As for the other club with Eastern Conference contender dreams at the start of the season, perhaps the less said about the 76ers the better. “What a mess,” said a front office source. “It all starts with (Joel) Embiid and what’s going on with him physically and otherwise, but take a step back and look at all the guys they’ve run through there in the last few years hoping something sticks. Harden, Jimmy Butler, now PG (Paul George)… that contract they gave Tobias Harris? “Teams around the league are looking at their roster now, wondering who they might be able to pick off around the edges, because it looks like they’re headed for some bigger changes.”