Watching or swinging, it’s still Strike Three for the Sixers – The Rights of Ricky Sanchez

But while Embiid, Simmons and co. showed signs that they could be the core of a future champion and perennial contender, their lives being made more and more difficult. Assets were squandered as if they were no one’s business. The corners have been cut. Nerlens Noel was mistaken for a false choice in the first round. The Sixers had to pay to get rid of Jahlil Okafor, once a hot commodity in the commercial market. They wasted money on retreaders like Gerald Henderson, Sergio Rodriguez and Jerryd Bayless. They traded a pick in the first round to take Anzejs’ crazy Pasecniks.

The Sixers property was in love with Colangelo’s front office, so much so that when the GM forced them to fire him with a hilarious scandal you are surely aware of, and the property now could choose almost anyone they wanted to run the team, they went with. .. Elton Marca. More specifically, they went with Elton Brand, Alex Rucker, Ned Cohen and Marc Eversley. The Sixers stipulated that any GM they were to hire had to keep Colangelo’s entire group in place. This was obviously an absurd request; any GM wants to hire their employees under them, especially when the one on site had already spent years getting the team back on its feet. This was really the dagger strike.