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Originally Posted by albertGQ
I don't follow the NBA too much until the playoffs
What did the Sixers do?
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Everything the Oilers have done via incompetence, the 76ers did by design. They went out and deliberately built a team with no hope of competing so as to collect top draft picks. And in a fit of curiousity, they are drafting players they know can't help them any time soon (NBA is a college draft, so most kids can come in and help right away, but this year they drafted a player who is likely going to be unable to play for most or all of the season due to injury) specifically because they can keep losing today while hoping a bunch of picks come in and help them win later. They finished last season 19-63, but that is deceptive as they were 12-21 just after the new year. They then went 5-42 and tied the NBA record of 26 consecutive losses.
http://www.cbssports.com/nba/writer/...omes-to-an-end
http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/pos...-strikes-again