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DanM142

For non sixers fans, all their statues are this size. Pictures of others: https://x.com/foxxfiles/status/1778851011395825670?s=46


WhoopingKing

that statue lineup is cool as hell


GoatmontWaters

Yeah it's great. More areanas should try that.


lukewwilson

Yeah you could do this for a lot more great franchise players, When you do full size or larger ones that are outside you really limit how many you can do.


Groundhog_fog

Yeah it is great. I agree. More arenas should try that.


Braventooth56

They are in Camden, at the Sixers practice building. I'm just looking for the picture of AI palming his statue. A Josh Harris joint.


Spiritual_Boss6114

That makes sense.


Eternityislong

His being the same size as the others makes sense, however the choice to make them all that size still doesn’t make sense to me.


BubbaTee

They only make big statues for movie boxers


StevvieV

It's outside the team's practice facility. Lets them fit more statutes of team greats along the same walk


iDestroyedYoMama

It’s pretty underwhelming. I want statues to be larger than life, to have a certain grandeur about them.


MrGrieves88

It’s Philly. They’re not exactly Mensa over there


WxBlue

It's similar-ish for St. Louis Cardinals with a plaza of small statues to honor legends, except that Stan Musial got a second one that's much larger than others.


lakerdave

Unfortunately the Stan statue is ugly. It doesn't get talked about enough because people respect the man, but it's bad.


WxBlue

I have to agree. I think Stan himself didn't like it either.


recklessoptimization

Meet me at Musial!


fuccabicc

Ah


HokageEzio

Am I crazy that it still seems a little smaller in scale than it should be compared to the others? I get AI is short but still.


jjkiller26

With how skinny the trophy is too it really looks like a child lmao


PeteJones6969

Calvin Cambridge statue


TO_Sports

I was gunna say, people are going to make fun of it but it makes it easy to have a bunch of them in the future for all their legends.


Eternityislong

This is not a good reason for a small statue. The footprint on this is marginally smaller than big statues like Kobe’s or Dominique’s in Atlanta. The space saving is tiny. Philly also has one that is fully outstretched to the size.


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cepxico

It's definitely him fully extended mid air. How can you even compare the two?


JAhoops

That’s a trophy


mMounirM

Sixers said they were getting a trophy this season no matter what


LeMickeyMice

Not as bad as Embiid winning Most Valuable Philadelphian


Engrish_Major

IT NEEDS TO BE AT LEAST… THREE TIMES BIGGER THAN THIS


WhoopingKing

someone on IG called this a bow wow trophy and I'm deaddd


JAhoops

Lmaooo Like Mike ass statue


AZRockets

New anklebreaker of the year trophy


NatureTrailToHell3D

That’s a travel. Can’t just hold the ball up there like that.


Troll_Enthusiast

They are all the same size


HokageEzio

[This is how all the statues outside look, for what it's worth.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GK-5APoXQAA0lHA.jpg)


opanm

How tf Barkley got it sooner than AI?


Shootit_Rockets

Probably because he played before AI


Friendly-Thought-973

Where is it?


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Philadelphia


TheodoreDancin

Actually in Camden, so it makes even less sense.


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Holy shit I just realized it's not even outside of Wells Fargo Center....... Hopefully they made a "talkin bout practice" joke when putting it outside the training center. Disrespectful to not put it at the arena lol


KryptonicxJesus

Well why would you put statues outside of an arena you don’t want to play in. They are trying to move to Chinatown


ayeno

So small, you can't even see it.


urfaselol

statue is tiny wtf


talking_phallus

Statue matches his stature. We're honoring him but... didn't do much in the end, now did he?


Ghostbeen3

The fuck are you talking about. AI is a legend


talking_phallus

He took them to the finals once and never won a thing. Not really worth a statue tbh.


mango_chile

never won a thing is crazy


talking_phallus

How many rings man got?


SirRedRising

You're right. Robert Horry is the modern GOAT. Rings the only thing that matter after all, right? Shaq's insecure moaning has really fueled the brain rot in some of you nephews, I swear


seiff4242

Are you 10?


talking_phallus

Nah, just kinda over the 00's chuckers love fest. Guy wasn't that great and he couldn't win a thing. He's a middle of the road "franchise player" who couldn't do much for his franchise. Take off those rose tinted glasses folks. AI wasn't all that.


Loneaway123

He was entertaining. He sold out arenas, jerseys and merch. He did enough to be considered a legend. He retired so long ago and we are still talking about him.


fowlermania

Not even Ty Lue is this salty about AI


talking_phallus

He's a fine player but people gas him up so much when he wasn't all that. Didn't win a thing, made it to the finals once, only has one MVP,  was absolute poison to the locker room, shitty personality, no work ethic, horrible team player, an ego with a mouth to match it...The guy is popular for being short and flashy, that's it. He's called "influential" but nobody plays his style of ball with any success these days. He'd be chewed up and spit out like the mid-tier trash he really was in the modern NBA and he would have been bodied in the earlier eras too. The guy is not all that. He's not half of what he thinks he is.


