President of basketball operations Daryl Morey is almost three years into his tenure with the Philadelphia 76ers. He’s worked three offseasons, three trade deadlines and three regular seasons. As the 2023 offseason concludes and James Harden’s trade request still looms, the Sixers appear at a crossroads of the Joel Embiid Era, with Morey responsible for navigating all of it and trying to maximize this team’s competitive window behind Embiid’s greatness.
For numerous reasons, Morey is a divisive figure throughout the league and particularly among Sixers fans, who desperately want the team to finally overcome that second-round hump and rightfully expect Morey to help the team achieve that.