The Philadelphia 76ers are in the middle of an unprecedented multi-year teardown of their team in the name of future draft picks, high or low.
Got an annoying, expensive player on your team that you want to unload? Send him along with the right draft pick and the 76ers will take on your problem! Need a promising young point guard or an athletic freak of a forward? They can be yours! Just send toss over some of those sweet, sweet draft picks.
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In all, it was a great day in 76ers tanking history. The team traded away two of its most promising young players, reigning Rookie of the Year Michael Carter-Williams and the athletic freak otherwise known as K.J. McDaniels, and in return received JaVale McGee, Isaiah Canaan and draft picks. A separate Sixerian deal that was never finalized would have sent the Sixers Chase Budinger (who would have been bought out, not played, LOL) as well as, you guessed it, some more draft picks.
But for a moment, let us not talk of such details. It is time to mourn the brief moment on Feb. 19, 2015, when the 76ers almost accidentally obtained an NBA-caliber player.
