Isn't that what rebuilding is? 2,3,4,5 years of "groundhog day" where the team sucks and they lose all the time as they acquire young players thru the draft?


We can already do that. No need to dump Embiid or PG for that. Have you seen us this year? PG is a great tank commander for the next 3 years. Embiid will probly be out all of next year doing experimental surgeries, PG will only play half the games and only be good in 20 of them. We can keep him as a vet and a mentor for the young guys on how to be a professional. PG knows how to put the work in and he'll be a good influence on young guys as far as building good habits.


Then in 3 years when his contract expires, we'll have Maxey and McCain entering their primes with 2-3 young players and max cap space to build around them.


There's zero reason to trade away assets to rebuild when we've already seen that this team is bad enough to get top draft picks as is.




Trading away Maxey or McCain is like trading away SGA or Booker early on, because they were good players who had to suffer thru 3-5 years of a rebuild.


We have two young guys to build around, a solid vet in PG, and all our draft picks after the OKC trade resolves. Embiid won't be healthy anyway, and if he does somehow miraculously get healthy? Then you trade him when you can get positive value and don't have to attach assets to do so.