What Challenges Will the Sixers Face this Offseason?
The NBA recently announced they are aiming for December 22nd as their start date for next season.
This leaves every team with an abbreviated offseason and a potentially shortened regular season next year.
What does this mean for the Sixers?
How can a team go through so much turnover be prepared for next season?
Coaching
The first and most obvious point would be the Sixers’ new head coach Doc Rivers. In any situation where a team acquires a new head coach, the following offseason is crucial for developing the team’s new style of play, team identity, and overall coaching techniques. This abbreviated offseason will make that even more difficult for Doc.
Doc is already entering a tumultuous position as the Sixers have massively underachieved in recent years. He will need to rely on his veteran players and assistant coaches to make this offseason a successful one.
Players
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With an offseason, comes player movement. This abbreviated offseason will also show an abbreviated period of free agency. That could potentially mean there will be fewer offseason trades than in recent years as well as players being signed to bigger deals due to a lack of time in negotiations.
The Sixers will be very active in free agency and the trade market and will need to rely on the front office (don’t worry, we’ll get to that) to get the job done. The Sixers need to make some moves and bring in some free agents this offseason if they want next season to be a success.
The Front Office
In any other offseason, we could believably see a complete overhaul of the Sixers’ front office. However, with this offseason being cut short, there could be a realistic possibility the team moves forward with the current front office.
Yes, the Sixers have been disappointing. Yes, the front office is partially to blame for that disappointment. But the Sixers organization may not have the time and resources this offseason to make some substantial changes. We need to hope that the front office makes moves that can help the team in the short term without sacrificing the long term.
What challenges do you think the Sixers will face this offseason?
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