It's currently cloudy in Philadelphia - at least over the Wells Fargo Center - and the future is foggy, too. The 76ers have a new general manager, Sam Hinkie, which may explain why things seem somewhat hinky with the franchise.
They are the sole club in the Association still sans a coach. They traded their lone All-Star on draft day for a injured one-and-done collegian whose return date is unknown. In a press conference Tuesday to introduce Nerlens Noel, the only player they've added this off-season, Hinkie said he won't rush the rookie or hasten to hire a headman. Hinkie has sat still longer than Edward Snowden (who has put the 'terminal' in "interminable stay").*
This team is thinking about tanking more than an aquarium just furnished with a freight of fresh fish. Hinkie's slowness to sign a single free agent signals that this season the Sixers will sink to the bottom of the Atlantic division. In other words, Philly will likely be leagues below the rest of the league.
*the difference being that Snowden surely has acquired some duty-free goods by now.
No comments:
Post a Comment