The Toronto Raptors are in Philadelphia to take on the team best exemplifying the futility of tanking. The 76ers best season of the past three was 2013-14, in which they managed 19 wins. Let that roll around in your brain for a while.
Yet here they are, mired in the basement once again. Their best player is a rookie center, Joel “Trust the Process” Embiid. (it’s a long story about that nickname…) I don’t see a team when I scan their roster; to me, they are a collection of piece-parts who all happen to wear the same uniform.