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Message: [QUOTE="auror, post: 2072148, member: 1329"] I think it's certainly reasonable to accept SOME losing after your front office screws your team into oblivion and you clean house and replace. I think what you don't understand is that the 76ers WERE winning. Their goal was not to win NBA games, but to get assets so that they could win NBA championships in the future, and in that regard losing actually HELPED. If you adopt that mindset, then it's easier to accept the court results. The 76ers won essentially every trade they made during the tanking period, too. In addition, you must look beyond results-oriented thinking and understand that the 76ers used the most reliable legal method they could to succeed in the longterm starting where they were in the aftermath of the unspeakably bad Bynum trade. They would have been bad for 5-10 years regardless. They had no clear avenues to improve their team to contend in the future. But the method Hinkie employed doesn't guarantee success, only makes it more likely. It was the right method. Will they succeed in the future? They're certainly in a really good spot. I think they'll win go to a conference finals within 4 years. The comparison to Boston is unfair because Boston started at a championship caliber team level with assets other teams wanted. Ainge did a terrific job and was able to parlay those assets in an almost unparalleled fashion to rebuild quickly. The Brooklyn trade is one of the greatest trades of all time. Both franchises are in the top 5 of "teams best positioned to win a title 3-5 years from now" [/QUOTE]

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