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The two core members cannot make a comeback, and the future of the two young core members is uncertain! Should the 76ers choose to rebuild?

7:46am, 28 September 2025Basketball

The new NBA season is about to begin. Compared with the fiercely competitive Western District, the East will have a clear structure next season. Only the Cavaliers and the Knicks have the ability to compete for the championship. Moreover, compared with several Western giants, the Cavaliers' ceiling (Mitchell) is not high enough, and the Knicks core Brunson also has problems with offense and defense shortcomings in the high-end game. The other teams, the Bucks, are shaking, and are all supported by Antetokounmpo. Although the team's management signed a large number of instant combat power at various bargains this summer, Antetokounmpo still lacks a stable partner. Because of Tatum's serious injury, the Celtics chose to regain their energy. The 76ers, who have remained in the top five levels of the Eastern Conference in the past few years, chose to play directly last season. What about the new season?

76ers won Edgecomm with a scattered pick in this summer's draft. Including Maxi + McCain, they have also accumulated enough young core strength to rebuild, but the most difficult problem for the team is the maximum salary contract between George and Embiid. The 76ers recently opened training camps, but they were hit hard. First of all, famous reporter Charania reported that although Embiid has been training with the team, the team cannot accurately grasp Embiid's comeback schedule. Their locker room and coaching staff also accumulated a lot of frustration due to Embiid's attendance, and no one knew his dynamics (similar to Leonard). In the original words of the reporter of the team, Embiid's knee injury has a sustainable impact. He may feel good the first day, but he is immediately unwell the next day and cannot continue the game!

, and Paul George, the second highest-paid team, is also unable to make a comeback immediately in the new season. During the offseason, George underwent left knee arthroscopy. According to the expectations of the US media, George can choose to make a comeback at the beginning of the new season. George himself emphasized in an interview: The training intensity can be increased at the current stage, and the swelling of the knee has been fading, but the confrontational training cannot be completed, and there is no clear medical license to comeback timetable! George himself is full of confidence: I am still the Paul George signed by the 76ers. I think I am still full of potential and play at a high level. It is expected that the role of a power forward with the ball will be added in the new season. George's salary in the new season is $51.67 million, with $162 million left in three years.

Embid's salary in the new season is $55.22 million, with 4 years remaining. From the top 100 players in the new season given by ESPN, the 76ers, the two leading core players have fallen to the level of about 50 in the league, but there is also a big premise here: in health conditions. If you can't stay healthy, then all are 0! Building on the situation where neither of the two core players can make a comeback immediately in the new season, who else is in the 76ers lineup? Last year, McCain, the team's No. 16th pick, suffered a torn collateral ligament on the left thumb during training. He is expected to miss 4-6 weeks and may not be able to catch up with the early game of the new season. At the same time, the US media raised their own concerns: McCain is indeed a potential stock worth cultivating, but he suffered a knee meniscus tear in the rookie season and a thumb tear in the offseason.

It is difficult for him to stay healthy! The biggest problem that troubles the 76ers is 25-year-old Grimes. After coming to the 76ers last season, the performance shocked everyone, averaging 21.9 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game, with comprehensive data. Similar to Kumingga, Grimes has been fighting for a contract with an average salary of $25 million during the offseason, but the 76ers only gave three options: a quotation of 8.7 million in one year; a 4-year and $39 million guarantee contract; of course, if Grimes is willing to give up the veto of the transaction, the 76ers can provide a 1-year and $19 million short-term contract, which is the last attitude of the 76ers. According to famous reporter Fischer, if the contract provided by the 76ers could not satisfy Grimes, he, like Kumingga, signed a qualification offer and left with a determined heart.

Finally, Maxi led the team alone, leading the young Tanhua Show Edgecom to level up. In fact, the 76ers are not weak on paper. Even the US media said that if the 76ers' core members remain healthy, they will definitely have a chance to reach the top four in the Eastern Conference. But the reality is that the estimated ranking of the 76ers in the new season is still outside the 12th place in the East. George has no trading market. His only motivation for the new season is to strive to play data that matches his value, so that he will not wait until next summer, the 76ers will be forced to take the worst measures: extend the five-year buyout of the remaining two-year contract, so George will really become a dislike for thousands of people. Embiid complains about himself, is dissatisfied with the team, is dissatisfied with the media, and even is dissatisfied with his teammates (those who have been looking for someone to leak secrets in the locker room), and his mentality is already very bad.

My Fairy Brother McCain was placed with high expectations but could not stay healthy. Grimes has the first option to become the team's wing in the future, but the team's salary space is limited at the moment, and there are still many uncertainties in the future, such as Edgecomb's growth ceiling, when will the team decide to completely knock down and rebuild, etc. Various factors have led to the 76ers becoming a four-way team, no matter which direction they choose, it is wrong. Since the general manager of the 76ers took office, the team has become a mess and should have left! And the 76ers should be rebuilt as soon as possible.

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