Michael Carter-Williams: 'Losing Is Absolutely Brutal'
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) --- The Sixers are often perceived to be in the midst of a "double-tank." Meaning, for the second consecutive year, the team is trying to lose in order to achieve better draft picks and acquire young talent.
While that may very well be the philosophy of the front-office, make no mistake, the players that go out each and every night and play the games, are dying for wins.
The Sixers' 11th overall pick in 2013 and reigning NBA Rookie of the Year Michael Carter-Williams, expressed that sentiment in a first-person blog post for Derek Jeter's new Player's Tribune blog on Thursday.
"You can question my shooting," Carter-Williams wrote in the article. "You can question my ceiling. Just don't question if I'm giving my all every single night. Don't talk to me about tanking."
The Sixers have started the season 0-7 and Carter-Williams, who has not yet laced 'em up due to a shoulder injury, is expected to make his return on Thursday night. MCW wrote that he watches The Ellen Degeneres Show every day with his step-father, to help him deal with losses.
The 6'6" point-guard also wrote about how last year during the Sixers' 26-game losing streak, his team became a national story, for the wrong reasons. Unfortunately, for the media, the Sixers beat the Pistons and avoided setting a NBA record for the most consecutive losses.
"The media creates this narrative and repeats it over and over," Carter-Williams wrote. "That's how Stephen A. Smith ends up in our locker room with a big smile on his face. I'm not picking on him. I know he's playing a character. He knows he's playing a character. But what happens when we break the streak by going out and beating Detroit that night? Now it's another story.
"After the game, a lot of the reporters didn't even stick around. The ones that did weren't prepared. They didn't ask us about the specifics of the game. They made up questions on the spot, like, "Uh, hey, you guys won … so how do you feel?"
Read MCW's full piece here.
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