For one North Carolina legend, Wells Fargo Center can provide a history lesson
Posted Mar 27, 2016
Brice Johnson didn’t come to Philadelphia for the sightseeing. So focused was he that he didn’t even take a peek at the rafters, where Billy Cunningham’s retired 76ers No. 32 hangs, not far from Bobby Jones’ No. 24. “You definitely notice it up there in the Smith Center,” he said. Alerted that Cunningham’s number was retired, too, in the building in which he was sitting, Johnson was intrigued.
(The Times Herald)
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