With every Daryl Morey move and every Philadelphia Eagles stinker, Philadelphia sports fans are becoming more and more excited about the Sixers’ 2020-21 season getting underway. Nevertheless, while what Morey has done over the past week or so has provided the team with more shooting, versatility, and financial flexibility, the roster still has the same glaring weakness present ever since Jimmy Butler took his talents to South Beach: the Sixers need a closer.
The Sixers are certainly fortunate to be in the position where they field two young, All-NBA-caliber talents in Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons. However, neither star profiles as the prototypical closer, something that doesn’t matter much in the marathon of the regular season, but impacts a franchise’s ability to contend at the highest level in the gauntlet of the NBA playoffs.