During the offseason, the Philadelphia 76erstried to make things work between their stars including James Harden, whosigned a new deal worth less money than before to open up some cap space to build up a championship-contender team.However, their only major new signing was37-year-old PJ Tucker.
So, head coach Doc Rivers had to work with the guys that were already in the team. But its not likethe team itself is bad. In fact, throughout this year’s preseason, the Sixers went unbeatenagainst the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the Brooklyn Nets. However, thosebig-time performances haven’t showed up in the regular season so far.
In fact, James Harden has put up massive performances through the start of the 2022-2023 NBA Season. In the first two games, Harden put up 35 and 31 points, respectively. But against the Spurs, the2018MVP award winner, pulled up only 12 points.On the other hand, Joel Embiid finally showed up with 40 points in their last game, after two quiet performances against the contenders.
NBA News: Doc Rivers gets real on his Sixers’ performance through the opening week
Despitethe Philadelphia 76ers had two tough opening-season games against the Boston Celtics on the road, and against the Milwaukee Bucks at home, it was unlikelyfor the Sixers to lose against the San Antonio Spurs in the third matchup. So,head coach Doc Rivers had some words to say about their performance throughthat last game.
“We’re not ready yet, honestly. We’re just not. We’re not ready to win yet. You can feel that. We got a lot of work to do. Its almost like we play this first two gameshard, competed, and felt like we can win games, now. You still have to go out and earnthe game, no oneis just going to give you the win. You have to go get it. You have to do it a lot, every night. Youcan’t pick and choose when we’re going to show up.”at at a press conference said the 2008 NBAChampion with the Boston Celticsas thehead coach.
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Now, the Sixers will have to facethe Indiana Pacers, the Chicago Bulls, and a back-to-back matchup against the Toronto Raptors before the end of month. As it seems, it is likely that the Sixers will get at least one win, butanything can happen.