WHETHER this coming 76ers season is the end of The Process or just a continuation of it is really in the eyes of those who have believed in it and those who have practiced skepticism since Sam Hinkie became general manager four years ago.
But that talk doesn't really matter, in the long run, as the blueprints for this offseason must be drawn as far as draft picks, potential free agents and possible trades. Players must get - and stay - healthy, and young players must develop.
But as much as getting Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons on the floor together and figuring out who best to team with those two and with Dario Saric is paramount in what is undeniably the most important season of this reconstruction, it is just as imperative that coach Brett Brown and president Bryan Colangelo are on the same page with all of this.