Veteran NBA Star Shares Candid Thoughts on 76ers Struggles This Season
The Philadelphia 76ers have now lost eight straight games after falling in blowout fashion at home last night to the Chicago Bulls, 142-110. This puts Philadelphia at a 20-37 overall record through the 2024-25 NBA season, the sixth-worst record in the league. Plus, with back-to-back-losses to Chicago and the Brooklyn Nets, Philly’s Play-In chances are continuing to slip away as Chicago and Brooklyn were the two teams ahead of Philadelphia that the Sixers could catch in the standings. Now, Philadelphia sits in 12th place in the Eastern Conference, one game back of the 11th-seeded Nets and two and a half games back of the 10th-seed Bulls, who currently hold the final spot in the Eastern Conference Play-In Tournament. After the game, 76ers star Paul George expressed his frustration on the lack of competitiveness this Philadelphia team has displayed as of late.
After last night’s loss to Chicago, George was asked in the locker room about his frustrations towards the lack of success Philly has had after the NBA All-Star Break, as the Sixers are 0-3 since coming back from the break. “I mean, we’ve shown no sign of a team that will compete. And, you know, we just don’t have, you know, the habits of a champion or a playoff-contending team would have.” George didn’t hold anything back following the 32-point loss at home to a 23-35 Chicago Bulls squad. Philadelphia looks lost and hopeless on the court, and it just seems like the players know at this point that the playoffs are slipping away. “To be honest, right now, it’s a little far-fetched,” George later said in the locker room. “You know, all we can do is work hard and try to just keep going for one another, but we’ve shown no signs of, forget championship, but, playoff-contending, you know, team here.”
George is in the midst of one of the worst seasons of his NBA career. After inking a four-year, $212 million contract with Philadelphia this past summer, George is averaging his worst scoring numbers since the 2014-15 season when the star was with the Indiana Pacers. The 34-year-old is sitting at 16.2 points per game on 43.2% shooting from the field and 35.5% from three-point range. George isn’t getting any younger, and he’s understandably not going to be patient with the 76ers’ front office if the franchise continues to lose. George came to Philadelphia to win now, and it looks like he just wants to get out of the depression that is the 76ers’ 2024-25 season at this point.
