Bob Myers evaluates Paul George, Joel Embiid as Sixers move forward

When the Sixers do eventually make a new hire to run the basketball operations department, that hire will have to work with Myers and the rest of the staff to decide what needs to be done in terms of George, Embiid, and the rest of the roster--whether that's through the draft, free agency, or trade.

"That's going to be the next leading up to the draft, what do we need to draft?" Myers continued. "What are we missing? What do we not have? And then the question is going to be with what we have, how do we get better with what we have? And the final question is going to be, we got the mid-level exception. What do we do with that? But back to the other point, I want to partner with somebody that I can have those discussions with in a meaningful way, and I'm going to have those discussions with potential candidates and ask them that question. I don't have that answer today, but our job is to have that answer."

As the Sixers move forward, the goal and focus will be on improving. That is the operative word around these parts: improvement. Whether George and Embiid are in that equation, which they probably will be, but the Sixers will want to improve as a group.

"It was fascinating to hear from the current staff that I saw yesterday (Wednesday) in Chicago, what was said at the exit interviews? I find that very impactful," Myers finished. "I'm not going to tell you. That's not fair. All of it matters, all these conversations, all the things you learn about an organization when the game is over and you go in the locker room, and you talk to the players, you talk to the coach, talk to the training staff, what happened this season? Until we get all of that. Not going to say we've got the answers to that question, but I do know this. We have to get better. Find a way to get better."

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