The 76ers wonder: "What if?"
What if, after establishing himself as one of the NBA's elite big men, Joel Embiid hadn't suffered a season-ending meniscus tear in his left knee?
"A lot of us talk about it all the time," T.J. McConnell said. "Not only Joel, but Ben [Simmons]. If we had everyone that was supposed to play, I don't think the game on Wednesday [against the New York Knicks] would be our last game of the year."
But McConnell went to say that Embiid was and still is the team's focal point. He's the reason there's a belief that the Sixers will make a strong playoff push next season.