Now that Joel Embiid and the NBA have both survived his All-Star weekend experience – and if you think the 76ers weren’t holding their organizational breath about that, you’re wrong – it is time to return our attention to the team and its real prospects for not just making the playoffs but also making some noise once there.
If the season ended today, with the Sixers as the seventh seed heading into a matchup against the Boston Celtics, that wouldn’t seem promising. If they jumped a couple of teams and landed in a 4-5 series against the Washington Wizards, that could be very interesting.