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Time to throw the preseason hype away. This is when we learn who the Sixers really are. | Podcast
The regular season is the only judge of player improvement and whether teams are contenders.
![Ben Simmons (right) leads a fastbreak against the Celtics during a preseason game last week. Shake Milton is following.](https://www.inquirer.com/resizer/7ex1RlNEWZDPPMTLEt9WMZmUthw=/2x0:3000x2000/760x507/filters:format(webp)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/pmn/C3R6JS3NZNCI3KOSDNQVW2LTIE.jpg)
Keith Pompey talks about the excitement of the regular season while disclosing why he’s not a big fan of preseason narratives. The regular season is the only judge of player improvement and whether teams are contenders. He also talks about several of this season’s story lines.