Anytime a team has a successful season off a run of poor seasons, there are two responses: 1) fans expect that the team will do even better than the breakout performance or 2) commentators and critics talk about how much of a fluke it was, and how things will be different next year. The discussion is usually a polarizing one, with not a lot of dialogue in the middle.
Many have skillfully laid sundry words and copious proverbial ink over the former… but what if things take a turn for the worse? What if the Philadelphia 76ers don’t make that improvement?