I'd hope they don't give Beal or anyone like that a max. Giving good players great-player money in an effort to not be terrible is not a strategy that has ever worked in any meaningful way. It is not the gameplan of teams that want to win. It is the gameplan of teams that want to make the playoffs and get eliminated in the first or second round so they can bring in a round or two of playoff revenue.
If they give multiple max deals out to good-but-not-great players they're going to be right back to where they were with the Iggy-Jrue-Thad-Lou-Brand teams, which is a place your current ownership claims to not want to be.
I know people don't like tanking, but it's the way the system is built, and until that changes, you can't blame teams for going all-in on that strategy. The fact is that Philly has had some bad luck with the ping-pong balls. #3 twice in a row drafts where Wiggins and Towns were the #1s. You get just one of those guys, you're having a different conversation right now. Meanwhile Minny gets to have both of them. It's unfortunate for Philly.
But nonetheless you need a #1 option in this league and save for a few teams that are adept at pulling in star FAs, the draft is the way to get one. Unless Kevin Durant loses his mind and picks Philly over the many better options he has, Philly doesn't have a choice but to keep tanking if they want to eventually be a contender.
They should maybe move Okafor and Noel while they still have some value though. Embiid seems to getting close to finally being able to play, so they should probably see what they have in him before making any decisions about him.
