The Philadelphia 76ers are finally seeing tangible progress after years of rebuilding. Stocked with several talented young players, the team is adding veteran talent and hoping to make strides in the win column.
But while things are looking promising in Philadelphia, team president Bryan Colangelo wants to pump the breaks on any talk about the playoffs.
Following via Scott Howard-Cooper of NBA.com:
“I think any talk of playoffs is getting a little ahead of ourselves,” he told NBA.com. “The East is definitely in flux right now and a lot of changes are happening. A lot of changes are happening to this roster and we’re not going to know what we have until we actually play some games, when we get together in the fall and we go through a camp and we start to play live NBA games. We want to take this a step at a time. We want to go about it the right way, with patience and the proper focus, and the focus is on taking that next step forward.”
The East will likely be even weaker this season as stars like Jimmy Butler and Paul George were traded to the West. That makes a run for the Sixers possible.
But the 76ers are still very young and there are plenty of questions about their players, especially in regards to their health. While the playoffs are attainable for the first time in a long time, they should certainly not be expected.
