Sixers Check-In: Sixth 10 Games

Every ten games, we’ll be checking in with how the team has been playing recently, looking at trends in style of play, shifts in the rotation, etc. You can look back at past analyses: first ten games, second ten games, third ten games, fourth ten games, fifth ten games.

In our previous check-in, with the trade deadline approaching, I said the following: “Don’t be surprised if the Sixers’ big splash already happened back in November.” Oh, how young and naive I was back in January.

Elton Brand certainly had other ideas. The first-year general manager swung yet another huge deal to acquire Tobias Harris, Boban Marjanovic, and Mike Scott from the Clippers. Add in the trade shipping Markelle Fultz…