As always, so much depends on Embiid’s fitness, soundness, and professionalism. Guess we’re just going to have to trust The Process.
Having preached against The Process for these 11 years, it delivers me no small measure of delight when the Sixers inevitably falter every spring. Losing on purpose to game the system created a culture of losing, and the Sixers have mastered the art of the springtime collapse against every decent opponent they’ve faced, assuming you consider the 2021 Atlanta Hawks decent.
Nerlens Noel, Michael Carter-Williams, Jahlil Okafor, Ben Simmons, and Markelle Fultz never fulfilled their promise, which proved that drafting 20-year-olds to play a game whose stars are usually between 25 and 30 requires a sorcerer’s foresight and a leprechaun’s luck.Their veteran acquisitions left them wanting, too. The first big one, and their best, was Jimmy Butler, who led them to the second round in 2019. But that came about only because Butler was a malcontent in Minnesota.
However, it delights me to point out that Embiid’s costar, Tyrese Maxey, was the 21st overall pick in the 2020 draft. He was an entirely coincidental addition to The Process. Maxey’s emergence helps to undercut the theory on which The Process operates — that is, higher picks will result in better players. Not so in a one-and-done college world and a volatile global stage.
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