Where Are We Going? Philadelphia 76ers

First off, I want to thank you all for bearing with me these last few weeks of low posting volume. I've had some personal things going on and just haven't been able to do the stuff I'd usually be doing here around this time of year.

That said, we're back in action now and through the rest of the offseason. Sometime next week or the week after, I'll send out a newsletter outlining the season preview plan, which will look a lot like it did last year.

In the meantime...

In the series finale of one of my favorite TV shows of all time, the network that airs the fictional TV show "Sports Night" is being sold to an unknown bidder. At the same time, the show's executive producer has been drinking in a bar and talking with a character played by Clark Gregg, who can seemingly predict the future. (Mostly because he is secretly the guy who is bidding to buy the network, and he knows who she is and what she's worried about and why.) As they talk about the company and her problems and the future, he decides to give her a piece of advice.

Every so often, I like to ask myself this question as it relates to teams in the NBA. I feel like it's a good exercise to check in on what, exactly, certain teams are doing and, well, where they think they're going in the near- and long-term future.

All of which is to say, let's talk about the Philadelphia 76ers, shall we?