Spike Eskin: The Sixers Are Showing You What Losing, And Rebuilding, Look Like
Rebuilding in the NBA can be very ugly. Even when you're calling it rebuilding, instead of what most everyone actually calls it, "tanking.
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Rebuilding in the NBA can be very ugly. Even when you're calling it rebuilding, instead of what most everyone actually calls it, "tanking.
Philadelphia (15-42), which owns the league's second worst record, has lost 21 of 24 and 10 straight at home. It is the club's longest skid since a 12-game losing streak during the 1996-97 season.
The two teams with the worst records in the NBA will battle on Monday night as the 76ers host the Milwaukee Bucks.
A day after dismantling the roster and trading away Evan Turner, Spencer Hawes and Lavoy Allen, the Sixers had just eight players in uniform.
Sam Hinkie never said it would be a fast turnaround.
A running diary of the moves the Sixers made on Thursday, and what they may mean.
Most of the NBA was very quiet for a second consecutive year at the trade deadline. That was not the case for general manager Sam Hinkie and the Philadelphia 76ers.
Evan Turner is no longer a member of the Philadelphia 76ers.
From the second overall pick in the NBA Draft, to a deadline-day trade, Evan Turner is no longer a member of the Philadelphia 76ers.
The Sixers have acquired more draft picks.
Spencer Hawes is headed to Cleveland.
It would be wrong to say Spencer Hawes was not trying on Tuesday night against the Cavs. He was trying not to get hurt. Trying to avoid contact. Trying to get out of the building in what he obviously believed was his final game as a Philadelphia 76er.
The reeling Sixers fell to 15-40 with their ninth loss in a row and eighth straight at home — their longest skid since the 1996-97 season. Philadelphia has dropped 19 of 22 overall.
The Bensalem High School senior received a rousing ovation on Tuesday night.
The Philadelphia 76ers return from the NBA All-Star break on Tuesday night as they welcome the Cleveland Cavaliers to town.
