Philadelphia Sixers: Their decline in 2010 NBA Season

This has been an uneventful season for the Philadelphia Sixers. Since the All-Star Game in Dallas, they have lost nine of eleven games and are two and a half games out of the Eastern Conference playoff race. Since then, they have decided to let Allen Iverson walk away from the game of basketball, knowing that he's done quite a bit for the Sixers organization and should attend to his matters off the court and to his family. The word 'retirement' should be used when referring to Iverson's departure form the basketball world. As a unit, the Sixers have not played like a cohesion, a team that knows who is its leader and playing basketball with a purpose. Philadelphia coach Eddie Jordan says it is Andre Iguodala's duty to step up as being the floor leader for the Sixers on and off the court. Iguodala played it off, saying he is here to play basketball the best he can possibly play. Elton Brand, the Sixers' primary offensive threat is glad to be part of a Sixers team that has Iguodala and rising stars such as Jrue Holiday, Louis Williams, and Thaddeus Young. He says he has no regrets leaving the lackluster star-studded LA Clippers and Brand's role in the Sixers offense has faded. The Sixers have no identity playing as a team on offense and on defense. If anything, they are not playing as a cohesive unit. That said, the Sixers will need to retool in the offseason. I'm not sure what they can do to get better, I'm thinking just work with the players you have.