The Philadelphia 76ers are as soon as once more coming into an offseason crammed with uncertainty after one other disappointing playoff exit, and newly appointed government Bob Myers made it clear the group is taking a tough take a look at every part.
Myers addressed the state of the 76ers following the firing of former president of basketball operations Daryl Morey and the franchise’s second-round sweep towards the New York Knicks, talking Thursday alongside managing associate Josh Harris.
“I consider that adage,” Myers mentioned when discussing how troublesome it’s to go from being a superb crew to a championship crew. “As a result of once you’re dangerous, you possibly can strive something, and if it doesn’t work, you’re nonetheless dangerous. However should you’re good, it’s a must to threat one thing to go to nice. … You threat making a mistake and falling again to dangerous.”
He later added: “It’s a tough take a look at every part. It’s a tough take a look at whoever we rent, and we’ll place it on them. It’s a tough take a look at what I’ve skilled and what I do know that makes a championship crew. Nevertheless it’s additionally a query to our gamers: ‘Do you need to get uncomfortable?’ As a result of it takes an amazing degree of uncomfortability to win a championship.”
One of many greatest speaking factors from Philadelphia’s season was the controversial commerce that despatched Jared McCain to the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder on the deadline, which Myers addressed.
“I like Daryl,” he mentioned. “I’m not going to disparage Daryl right here right now. I believe he did a advantageous job, and I believe he’s a superb particular person. … What I’ll let you know is that was a couple of months in the past. Proper now now we have the twenty second decide. Our job is to get that proper.
“Now we have three second-round picks from it. … We ought to be graded on the last word results of transactions like that. However I perceive. I made draft picks the place we acquired an ‘F’ instantly, 10 minutes after the draft. F! And I used to be like, ‘How do they comprehend it’s an F? I imply, the man hasn’t even performed.’”
Myers continued, addressing the reporter who requested the preliminary query: “However your job and all people’s job is to react. I completely perceive that. Our job is to make a commerce. There’ll be a response, it’ll be optimistic or damaging, however that commerce isn’t carried out. And our job is to guarantee that on our finish of the commerce, we do a superb job with drafting one of the best participant at 22.”
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