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You have to feel bad for Zhaire Smith, whose Sixers tenure was doomed from the start | Podcast

Smith was a huge underdog the moment they acquired him in a trade with the Suns for Mikal Bridges on draft night, along with the 16th overall pick and a 2021 first-round pick.

Then-Sixers coach Brett Brown (center) with 2018 first-round picks Zhaire Smith (left) and Landry Shamet.
Then-Sixers coach Brett Brown (center) with 2018 first-round picks Zhaire Smith (left) and Landry Shamet.Read moreDAVID SWANSON / Staff Photographer

Keith Pompey says Zhaire Smith’s tenure with the 76ers was doomed from the very start. He was a huge underdog the moment the Sixers acquired him in a trade with the Phoenix Suns for Villanova and Great Valley High School product Mikal Bridges on draft night along with the 16th overall pick, and a 2021 first-round draft pick.

Pompey also gives his thoughts on the acquisition of Dwight Howard in free agency and the first two days of the free-agency period as a whole.