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I went down a rabbit hole curious how the 76ers went from one of the greatest teams ever, to adding Barkley yet never winning again. Saw in Barkley's second year when they were most poised to make a run due to Barkley establishing himself is when Andrew Toney sustained his foot injury that fukked the rest of his career. And then Moses Malone sustained an eye injury near the end of the season and caused him to miss the playoffs where they still took a damn good Milwaukee team to seven games without it.
Then what blew my mind is reading that they traded Moses Malone, an all-time great who was only 30 and coming off an all-star season where he still finished 10th in MVP voting along with sending out two first round picks for Jeff Ruland (coming off a broken foot) and Cliff Robinson. Ruland played 5 games before sustaining injury and retiring for 4 years. Robinson played a total of 140 games over the next for year for the 76ers.
Then on top of that, on the same day they traded the #1 overall pick (which Cavs used to draft Brad Daughtery) for Roy Hinson who played a year and a half for the 76ers before they traded them away.
www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com
Can anyone think of a worse offseason for a team that set a franchise back years, especially those with a star like Barkley?
I'm a homer but one that comes to mind is the Lakers immediately blowing all their free agency money at free agency opening to sign Lou Deng and Timofey Mozgov.
Then what blew my mind is reading that they traded Moses Malone, an all-time great who was only 30 and coming off an all-star season where he still finished 10th in MVP voting along with sending out two first round picks for Jeff Ruland (coming off a broken foot) and Cliff Robinson. Ruland played 5 games before sustaining injury and retiring for 4 years. Robinson played a total of 140 games over the next for year for the 76ers.
Then on top of that, on the same day they traded the #1 overall pick (which Cavs used to draft Brad Daughtery) for Roy Hinson who played a year and a half for the 76ers before they traded them away.
Moses Malone trade was just part of a dark day in Sixers history
In 1985-86, the Sixers finished the season 54-28 and took the Milwaukee Bucks to seven games in the second round. Moses Malone, who missed the playoffs because of an orbital fracture, made his ninth straight All-Star team, posting 23.8 points and 11.8 rebounds a game. Yet, a year removed from...
www.nbcsportsphiladelphia.com
Can anyone think of a worse offseason for a team that set a franchise back years, especially those with a star like Barkley?
I'm a homer but one that comes to mind is the Lakers immediately blowing all their free agency money at free agency opening to sign Lou Deng and Timofey Mozgov.
