Yeah, this is actually one of the times that ripping Philly is completely off-base.

Apparently “help the Sixers transition into full-on tank mode over the last third of the season” is Latin for “give more playing time to arguably the second-best rookie in the league while gaining a draft pick out of it.”

Exactly. This is a win for both teams. The Hawks got some help and the Sixers freed up minutes for Saric who is part of the future with an added benefit of picking up some long shot quality in the future drafts.

As a Sixers fan, Ilyasova was hard to watch between apathetic defense and randomly pulling up early in the shot clock. Opening the starting 4 spot for Dario seemed like an obvious move that needed to happen given how they’ve looked since Christmas