The story of a dead project: Joel Embiid and Paul George's Sixers

That the Los Angeles Clippers, who today are more of an elephant graveyard than a team with real championship aspirations, decided not to renew Paul George for what he was asking for, was a clear sign that something was not right within the team. 

It wasn't the only issue: his performance declining year after year was confirmed in a past season that could be described as the worst of his career. We know that Daryl Morey plays hardball, and last summer he did it again. He attracted the only available All-Star star: precisely Paul George. He created a Big Three alongside Joel Embiid and a Tyrese Maxey who had made a great leap in his game. He had won the summer market: he had achieved what he wanted.

The problem is that what he wanted relied on 2 difficult premises to fulfill: that Embiid and PG would stay healthy. And those premises have not been met. It's March, and neither of the two will return to play this season. The Sixers are sinking in the standings, but not enough to aim for the number 1 draft pick. They are an absolute disaster that currently has neither present nor future.

As we say, Morey played hard. It paid off for him other times, but this time it seems he's out of luck. 

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