Tonight's Sixers Game

Thanks to Claire's boss (and his most excellent 15th row season tickets) we got to see tonight's Sixers-Hornets game at the Wachovia Center.

Philadelphia had no problem dispatching the New Orleans/Oklahoma City Hornets; it was pretty clear from the get-go that the 76ers had much more talent and a deeper bench.

A few observations: One, Allen Iverson is still one of the most exciting players to watch in the NBA (and remains on my All-Nate team which also consists of Reggie Miller, Kevin McHale, Hakeem Olajuwon, & Kevn Garnett). It's quite remarkable to realize that he's by far and away the shortest dude on the team, yet is by far and away the best player. Two, the Hornets don't have a lot of depth but certainly play hard--they won't have the worst record in the league. Three, I really enjoyed watching Chris Webber play tonight, who due to a variety of surgeries through the years has required him to use a bunch of tricky "old man" moves to be effective--but was suprisingly effective tonight with a bunch of boards and pretty assists to go with 15 points. The Sixers could be pretty good this year with their blend of vets & youngsters (I was particularly impressed with Andre Iguodala as well).