GALLOWAY, N.J. - One might assume that Carl Landry is just a throw-in salary dump in the trade that bought Nik Stauskas to the 76ers from the Sacramento Kings.
But as Landry sees it, his job is to help turn a youthful and impressionable 76ers squad into a unit that can bring back a championship atmosphere to Philly.
"I've played almost 40 playoffs game, probably played more playoff and regular-season games than the whole team combined," Landry said. "So growing up alongside Dikembe Mutombo and Tracy McGrady and Steve Francis [as a Houston Rockets], I was a sponge.