It would be hard to imagine a worse offseason and start to the regular season than the one the Sixers had this year.
Coming off its umpteenth second-round playoff exit, Philadelphia saw its second-best player (James Harden) call his general manager a liar and vow never to play for him again, Joel Embiid hinted for the first time that he could be prepared to leave, and the Celtics and Bucks loaded up with massive offseason acquisitions. Then the Harden drama dragged into the actual games, with the team making headlines for not letting him on the plane for its opener in Milwaukee.
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