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NBA Trade Deadline may cause a big roadblock on Philadelphia’s tanking path

Seth Gupwell spent two years as an online journalist covering culture, lifestyle, and sports in New Zealand, and is now in his first year writing about the Sixers for Liberty Ballers.

It’s the NBA’s trade season. Rumors. Sellers. Buyers. They’re all words that rise to the top of the hoops lexicon this time of the year. A Philadelphia 76ers word cloud, though, would promote different words: ‘Tank’ and ‘compete’. In a uniquely disappointing season, the franchise must choose between those options. Lose on purpose, or, perhaps with a newfound belief after a surprising victory over the East-best Cleveland Cavaliers and a big one over the Bulls, continue to try to win games.