76ers’ Daryl Morey mixes basketball with shot at Broadway in absurdist musical ‘Small Ball’

Published December 14, 2023 9:41 AM

By DAN GELSTON
AP Sports Writer

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia 76ers President Daryl Morey is the executive producer of a basketball-themed musical called “Small Ball.” Morey grew up considering a career in musical theater. He came up with an idea about a small team with big basketball dreams set on the fictional Lilliput island out of “Gulliver’s Travels.” The players named Bird and Magic are 6-inch Lilliputians, rather than giants in NBA history. The musical ran this week at a Philadelphia theater. It made previous stops in Houston and Denver.

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