For 76ers fans, this season already represents progress. That may seem absurd, given the team’s dismal record, but in comparison to the last few years, it’s true.
Consider 2015-16; by the time they won their fourth game, they already had 33 losses. How about ’14-15: 23 defeats before their fourth win…in ’13-14, they suffered a 26-game losing streak…I’m astonished they have any fans left.
Their roster serves as the ultimate repudiation of tanking as a means of team-building, or more precisely, the “draft the best player available and we’ll sort it out later” philosophy. I’m a fan of talented big men, but these guys take it way too far.