Imagine being dealt good cards in a game of poker. You like the two cards you’re holding and you feel good about your chances to win the hand before seeing the flop. The flop comes out and all of a sudden, your chances of winning the hand have greatly diminished.
There’s a good chance you overvalued the strength of your hand pre-flop, but the flop only lowered your chances of success. The cost of staying in the hand after the flop is not exorbitant, and there’s still a chance, albeit a somewhat slim chance, that the turn or river cards enable you to win the hand.
Would you stay in the hand to at least see the turn or would you fold?
Where do the Sixers rank?
This is basically the position the Sixers were in at the end of the 2024-25 season. Did they overvalue how good of a roster they might have had entering the year? Perhaps a little. As the season played out, it became clear that their roster was not going to be able to withstand the seemingly always ascending number of injuries they were saddled with. But, most of the important players are still under contract for next season.
The opportunity still exists, however unlikely it may be, for a turnaround to take place. Next year’s roster shouldn’t have as much injury bad luck as this year’s roster dealt with. The front office will also have an offseason to add more depth that might make it easier to endure whatever injuries take place next season. If you’re reading this and becoming skeptical, that’s more than understandable.