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.
To best understand the injury in general terms, 97.3 talked to Dr. John Salvo, MD. Dr. Salvo is a Sports Medicine Surgeon at Rothman Orthopaedic Institute. He's also one of Rothman's team physicians for the Philadelphia Eagles.