Even after Tuesday night's debacle – 41 minutes of excellent two-way basketball, followed by a seven-minute cataclysm in a heartbreaking loss to the Chicago Bulls – there is palpable excitement about what the 2025-26 Sixers have been so far and what they could become.

Jared McCain made his season debut on Tuesday night, marking his return to NBA action after more than 10 months on the sidelines. Nine-time All Star Paul George should join him shortly. Joel Embiid is playing more minutes as the year goes on, and the hope is that eventually his minutes restriction will be lifted.

5-2 does not look quite as nice as 6-1, especially when getting set to face a terrific Cleveland Cavaliers team the day after losing a winnable game. But the Sixers entered the season expected to produce more m

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