The Sixer Sense
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Philadelphia 76ers need succession plan

By Bret Stuter

PHILADELPHIA,PA - JANUARY 4: Coach Mike D'antoni of the Philadelphia 76ers looks on along with Brett Brown against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Wells Fargo Center on January 4, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2016 NBAE (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images)
PHILADELPHIA,PA - JANUARY 4: Coach Mike D'antoni of the Philadelphia 76ers looks on along with Brett Brown against the Minnesota Timberwolves at Wells Fargo Center on January 4, 2015 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2016 NBAE (Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 26: 2016-17 NBA Coach of the Year, Mike D’Antoni of the Houston Rockets speaks onstage during the 2017 NBA Awards Live on TNT on June 26, 2017 in New York, New York. 27111_002 (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for TNT)
NEW YORK, NY – JUNE 26: 2016-17 NBA Coach of the Year, Mike D’Antoni of the Houston Rockets speaks onstage during the 2017 NBA Awards Live on TNT on June 26, 2017 in New York, New York. 27111_002 (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for TNT) /

Accept that someone else will always have deeper pockets

So we’ve finally come full circle. The schoolyard disputes about the size of dogs, or the toughness of Dads boils down to this basic principal.  Someone else will always have deeper pockets.

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    • Do you steer clear of coaches and players who may succeed so well as a Philadelphia 76er that another team may be interested at the end of their contract? Certainly not. In fact, the idea of the signing or hiring is that very matter.

    The deep pockets principal is hugely important in the modern NBA.  As teams rushed to overspend in free agency and overpay players, the Philadelphia 76ers wisely refrained from the chase of currency.

    Spend today means no spend tomorrow

    Now, as the NBA salary cap settles into a modest slope, many teams find that they overestimated the inflation of the cap and are fettered in terms of future contract signings. While I am not suggesting an austerity budget of NBA minimums, I am insisting that any spend of dollars not only is the fair value to the team today, but relative value in terms of what the team foregoes signing tomorrow.

    While the team committed to J.J. Redick for the 2017-2018 season, do they have a plan for the 2018-2019 season? Likely yes, as that places the signing of Furkan Korkmaz to the team this year.