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Team Previews: Philadelphia 76ers 2012-13

Perry Missner

Perry Missner

Missner covers the NBA, college football and college basketball for RotoWire. A veteran fantasy sports writer, Missner also serves as treasurer for the Fantasy Sports Writers Association.

STATE OF THE FRANCHISE
Coming off their most successful season since 2002-03 when Allen Iverson led the team, the 76ers decided that middling success was not enough. Despite winning their first playoff series in nine years by beating the Derrick Rose-less Bulls, the 76ers made major changes to the roster including trading the team’s best player Andre Iguodala for Andrew Bynum and Jason Richardson as part of the deal that netted the Lakers Dwight Howard. The team also lost its top scorer from last season when Lou Williams (14.9 points) left as a free agent for Atlanta. In addition, Elton Brand went to Dallas as a free agent.

The franchise is rolling the dice with Bynum, the oft-injured, uber-talented center, who spent the last seven years with the Lakers. The key question to the season may be how Bynum and coach Doug Collins, who is known for his intensity, are able to get along. It should also be noted that Collins has never coached a team for more than four year

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