Daryl Morey jokes about Sixers fans being angry and somehow, he’s still missing the point

Daryl Morey went to the Sloan Sports Conference, opened his mouth, and somehow managed to make Sixers fans even angrier than they already were. That’s honestly impressive.

Speaking at the analytics-driven event, Daryl Morey jokingly suggested that “anger is all that drives Sixers fans” while discussing the team’s latest postseason disappointment.

Daryl Morey needs to read the room

Daryl Morey says anger is the only thing that drives Sixers fans. One conference finals appearance since they won a title in 1983 will make any fan base in Philadelphia angry. Especially when the Prez of Basketball Ops never takes responsibility pic.twitter.com/M4jn6gALrZ

— Jon Marks (@JonMarksMedia) March 10, 2025

Sixers fans have been through a decade of organizational malpractice and have exactly zero Eastern Conference Finals appearances to show for it.

They’ve endured every possible disaster imaginable. It’s been one mess after another, and now, after yet another offseason of “win-now” moves, the Sixers are sitting 11th in the East with no clear path forward.

And Daryl Morey has the audacity to act like it’s hilarious that fans are mad?

Give me a break. This is laughable at this point for sure, but not in the way Morey and whatever dorks hosting this event were laughing in the video above.

There’s a longer transcription of his comments that adds this to the end:

“The aggregators are gonna have a field day with this. But they (the fans) were less angry, was my perception. I don’t know for sure. It’s not like you’re surveying everyone. How angry are you? And that really threw me, because to me, I’m just trying to win the title. And so the year before, for the way we measure it was objectively better, even though a zero on the Boolean Scale I’m judged on, so it should all be the same, and that surprised me.”

Obviously, everyone is focused on to the angry Sixers fans part. Rightfully so and to be fair, you can tell that Morey is being a little tongue-in-cheek when he says it.

As a general rule, maybe don’t crack that joke when your team is 22-41, the season is lost, Joel Embiid might be cooked, and Podcast P can’t stay healthy.

What Morey is really talking about here is his interest in fan reaction, comparing the Sixers’ 2023 and 2024 playoff exits. In 2023, it was the Game 7 collapse against Boston in the second round. In 2024, it was a six-game loss to the Knicks in the first round.

He seems confused as to why fans weren’t as angry about losing to the Knicks as they were about losing to the Celtics. Why? I have no idea. You think that Morey of all people would know what is going on with his basketball team and the fanbase but apparently we aren’t that lucky.

The answer is obvious: Everyone had already checked out, dumbass.

By the time the Sixers limped into the playoffs last year, Embiid had missed months with injury, the team had to survive the Play-In Tournament, and everyone knew they had zero chance of going anywhere with a hobbled Embiid and a bunch of role players surrounding Tyrese Maxey.

Morey is acting like it’s some kind of mystery why the outrage wasn’t as strong last year. It’s not. He’s just completely detached from reality.

A decade of incompetence later, and the Sixers are no closer to contending today than they were when Tony Wroten was running point. And now, Daryl Morey—the guy in charge of fixing this mess—is making jokes about fan frustration like he’s above it all.

Daryl Morey Picked The Perfect Place To Duck Accountability

Let’s also talk about the real reason Morey was even at Sloan in the first place.

Morey has been ducking the Philly media all season long, but suddenly, he has all the time in the world for an analytics conference where nobody is going to hold him accountable. He knew he could go up there, throw out a few nerd jokes, and play to the crowd without getting any real pushback.

Meanwhile, Sixers fans have tried everything. They bought into The Process. They suffered through tanking. They believed in the vision. They kept waiting for the team to get over the hump. And now? They’re just stuck.

No progress. No real plan. Just an endless cycle of hope, injuries, and second-round exits and this year, somehow it got even worse?

And Morey, the guy responsible for fixing this mess, is out here joking about fan frustration like he’s above it all? He better be careful, because at this rate, Sixers fans might not even care enough to be angry next season—and that’s when you really have a problem.

Because when fans stop being mad? They stop showing up. They stop watching. They stop buying in. And nothing kills a franchise faster than indifference.

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Daryl Morey Should Be Thankful Fans Even Care Enough To Be Mad

Sixers fans have tried everything. Patience. Blind faith. Loyalty. They bought into The Process, sat through years of tanking, and kept believing in a vision that never came to fruition.

And now? They’re just stuck. No direction. No real plan. Just another lost season.

Morey should actually be grateful that fans still care enough to be pissed off. Because if things don’t change soon, that anger is going to turn into something much worse—indifference.

And when that happens? The seats get emptier. The ratings go down. The passion disappears. Nothing kills a franchise faster than a fanbase that just stops caring—and Morey is dangerously close to driving the Sixers straight into that abyss.

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