The Houston 76ers?
It’s rumor season here in Philly.
After bad trade, bad signing, another bad trade, this shouldn’t come as a surprise that the 76ers front office needs help.
Help may be on the way. There are reports that Houston General Manager Daryl Morey’s future with the team “is under review”.
If Morey becomes available the 76ers should be first in line but not for GM, for team President.
Morey’s Rockets have never had a losing season under his watch, he made a name for himself when he acquired James Harden from the Thunder in 2012. Morey won the 2018 NBA Executive of the Year, something a 76ers GM has never won.
It has also been reported that The head coaching job of the Sixers is former Houston Rockets coach Mark D’Antoni’s “to lose”.
We can argue whether or not D’Antoni is a good hire or not for the Sixers, but you can’t help but appreciate what he did in Houston. I’m actually a lot higher on him than most.
D’Antoni declined multiple contract extensions from the Rockets in order to become a free agent. D’Antoni, similar to Morey, won an award while in Houston, the 2017 Coach of the Year award. A Sixers coach has not won that since Larry Brown in 2001, 19 years!
Morey and D’Antoni’s philosophies may not fit the Sixers in the short term, with a hesitant to shoot Ben Simmons and their other star player being a Center I can see how some may question the fit.
Their ideas will do nothing but benefit the Sixers in the long term.
Morey and D’Antoni have been known to play small ball, something that the Sixers do not, given that they have the largest starting five in the NBA. It may seem as if they have an uphill battle if they were to hire Morey and D’Antoni.
Well, that’s correct. The 76ers have an uphill battle no matter who they hire a coach or a team President. They have put themselves in a position with poor drafting, bad trades, and bad signings that they will be strapped for the foreseeable future.
Where there is smoke, there’s fire. If Morey and D’Antoni were to come here and turn the Sixers into something similar to what they built in the past 4 years in Houston, then we should all be thrilled given where they sit today.
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