Week Six: The Sixers Best Week of Basketball Yet

Nobody is mistaking the 76ers for Jordan's Bulls, but let's not let this week go without taking note of it- the Sixers won two games this week. They also played reasonably well for themselves in the two games they lost. Sure, they beat Minnesota and Detroit, two terrible teams themselves, but they count as NBA wins, and on the road, no less. They lost to San Antonio and Oklahoma City, now back healthy, two teams they have no business even playing. All in all, not a terrible week.

They are 2-18 though, and so we're only really watching for a few players. One of them is Michael Carter-Williams, and my suspicions of him being special are baring out again. The reigning NBA Rookie of the Year is averaging 19.6 PPG, 12.2 APG, and 9.0 RPG over his last five games. He had 15 assists against Detroit, and is generally beginning to show improvement over even last season.

I'm not one to get too excited over a few meaningless wins, but this team needed that. They are 2-18, and with 62 games to go, must go 8-54 to avoid tying the all-time losing mark for an 82 game season. That's still not going to be easy, but one can hope that better days are ahead.