It’s official. T.J. McConnell inked his two-year deal with the Indiana Pacers yesterday, cementing the departure of the final player who saw the court for the Sixers during the 2015-16 season. That squad notoriously won just 10 games, outpacing the 1973 Sixers (9-73) by a single victory for fewest wins in an 82-game season.
Of course, the losing was the point, as the league’s worst record and some lottery luck led to the selection of Ben Simmons with the first overall pick in the 2016 draft. Simmons and a healthy Joel Embiid set the foundation for the roster the Sixers have now: a top-two projected team in the Eastern Conference.