The Process has Failed Both the Fans of Philadelphia and The Players that have been drafted and or brought in during Hinkie/Colangelo/Brand/Morey eras as fans and pundits a-like talk about how the Sixers accumulated some of the most promising trade assets and players in the NBA and have apparently squandered all of them all, never making it past the second round of the NBA playoffs.
The Sixers have experienced Shakespearian levels of comedy Colangelo’s burner accounts and tragedy Fultz losing his ability to shoot a basketball. Ben Simmons go from being one of the highly touted prospects to being one of the most expensive bench players of all time since starting The Process back in 2013.
2013-14
The Process begins. Hinkie begins to tear the roster down to its studs by trading away young all-star Jrue Holiday. Brett Brown is hired and the Sixers are historically awful, tying a record for longest losing streak.
2014-15
The bad season yields Joel Embiid who misses the year with a pre-draft injury. The Sixers are awful again.
2015-16
The Sixers draft Jahlil Okafor with the third overall pick. They also fleece Sacramento who was looking to dump Nik Stauskas to sign Rajon Rondo (more on that later). They start the year 1-26. Jerry Colangelo is hired above Hinkie.
2016-17
Hinkie quits instead of getting fired. Jerry hires his son Bryan who selects Ben Simmons first overall, but misses the entire season. The team is improved, but still finishes towards the bottom of the league.
2017-18
Swap rights with Sacramento allow them to move up to third overall. The Tatum/Fultz trade happens. Again a high Sixers pick misses much of his first season, as Fultz seemingly has completely lost his jump shot. The Sixers Jump up the standings with Simmons and Embiid finally healthy. They lose to up-and-coming Celtics team with Terry Rozier.
2018-19 A terrible draft day trade. Has the Sixers losing out on the Mikail Bridges, Colangelo is fired for his tweets. In-season trades bring in All-star Jimmy Butler and Tobias Harris who are both pending free agents. They lose in Heart breaking fashion in seven games to the eventual champions Raptors in round 2, To a Kawhi Leonard buzzer beater.
2019-20
In their last season of cap flexibility before big contracts to their stars, the Sixers target Al Horford, re-sign Harris, and trade away Butler. They get swept in the bubble with Simmons injured. Brown is fired.
2020-21
Morey takes over. Tyrese Maxey joins the team. Ben Simmons refuses an open layup and never plays another game for the Sixers. They lose in seven to a mediocre Hawks team.
2021-22
Harden joins. Sixers surprisingly lose to a Jimmy Butler lead Heat team in round 2 as Embiid misses action. with Butler’s infamous comments Tobias Harris over me!!!
The 2023-2024 Philadelphia 76ers season ended with a first-round playoff loss to the New York Knicks. The 76ers were eliminated after losing the series 4-2. They fell in Game 6, despite battling back from a 20-point deficit.
And The Sixers’ 2024-25 season ended with a 122-102 loss to the Chicago Bulls at Wells Fargo Center. Their final record was 24-58, their worst performance since the 2015-16 season. The team experienced a challenging season with injuries and inconsistent play, falling short of championship expectations.
A Decade and more of Failures and next season doesn’t look to be any better a Failed attempt to move The Team to Center City to make a Madison Square Garden Esq stadium of their own Embid long term health seems to be the biggest cloud hanging over the Franchise
A lot of Fans And former players a like feel a total of blow up of everything from the roster to the entire organizations Front office
It’s not clear if a new outlook or new faces will change or fix the Sixers current downfall what is clear is The Process has been a total failure, and Fans shouldn’t expect the team’s championship drought to end anytime soon last winning 1983.
