Paul George On Woeful 76ers After 8th Straight Loss: 'showing No Signs Of A Team That Will Compete'

Yes, the Philadelphia 76ers played without two-time NBA scoring champion and the always-injured Joel Embiid . Yes, they haven't been a playoff contender this season, even with two other All-Stars in the starting lineup.

Yet, there it was, on the scoreboard, on all the social media derision, on the top of the implausibility-meter when the 76ers broke camp for the Bahamas.

That was no misprint on the ticker in the fourth quarter: Bulls 136, 76ers 86.

Down 50!

Did the Sixers quit? Do the Sixers realize - with or without whatever Embiid and his balky left knee can give them - their season is over?