"My favorite basketball team's success or failure is not a reflection of my value as a human being."
That's what I've been repeating to myself over and over for the past few months, trying to balance my faith in The Process with an unexpected detour to rock bottom in The Process itself. It's an important thing to remember at times like these, when you're investing more emotional and intellectual capital in the Sixers than should ever be invested in a team that starts Jerami Grant, bless his heart, at small forward.
Forgetting that mantra is, in short, why we're so cultish.