Amid the pain of watching their team finish with the second-worst record in all the NBA last season, fans of the Philadelphia 76ers could at least rest easy knowing general manager Sam Hinkie had a plan in place for propelling the team back to relevance.
Patience and perspective though it required, the philosophy’s principles—collecting young, high-upside assets and maintaining financial flexibility—were hard to argue with.
But with the Sixers poised to surrender leading scorer Thaddeus Young in the three-team Kevin Love trade, per ESPN’s Marc Stein, the Philly faithful are bound to wonder aloud: Could we actually be worse this year?
Hinkie isn’t giving Young up for nothing, of course. In the proposed trade, the Sixers would acquire defensive stopper Luc Mbah A Moute, combo guard Alexey Shved and a future first-round pick.
Beyond the latter asset, however, it’s difficult to say whether the trade helps or hinders Philly’s long-term play.
Both Shved and Mbah A Moute’s contracts are set to expire at the end of next season, which will help the ...
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Could Philadelphia 76ers Be Even Worse Than Last Year?
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