Sunday stats: Budding partnership of Paul George, VJ Edgecombe could unlock best version of these Sixers

Sunday stats: Budding partnership of Paul George, VJ Edgecombe could unlock best version of these Sixers

If Sixers head coach Nick Nurse gives his third- and fourth-best players enough time to take command of bench lineups, his team may reach peak form.

VJ Edgecombe Has Become the Sixers' Glue

The concept of “tanking” will forever be met with pushback over the competitive integrity of the sport. But organizations will always be willing to sacrifice a season to get a franchise-altering player that shifts their direction over the course of the next decade. This was the calculus that the Sixers landed on as last year’s season began to slip toward disaster. With Joel Embiid and Paul George’s injury issues flaring up, they elected to maxim…