they've been saying this for how long? 100 years? since DR J? stop it. they suck, the gm was stupid and the plan was flawed. you tank for a time. you dont tank FOREVER waiting until one day you get jordan and kobe. what if it doesnt happen year 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. do you still keep tanking? do yall realize tanking that long or with that method is a cop out. its the easy way out for a GM. sure you hope you get lucky the first few years but after that, you have to start making GM moves and moving pieces around to get better players and up coming guys that you see as stars that others do not. its one thing to be a bad team but philly has been intentionally losing their games for the past 3 seasons or so. making sure they are bottom of the pile so they guarantee themselves a top 3 pick. it is bad for the nba and as well as philly.