Jimmy Butler, Paul George, James Harden among All-Stars failed to win a title in Philly. Can LeBron?

The 76ers tried. Oh, how they tried, to find that missing All-Star, that missing piece they could team with Joel Embiid and a rotating cast of starters and that could finally lead the franchise to an NBA championship.

Jimmy Butler. Paul George. James Harden. Tobias Harris. Al Horford.

Nothing more now in Philly than throwback jerseys in the back of some teenager’s closet.

Josh Harris bought the team in 2011 and not even a year later the Sixers made the first splash of his tenure with a blockbuster deal when they landed All-Star big man Andrew Bynum in a trade with the Lakers.

Bynum with his achy knees never played a game with the Sixers. Butler, Harden and most of the rest certainly had their moments, yet they not only failed to win a championship in Philadelphia, but they also could not get the Sixers even out of the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs.

That doesn’t even count the draft night disappointments since Harris’ first draft in 2012. Ben Simmons. Jahlil Okafor. Markelle Fultz. Michael Carter-Williams.

The trade-deadline blockbusters and late-night deals all seemed at the time like the Sixers were swinging for the fences.

The moves were…

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