PHILADELPHIA — As it turned out, Daryl Morey’s “Four More Years” is about as popular in Philly as Richard Nixon’s 1972 campaign slogan. As Morey spends this summer searching for a third star to run with Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey, Sixers fans can only hope it turns out less diabolically.

“Someone at the wing ... who can deliver in the playoffs,” Morey said. He isn’t age-averse, so hello, 34-year-old Paul George, I guess.

Give him credit. He takes big swings, and his boss, Josh Harris, loves that. How much?

In December, in the middle of his fourth year as Sixers president, Harris gave Morey a contract extension that will, through the 2027-28 season, keep directly depositing $12 million annually from Harris’ bank account into his.

Has Morey earned it?

He wouldn’t grade himself: “I’ll leave that to you guys.”

Mission accepted. B-minus.

He wouldn’t answer if he thinks the team is better today than it was four years ago.

It sure doesn’t feel like it’s better. Not after the Ben Simmons drama, the James Harden saga, and the first-round exit last week at the hands of an anonymous Knicks roster.

To be fair, though, however little you think of the Prince of Analytics, you have to admit that not all of his decisions have been catastrophic. He met with the press Monday to review the latest lost season of the 11-year-old “Process” and how he’s fared in his tenure thus far.

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