Seems like a lot of you are hoping the Sixers still have offseason business to conduct.
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With the NBA Draft behind us and Summer League games being played this week in Las Vegas, we asked our readers in the latest 76ers Reacts Survey how they were feeling about the Sixers’ offseason so far.
The results are in, and fans are actually pretty divided on this one.
The top response with 39% of the vote was “need to see more” which, frankly, is fair. Summer League is really not an accurate representation of anything and there’s still just so many question marks with this Philadelphia team. Will they reach an agreement with Quentin Grimes? Will Joel Embiid and/or Paul George be healthy enough to play at the start of the season? Are there any other moves left in the tank from Daryl Morey?
Right behind those wanting to see what happens next is those that “loved the draft, hated free agency” with 30% of the vote. (I’ll be honest, I thought this was going to be far and away the winner here.) The Sixers picked up VJ Edgecombe with the No. 3 overall pick and Johni Broome with No. 35, both of which were relatively well-received. The free agency decisions, however, have raised a lot of eyebrows. The Sixers added more youth with 24-year-old Trendon Watford, but also re-signed a number of players toward the end of their career such as 39-year-old Kyle Lowry and 36-year-old Eric Gordon. They also lost Guerschon Yabusele to the New York Knicks as a free agent and are still in limbo with Grimes. It’s just really been a mixed bag of a few months (or years, honestly) for this organization.
A quarter of our readers that voted said they “hate” the Sixers’ offseason so far. The Sixers currently sit as lucky No. 13 in FanDuel’s odds to win the 2025-26 NBA Championship at +3600. The favorite Oklahoma City Thunder, for comparison, have +260 odds. So, the outlook could be worse, but it could also be a hell of a lot better.
I do appreciate the positivity of the 6% of voters who just “love” this Sixers’ offseason. I’ll have one of whatever they’re drinking.