The darkest point of my Sixers fandom was March 23, 2016. The Philadelphia 76ers were in the depths of the tanking seasons. The starting five was Carl Landry, Hollis Thompson, Ish Smith, Jerami Grant and Isaiah Canaan. It was a weeknight road-game against the Denver Nuggets. The Sixers had nine wins, and earning the tenth was going to require a misfit team scratching and clawing, while holding on for dear life.
The sports media mouth-pieces were circling the Sixers like vultures. They were waiting for the Sixers to clinch the worst 82 game record of all time.