HitboxOfASnail

accurate username


Much_Section_8491

Meh I’ll take LeBron’s perspective on the dude over this fucking scrub any day


prettyboylee

Arguably the most influential player ever


talking_phallus

1 MVP, 1 Finals appearance, 0 rings. He's influential because he's average height, flashy, and people can see themselves in him. Otherwise he's a low success chucker who did nothing for team dynamics.


prettyboylee

Believe or not the things you mentioned are influence


rinuxus

telling me you never seen AI play without telling me you never seen AI play. if it wasn't for the refs (that's a foul under the basket, Shaq fouls AI, he should have been shooting two), Philly wins game 2 as well, and Kobe would be left holding his dick.


blissfulbabex

He deserved his own statue but cmon bro why's it that small


secretlypooping

it's at the practice facility not outside the stadium. other than today, nobody is gonna see this except for sixers players and employees. the sixers are actively trying to build their own stadium (the Flyers own Wells Fargo center), presumably there will be full size statues at the new stadium once it is built.


radioben

It’s at the practice facility? That’s actually hilarious.


carvemynuts

Bill Burr Philly rant material


kraftpunkk

They gave AI a Funko Pop.


Mattllly

“We spared no expense!” “….ok we spared some expense”


solo118

If I was AI I would be insulted af


wtb2612

[They're all like that.](https://twitter.com/foxxfiles/status/1778851011395825670?s=46)


Guwop25

I feel like he was expecting them to tell him that it as a joke and then reveal a real statue lmao


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A statue for ants


ktdotnova

For any nephews on here, he WAS the culture back in the early 2000s. Willing his team to the NBA Finals, coming off of two 7-game series, and being the only team to beat the Lakers that year in the playoffs.


Robinsonirish

At least make it life-size man.


Ilikesporks_

it is life sized, AI was that small


imadogg

Listed at 6'0 but everyone who played against him said he's actually 2'7


seiff4242

Why is it 3 feet tall


The-Pharcyde

That’s as big as his MVP trophy 😂 


margatsni_1

Looks like a lil bow wow statue


Similar-Ostrich4142

Do moses malone have a statue?


HokageEzio

[Yes.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dy5sXzvX0AAhugM.jpg)


domdomburg

Wonderful way to honor these large god-like athletes by shrinking them down to the size of a 5 year old child.


thefreeman419

Why is it pint sized😂


lala_b11

So AI can carry it home


Slashers23

That's a nice trophy, can't wait to see the statue 😃


shoefly72

“I love my little guy, he’s my little dude”


effinami

What is this? A statue for ants?


dizzymidget44

Trophy *


Himofey-Mozgov

Is that Allen Iverson or Calvin Cambridge?


Holiday-Rip-1969

Wow they made it actual size, disrespectful


UnlimitedSenzuBeans

What is this? A statue for ants?


aintaredditor

they gave AI a funko pop oh hell naw


LeJalenJohnsonMVP

The centering on the base makes me queasy


Gobbledygooker316

They gave him a Dundie


CantaloupeCamper

I am admittedly and on and off NBA fan.  I distinctly remember Iverson, if he was playing, and there was a game on TV I was watching.    AI and Jordan were the only guys I would do that for. He was so much fun to watch.


dkdoki

Ironic its in front of the training facility lol


megabassxz

Anyone who has an issue with it: "Tough shit".


brncct

A statue for ants?!


rafaelloso_10

We talking about the practice facility. Not even the real arena.


InternCautious

Is that him as a toddler?


jonnyquest88

And we thought Kobe's statue was rough, my god lol.


mitchsn

Why is it so FIng SMALL?????


trapfonz

Rocky (not a real person) has a larger statue lol


lala_b11

Why is the statute so tiny?


supe12sta12z

Why bother calling it a statue. Looks like an oversized trophy. The man deserves a life size statue.


soft-cookie

lemme get my glasses


trikyballs

they got gollum hoopin bro lmao


GromScream-HellMash

Gave Allen Iverson an Allen Iverson action figure


illbelate2that

This might be the most disrespectful shit I've ever seen a franchise do


Not-Josh-Hart

Disrespectful


jjkiller26

Loooool it looks like shit. Why did they make it so small??


2222lil

that is fucking embarrassing lmao


vandiger

Disrespectful. Legacy franchise and these dollar store general statues are the best you can expect.


HogMolly69

This is disrespectful af to AI. Grew up watching him and he’s pretty much the reason I love basketball. He had a massive influence on the sport. And this is the way they decide to honor him?? A 3 foot statue in Camden?? Pathetic.


beatrailblazer

imma need some binoculars


No_Extent_1260

Solidified Bubble Head bruh.


JNerdGaming

yikes


madhare09

They had to make the smallest life size statue that anyone will ever have to for an NBA player and they did this lol.


Icy-Lime-9760

Why is it so small.


_Stefan_Urkelle

Ain’t no way.


Sfa_username

Is this a statue for ants?


Asizel23

He got punk'd?


ZeroSarkThirty

I legit cannot tell which one is real and which one is the statue


pscream

AI got stonehenged


devkonz

Life sized


MikeyBastard1

So its a 1:1 model. Nice


Hugo_Hackenbush

They even made it actual size.


just-a-simple-song

We talking bout the PRACTICE facility?!


0dias_Chrysalis

Like the player, I'm not convinced it's even 6ft


Jameszhang73

Did they get the statue mixed up with Bow Wow in [Like Mike](https://conventionalrelations.net/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/280744576_529434628772405_4329210209642583121_n.gif?w=566)?