Even if they don’t read the papers or worry about what is said in the electronic media, as forward-center Spencer Hawes advises, 76ers players and members of the organization won’t be able to escape the negative vibe following the team this season.
The team’s strategy is simple: clear as much cap space as possible and build with younger players on a road back to respectability.
It’s a route that often takes longer to travel than originally anticipated.
While that seems like a sound strategy, the reality is what the team faced last week, two blowout preseason losses in which the only things missing were the offense, defense, and any answers against two teams of differing skill levels.
Reported by Marc Narducci of the Philadelphia Inquirer
