Some writers think that if the Philadelphia 76ers rebuilding plan pays off, the Sixers fans will have short term memory with all of the losing now.
The Philadelphia 76ers have lost 20 times already, and unfortunately only won once. Last season, they ended with just 18 wins, and this season looks as if it could be even worse, and definitely not better. Sam Hinkie apparently has a plan, and one of these days it should pay off.
Some writers think that if it pays off, it could leave the fans with short term memory loss.
Here’s all the morning news you need to know.
If the plan works, fans’ memories could be short — Philly.com
"“I think you sort of get tricked so easily, and you sort of deflect where you have to put your energy,” Brown said of focusing on upcoming drafts. “You can go to a comfort zone when you start looking at the obvious people that they say that are going to go No. 1. I’m assuming people know my history with that alleged No. 1, and it’s dangerous if you start going there. So I don’t.” Instead, Brown is trying to find ways to make what the team has on its current roster work. That will involve finding a way for Noel and Okafor to coexist on the court. That will involve making sure Okafor doesn’t get into any more violent, off-the-court altercations with hecklers. If they can do those things, and have some luck on draft night, folks just might forget about the team’s current state quicker than you think. That will be especially true next season, if Embiid is healthy and Saric opts out of his Turkish contract and plays for the Sixers"
Bad week for Sixers, Hinkie — Bucks County Courier Times
"Even though they recorded their first win of the season in a rare sellout against Kobe Bryant and the Lakers on Tuesday, it wasn’t a good week for Sam Hinkie and the 76ers. Hinkie deserved the volume of criticism he received for his failure to address the media after the team suspended its best healthy player, rookie center Jahlil Okafor, two games in the wake of a second video surfacing of Okafor getting into — and, apparently, initiating — a scuffle on the streets of Boston early Thanksgiving morning. Even the team’s release on the suspension Wednesday afternoon consisted of an unattributed two-paragraph statement — unlike the release on injured center Joel Embiid’s second foot surgery with quotes said to be from Hinkie — and didn’t specify why Okafor was suspended (only that it was “effective immediately”)."
Sixers Make Time for Family Day — Sixers.com
"Brett Brown changed up the 76ers’ practice routine a bit on Sunday. Instead of the team beginning its on-court activities at 11:00 AM, which is usually the start time for a typical practice day, the group got to work a half hour earlier, in order to make accommodations for what’s become a new tradition during the Brown head coaching era. “We have a ‘76ers Family Day,’” said Brown, now in his third season. “It’s part of an annual thing that we established where it’s all a part of trying to build a culture. We learned over my previous lives that stuff like this matters. You get kids together, families together, wives together. It just happens to come at Christmas time.” This year’s event will be held at the Palestra, located on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. The renowned facility was opened in 1927. It’s the third-oldest college athletics venue still in operation."