Until Ben Simmons is willing to give all of himself on the court, the Sixers look like a second-round playoff team, Dan Roche of NBC Sports Philadelphia says.

After Josh Harris fired Devils general manager Ray Shero because his team wasn’t winning enough, will he eventually feel the same way about the Sixers?

Halfway through the regular season, the Sixers have yet to arrive upon a dependable identity for a variety of reasons. They look a bit desperate in their search for one.

One of the few positives from Monday’s game was that T.J. McConnell was mic’d up. The results were pure gold.

Three-point shooting. Late-game miscues. Struggles on the road. All three have been issues for the Sixers and all three were present in their 101-95 loss to the Pacers Monday.

There’s been plenty of consternation about the Sixers’ perimeter shooting, but that’s not the biggest reason their offense has been worse than it was last season.

For the first time in his career, Josh Richardson on Monday was named Eastern Conference Player of the Week. Especially with Joel Embiid out, he has a valuable role as the team’s “mortar.”

The Wizards’ Davis Bertans has been having an elite shooting season and the Sixers have reportedly “emerged as suitors,” but could they make an offer that is attractive to Washington?

There will be other options and plenty of other names they’ll be linked to, but the Sixers could do much worse than landing the Pistons’ Luke Kennard or Langston Galloway, or both.

The Sixers held Luka Doncic to 4 for 15 shooting and took 19 more shots than the Mavericks on Saturday night but had their worst shooting performance of the season in a 109-91 loss in Dallas.

Joel Embiid had successful surgery Friday afternoon in New York, a team source told NBC Sports Philadelphia.

Given the situation with his contract, the Sixers should make a call soon on backup big man Norvel Pelle, who seems to have skills that translate well to the NBA.

With Joel Embiid out, this is the type of situation the Sixers signed Al Horford for — and the veteran big was the version GM Elton Brand paid for Thursday night.