The Sixers Still Have Growing Pains To Work Out FiveThirtyEight’s NBA podcast talks Kobe Bryant’s legacy, Kawhi Leonard’s return and what Philadelphia needs to do to win.

Welcome to The Lab, FiveThirtyEight’s basketball podcast. On this week’s show (Dec. 21, 2017), Neil, Chris and Kyle discuss Kobe Bryant’s retirement ceremony and debate whether No. 8 Kobe or No. 24 Kobe is the Bryant they’d want on their team. Next, they break down the Philadelphia 76ers’ up-and-down season, taking a deep look at Ben Simmons and what he needs to do to improve his play. Plus, a small-sample-size segment on Kawhi Leonard’s return.

Here are links to what was discussed this week: