The Philadelphia 76ers did a complete 180 as far as public relations and public perception are concerned on Saturday night, and that has created a very awkward situation for the team. The issue is that the situation is still not solved, and the difference in how they approached things all of a sudden didn’t fix things, it broke them more.
To Bryan Colangelo’s credit, he listened to the cries from fans about being secretive. He had his head coach, Brett Brown, let the media know after the game on Saturday that Jahlil Okafor was benched during the Magic game because trade talks were heating up surrounding him.