Attention, Miami. Or maybe caution, Miami: Philadelphia knows the feeling of summer euphoria, too, when a basketball title seems destined and greatness is all but a given.
The arithmetic then, in 1976-77, was the same as now, July of 2010. One star, plus another, and another, equals one thrilling ride through the NBA season. Isn't that what LeBron James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade are stirring in Miami right now? The same as Julius Erving, George McGinnis and Doug Collins brewed for the 76ers three decades ago?
And how'd that turn out, anyway?
