The Process keeps progressing with Joel Embiid after Tobias Harris exits for the Sixers

Having preached against The Process for these 11 years, it delivers me no small measure of delight when the Sixers inevitably falter every spring. Losing on purpose to game the system created a culture of losing, and the Sixers have mastered the art of the springtime collapse against every decent opponent they've faced, assuming you consider the 2021 Atlanta Hawks decent. As such, it is a rite of springtime sportswriting in Philadelphia to review how The Process is going. It's fair — generous, even — to define The Process as a plan that emphasized losing on purpose for four straight years to maximize the chances of getting high draft choices who would have the best chance of developing into star players.