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Everything else is murky, but the Sixers’ future at the guard position looks promising

Paul Hudrick has been covering the Sixers as a writer, reporter, podcaster, on-camera personality and analyst since 2016. He is the Editor-in-Chief at Liberty Ballers.

It’s understandable if you had better things to do when the Sixers hosted the Washington Wizards back on Jan. 8.

Joel Embiid and Paul George were out. Tyrese Maxey’s recent heater hadn’t quite started yet. The Sixers were sitting at 14-20, in the midst of a stretch where they’d lose 10 of 12 games and were taking on a Washington team with the worst record in the NBA.