On the surface, the Philadelphia 76ers had a powerhouse of a team last season. They went 51-31 during the regular season, crushed the Brooklyn Nets, 4-1, in the first round of the playoffs and took the eventual NBA champion Toronto Raptors to seven games, and only lost on a four-bounce shot at the buzzer in Toronto.
But if you dig below the surface, and you do not have to dig too deeply, the Sixers as a team and as an organization had a bunch of flaws. When you think of all the problems the team had to struggle through, it’s amazing the Sixers came as close as they did to having a parade down Broad Street.