Look, I've been in favor of all-out tanking for the last 15 years okay? I give up. It's not going to happen and even if it did happen, it's unlikely to work. Sam Hinkie destroyed the Sixers for two straight seasons and what do they have to show for it? Okafor and Noel are gone. Saric is gone. Fultz is gone. Simmons is effectively gone. The only top pick they still have is Embiid and he was taken 3rd overall. Smart teams don't need to play 50 different G-Leaguers and stockpile a dozen picks to get one good player. I think player development, scouting, and intelligent coaching are what make teams succeed. Having a plan and knowing how to execute it is infinitely better than tanking and rolling the dice. Look no further than our own draft history.
People are piling on about how listless and unfocused we look right now and I agree. We look terrible. The defense is a joke and the offense wouldn't fly against good college teams. But we also have players who could succeed on a well-coached team. I don't think it's fair to Mitchell, Haliburton, Davis, and Metu to strip away everyone and let them lose by 20 every night. Three straight years of that and they'll probably be exhibiting the same level of effort that Fox is right now. If we want to be a winning organization we need to act like one. Assess the weaknesses and find solutions. Great players are drafted often enough with mid first round picks and later that it would not be a miracle to find one there. On the other hand, if you don't already have a system for player development in place it probably doesn't matter who you draft.
