Once Sixers general manager Bryan Colangelo evaluated the roster after taking the job in April, acquiring some help on the wings was certainly near the top of his to do list.
It’s been almost four years since Philadelphia has had any semblance of consistency at the two or the three, dating back to when Damien Wilkins cost the Sixers a high lottery pick by dragging that corpse of a team team through the final two months of the 2012-13 season.
Out of all the names Philadelphia has cycled through over the past few years, Robert Covington and Hollis Thompson are the only ones who have stuck, but they’re not without serious flaws.