Another professional team has demonstrated the fruits of going through the dreaded “rebuild” process through which the Reds are currently slogging.
The NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers have made the NBA playoffs, riding the momentum of a 15-game winning streak at the end of the current season. This is a team that following the 2013 season, decided to basically start from scratch, with the idea that continuing on the organizational strategy they had been on for decades would lead to more decades of mediocrity.
This chart, that first appeared on SBNation.com, shows the win trajectory of the Sixers and every other NBA team that finished within five wins of their 34 total following the 2013 season.