There will be no Process 2.0 here, a half-season tank to ensure Philly retains its '25 first-round pick and lives to fight another season.

The Philadelphia 76ers could line up their Joel Embiid succession plan at the top of the 2025 NBA Draft, but it will require some luck — and perhaps some more deliberate tanking.

Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid has played just 13 games this season. With injuries costing him the first two seasons of his career after being selected third overall in the 2014 NBA draft, Embiid has often struggled to stay on the floor.