From the Archives: The History of "The Process"
It wasn’t even a year ago that I wrote my History of “The Process” — and oh how things have changed in Philadelphia. Tonight the 76ers will host the Knicks in Game 6, hoping to avoid elimination again after pulling off a miracle in Game 5. In some ways, this series has been very familiar for Sixers superstar Joel Embiid: yet another mysterious health issue, and conspicuous absence in big moments.
But in another way, this series has been different. While Embiid has generally been well-liked across the league, he has turned into a villain, with a bunch of dirty plays.
If Philadelphia doesn’t win tonight, it’s quite possible they would trade Embiid — which would, as I wrote last year, be the final, complete, and official end of “The Process.” How did we get here?