Bottoming out is often a lonely endeavor in the NBA. But neither the New York Knicks nor Philadelphia 76ers are going it alone.
Designed demolition has become an NBA art form, the process of which is punctuated by the wracking and wringing of unbounded losing, followed by the blind belief that what lies ahead is bigger and better.
Call it rebuilding. Coin it tanking. Deem it smart or simpleminded. Whatever it is, the Knicks and Sixers are going through it together.
When they meet on Wednesday night in Philadelphia, it will not be just another tilt between foes. It will be as equals investing in similar visions, their execution poles apart, their end goals a spitting image of each other.
Different Triggers, Same Reactions
The motivation behind the Sixers' and Knicks' continued explorations of rock bottom came at different times and in different ways.
An attempt to end a years-long run of mediocrity went horribly astray for the Sixers in 2012. After making it past the first round of the playoffs just once since 2004 ...
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Article written by Dan Favale