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PHILADELPHIA — When a team with so much expectation for a season goes through 82 games and wins 24 of them, the next year can go a couple of ways. The spiral could continue. The frustration can linger. And almost everything can fall apart. Or maybe reinforcements can be made and lessons can be learned.
Either way, the Philadelphia 76ers’ nightmare of last season will be remembered by almost everyone who experienced it.
The Sixers don’t want a repeat. The principal characters involved have made this clear since training camp. But that’s what camp is for, to elicit hope. What speaks louder is how a team plays when the regular season b

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