As draft day approaches, we have had occasion to discuss the team’s hopes for the roster next year. Joel Embiid plus Dario Saric plus up to four first round draft picks spells out quite an escalator in term of bringing the Philadelphia 76ers to the next level.
But we know that there is a downside, an all too familiar bad taste left in the mouth when hope forces both feet off the ground. We had hopes of a great draft in 2015, only to watch in horror as the NBA lottery system did what it intended – it landed in the odds of draft picks falling outside of the Philadelphia 76ers.