Written by Alex Putterman at The Comeback
The Philadelphia 76ers owners might finally be sick of all that losing.
According to Forbes, Josh Harris and David Blitzer want to “flip” the franchise to focus on putting an NFL team in London. The pair also own the New Jersey Devils and recently invested in Crystal Palace Football Club in London, hoping to “get to know the market,” according to Forbes.
Harris and Blitzer now rank as two of the three top investors in Palace, along with club chairman Steve Parish. The two Americans have much bigger plans.
“They’re more interested in getting the NFL in London than they are in the NBA,’’ the source said. “Their No. 1 goal is to get the NFL team in London. They want to flip the Sixers anyway.’’
Harris and Blitzer agreed to buy the Sixers in July 2011. The team made the playoffs during the new owners’ first season but have been under .500 every year since, including 18-64 last year and 1-21 so far this year.
Of course, given how NBA economics works, these owners of one of the worst teams in NBA history will probably be much wealthier when they sell the team than they were when they bought it.
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