second round as they did last year and the year before?
Boston and Philadelphia could not be more different when it comes to sports, other than the fact that they all have NHL, NFL, NBA and MLB teams. Boston fans have been pretty successful in recent years, to say the least. Philly, on the other hand, has not been not so lucky.
The world of sports has recently seen some unfamiliar faces hoist championship trophies. The Los Angeles Kings won their franchise’s first Stanley Cup in 2012, then won again two years later 2014....
