The Process
The level of non-conformity has hit an all-time high with Joel Embiid. His very presence on the team sprang from the team’s non-conventional approach to building a championship team. Rather than focus on the “here and now”, Embiid was a player with huge risk but even higher upside. A potential franchise player in the making, but a player with a need to invest copious amounts of time to determine whether the bet paid off.
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There was only one man in the NBA willing to take that chance, and he was in charge of the Philadelphia 76ers. That process required faith of ownership, perseverance by the front office, compassion from the coaching staff, and trust from the fans.
Trust. The process of building a championship needed a little trust from Philadelphia. But the complete outpouring of love and trust overwhelmed the team and the entire NBA. #TrustTheProcess became the mantra of a city who understood the value of ignoring the short term goals in the quest for the ultimate prize.
That outpouring of love and trust could not prevent the team from changing executives at the nadir of the rebuild. But it did encourage the off-spring of the rebuild to take the name “The Process”