Now entering the game for the Sixers, Benjamin Franklin

Deadspin offers this report on the Sixers’ decision not to use what it calls “Ballin’ Ben Franklin” as an alternate logo — based on this tweet:

Bad move, as the Deadspin post makes clear:

I usually dislike secondary logos, as they aren’t much more than an excuse for the team to double dip on merchandise sales, but I am 100 percent in the tank for this logo. Look at how hard Ben Franklin is balling! I imagine he’s splitting a double team at the top of the key, using that right hand for a LeBron-style push off (no ref is gonna call that foul on Ben Franklin, man) before crashing his way to the rim for the hoop and the foul.

For the sake of the fans, the Sixers should reconsider their decision not to use Ballin’ Ben Franklin. This team is probably going to select seven feet worth of damaged goods with the third pick in the draft later this month, and then fans are going to spend yet another season watch crap basketball while waiting for the potential savior to get healthy. You know what would make a season like that easier to endure? Ballin’ Ben Franklin.

Plus, there is some history. Pictured is a bobblehead I won at the Jersey Shore in the summer of 2002, after the NBA All-Star game was played in Philadelphia. Notice the resemblance?

Tip of the hat to Larry Hirsch for alerting me to the new. He suggests George Washington suit up for the Wizards. My question is this: What historical figure should be reborn in alternate logo form?

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Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie.

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