Former 76er Bobby Jones enters the basketball Hall of Fame
Posted Sep 7, 2019
Wearing a blue suit offset by a sky-blue Philadelphia 76ers tie and a simple white pocket square, plain-old Bobby Jones fast-breaked through his acceptance speech at Friday night’s Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremony, in the process revealing more about himself than statistics or the career highlights shown to the Springfield Symphony Hall audience.
(Philadelphia Inquirer)
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