The Sixers were the first team to get on the board on trade deadline day, swinging a deal to acquire sharpshooter Buddy Hield from the Indiana Pacers on Thursday morning.
Cobbling together a couple of role players who can each do one or two things quite well is a reasonable way to find the light at the end of Philadelphia's tunnel.
With each passing regular-season game, Joel Embiid does something to inch closer to the pantheon that is the Mount Rushmore of NBA big men.
And with each passing postseason, you're left wondering if that's all he'll ever be - an all-time dynamo of wins over the course of 82, but a super-sized Tracy McGrady over the course of four playoff rounds.
And so, on the day that he was expected back at practice in anticipation of a potential season debut on Thursday, James Harden is instead packing his bags for Los Angeles.