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If the Sixers commit to a full-fledged tank, it could actually backfire

David Early has been with SB Nation since 2019. As a credentialed media member he’s covered the Brooklyn Nets, hosting pods & guest appearing on NY Post-SNY's NY Got Game.

So now that we’re all “processing” again, there’s one kind of weird thing to consider:what if the Sixers announced for example that Joel Embiid is done for the season, and let’s say Nick Nurse finally accepts the situation and turns more and more to the young guns, could this Philadelphia 76ers team actually ... improve?

Remember once upon a time when the basketball world was saying that Sam Hinkie’s Sixers assembled a team designed to lose?