We are beyond the point of silver linings, hopeful conjectures, and patient optimism. The Philadelphia 76ers have now lost six straight games in varying degrees of embarrassing fashion. Through the sheer incalculable ineptitude of the Eastern Conference, the Sixers are still just 1.5 games out of the Play-In Tournament, but this recent stretch has shown that such a goal is a fool’s errand.
The Sixers even have the majority of their guys on the court these days and they’re still putting forth some of the most depressing efforts of this era of Philadelphia basketball. Joel Embiid looks like a shell of himself and Paul George has the world’s most debilitating finger injury and is getting pain injections like he’s on Varsity Blues.