Two years ago, the Sixers made the decision to triple down on star power. They signed Paul George to a four-year, $211.6 million max contract in free agency, gave Tyrese Maxey a five-year, $203.9 million max contract and inked Joel Embiid to a three-year max extension that's currently projected to be worth nearly $188 million. Based on historical precedent, former team president Daryl Morey long clung to the belief that star power outweighed anything else when it came to chasing an NBA championship. But the NBA's latest collective bargaining agreement, which took effect one year before the Sixers' 2024 offseason spending spree, made that type of roster harder to build around than ever before. Two years into their Big Three era, the Sixers have gone 69-95 overall. They finished as the No. 7 seed and upset the Boston Celtics in hilarious fashion in the first round of this year's playoffs, only to get swept by the New York Knicks in the Eastern Conference Semifinals.…