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New Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations Mike Gansey isn’t sugarcoating things when it comes to the current state of the team.
At his introductory press conference with the Sixers, Gansey made it clear that the team to rejoin the legitimate contender conversation in the Eastern Conference.
Mike Gansey Says 76ers ‘Not a Championship-Caliber Team’ Right Now
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Considering the fact that they were swept in the Eastern Conference semifinals by the New York Knicks, Gansey doesn’t view the Sixers as a championship-caliber team at this point in time, but he vowed to do everything in his power to change that.
“We have Joel [Embiid]. I’ve had a lot of good conversations with him so far, excited to meet with him this week. With him and the roster that we have, that’s who we have. We got to get those guys on the floor. We got to create an identity and just get them to play basketball. … We’re excited to see what we can build,” Gansey said.
“They got swept in the second round, so it’s not a championship-caliber team right now, but we’re going to work on that. … We’re going to do everything we can to bring players in here that fit, and that obviously can help. We got a great staff here, and we’re going to do everything we can to get the best players in here to help us get to the mountaintop.”
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