Many Philadelphia 76ers fans were perplexed when the front office made the decision to give veteran point guard Kyle Lowry another one-year contract. Daryl Morey promised during the team’s exit interviews last season that the team would get younger, but he and his cohorts went ahead and welcomed him back anyway.
It’s almost forty years old, and it’s very clear that the 76ers didn’t sign Lowry as a real NBA player for them — not that he’s still capable of functioning as one anyway. As can be deduced from their first game against the Celtics, which ended in a signature victory thanks to the heroics of VJ Edgecombe and Tyrese Maxey, the team will treat the former All-Star as a quasi-assistant coach this season.
That’s exactly where the confusion lies with the 76ers and Lowry. The latter also seems to have come to terms with the fact that he will no longer be sniffing the hardwood under non-supernatural circumstances, but the front office wasted a useful roster spot to play house for someone they could have kept anyway, but in a different capacity, e.g. factual assistant coach.
Instead, the 76ers gave in to their old ways, missing another opportunity to potentially implement a cheap mini-solution to their gaming problem.
The 76ers could have signed Spencer Dinwiddie if not for Kyle Lowry
Spencer Dinwiddie, who saw his market dry up this summer before being cut by the Hornets at the end of preseason, will reportedly abroad to play basketball during the 2025-2026 circuit.
He was an essential part of a competitive team last season, so it is certainly surprising that no team wanted his services. Well, the 76ers could have been in that position, enjoying what he could have given for probably just the veteran’s minimum, but thanks to Lowry, now he is.
Although never an efficiency expert, Dinwiddie is a more than respectable facilitator. He has great size for his position, and a streamlined role would have diluted his shortcomings.
The 76ers need more depth in the backcourt to alleviate Jared McCain’s absence and for overall safety therein, and Dinwiddie would have made a lot more sense than Lowry, or even Eric Gordon, for that reason.
That’s why this was such a big bummer, because their counterproductive decision to go with Lowry has essentially blocked the windows for them to install depth pieces at point guard.
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