Sixers would make another good move by adding Mike D'Antoni

ByAMIN ELHASSAN
December 18, 2015, 9:07 PM

— -- With reports surfacing that the Sixers are moving toward hiring Mike D'Antoni as associate head coach, the Sixers continue their week of the right sort of headlines -- ones that don't involve historical incompetence or police blotter material.

As the rest of the league has transitioned to the sort of pick-and-roll heavy, pace-and-space offense championed by D'Antoni's Suns a decade ago, it makes sense for Philadelphia to enlist the man who basically created the playbook from which everyone has lifted.

Sixers offense

Philadelphia is dead last in the league in offensive efficiency, scoring under 91.7 points per 100 possessions. This not only marks the third consecutive year the Sixers have occupied this spot, but a steady deterioration in efficiency during those three years (from 96.8 to 93.0 to the current 91.7). The 2015-16 mark is also the lowest offensive rating in over a decade, lower than even the all-time worst win percentage team of all-time, the 7-win Charlotte Bobcats of the 2011-12 lockout season.

A large portion of this offensive ineptitude can be directly tied to the dearth of NBA-caliber talent on the roster -- it really doesn't matter what offensive system you run, if you don't have players, it won't work. But the Sixers could stand to revamp their sets to utilize the little talent they have for more favorable situations. With the Philly debut of Kendall Marshall on Friday night, they finally have an NBA-caliber point guard running the show.