Philadelphia 76ers: Should They Settle For Mediocrity Or Rebuild The Roster?

The Philadelphia 76ers currently reside at a record of 23-26 and hold the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference, two games behind the Knicks for the sixth slot. Now, I don’t know if you have noticed, but is this not the same thing every year? If you answered “yes” to this question, you are 100 percent right. In the past decade, the Sixers have only broken .500 just three times and it was in the early 2000s. The last time they broke an even record was in 2004-2005 season, where they were just three games above average. Basically, ever since Iverson left, the Sixers have been on a major downfall. For the past six years, the Sixers have either made the playoffs as the six or seven seed, or they just didn’t make them at all. And when they make the playoffs, they lose in the first round. Not only do they lose in the first round every year, but it also gives them that dreadful mid-first round pick come draft time. With these picks the Sixers have gotten players li...