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Still Can't Believe It

georgebailey2georgebailey2 Posts: 1,100 ✭✭✭
edited March 13, 2018 10:32PM in Trading Cards & Memorabilia Forum

Last night, I took my youngest (11) and middle (14) sons to the Sixers v Nets game at the Barlcay Center. We got there early as my sons wanted to see if they could get autographs of the Sixers. They are huge fans and had on Simmons and Embiid jerseys. Before the game, we had no luck but learned the Sixers came and left by the zamboni entrance behind the basket. As the Sixers had a huge lead, people started clearing out with several minutes left. I was telling my middle son that it may be better to just leave and go get some food for the drive home, but he wanted to go over to the exit. We were only a couple sections over and Embiid, Simmons and McConnell were still on the court completing interviews, so we went over. At the top of the entrance, a couple had just gotten up to leave. I told my sons to maneuver to that row.

As Ben Simmons was going up the exit, I managed to hold up my camera to take these photos.


You can see Simmons walking up the exit. My middle son has on the red jersey. In the last photo as he is reaching out, the scalp and hairline to his lower left is Ben Simmons. When my son turned around, he had this huge grin on his face. I asked him if he got to high five Embiid or Simmons (I took the photos hastily and didn't know who had been coming down the exit). He looked down and had these in his hands (as later photographed at home):

A forever memory had been created. I am still shocked that this happened and am so excited for him, that I wanted to share. At the next White Plains show, we will get a display case for them. Thanks.

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