The 76ers organization, no stranger to odd positions, finds itself in another these days. The Sixers are hanging around waiting for a fresh spin from the public-relations machinery of the Markelle Fultz Image Conservancy while occasionally having to attend to the small matter of playing the NBA schedule.
Another game popped out on Wednesday night, this one against the New York Knicks, and even though the Knicks are pretty awful, that didn't mean much considering the Sixers' recent struggles to gain defensive traction following the trade for Jimmy Butler.
As the team has been lit up by a succession of opposing perimeter players, the question was whether the Knicks could follow suit with Tim Hardaway Jr.