the sixers roster is extremely flawed, and its partly by design.
last summer, they wanted to sign lebron and put all their eggs in that basket. because of that, we didnt spend our remaining cap space on quality depth/bench guys. we took on wilson chandler, and that was basically the only addition to the team.
right now, we have 3 all stars, jj redick, and then a bunch of guys who either cant shoot or cant defend. we get cooked by even mediocre point guards/shooting guards if they know how to run a functional pick and roll. when embiid leaves the floor, our defense is one of the worst in the league.
the big issue last year against boston is we didnt have switchable wings who could guard their guys and we didnt have anyone who could create their own offense off the dribble. butler helps on both fronts, but him alone isnt enough.
this summer, after we max butler, we'll have about $20m to spend, $30m if we dump fultz. that money should be spent on actual bench/depth. and i think we'll be able to make noise next season. but short of some kind of blockbuster deal that adds 2/3 high quality bench guys to this current team, the best we'll be able to hope for is the 3 seed and then getting bounced by toronto or boston. toronto absolutely owns us
