I really like Simmons, not completely sold on Dunn. The Sixers have to get Simmons for Hinkie to even have a shot for his insane plan to work.
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You just acknowledged the first pick isn't a lock future star. Seems to be a hitch in the #process. And with that I rest my case.
He's Lamar oden with better athletic ability and less skill. He's not magic Johnson regardless of how hard talking heads want to sell hope an dreams.
Not true. At one point Hinkie will be held accountable. In some regards maybe he is already with JC coming on board.
But I won't apologize because I'm not guaranteeing that any draft pick will be some sort of savior.
Yes, I've watched the games. He's a good player who will be the number one pick in the draft. He's not a sure fire HOF or franchise savior. Essentially, he's no better and maybe not as good as the guy the Knicks got last year at #4. Which is the point. You can tank all you want and make sure you don't win anything to get that first pick. If you don't draft the right guy, see Okafor, it doesn't matter. It's still about identifying and developing talent. There are no Lebron James no brainers in the last few drafts and there won't be one in the next few. So all this talk of being awful to get the worst record is just dumb and stunts the teams development for years. It makes you an unattractive place to play and when everyone will have an additional $40 million over the next two years in cap space, cause whatever talent you do have will leave. All while you've wasted years and accomplished nothing. Which means the # process was stupid and why the Sixers dumped Hinkie. Only idiots and suckers who believe in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy cannot understand this basic concept.
Everyone knows there are no guarantees. This is common knowledge. There are no locks in sports. However, having high picks is the best way to possibly get that superstar in the NBA. What don't you understand?
You can have high picks while trying to win and develop a team. Get the hook out of your mouth. The Heat might end up in the lottery, they actually have pro's. Same with the Wizards etc...lot of runway between high picks and having 3 actual NBA players on the roster. Seriously, you don't get this?
The NBA is going to eventually put a stop to all of this anyway but instituting a lower percentage for the team with the worst record.
The NBA already does more to dissuade tanking than any other sport. NFL doesn't do it. MLB doesn't do it. The Colts purposely didn't bring in a suitable veteran the season Manning was hurt in the offseason because they knew Luck was coming out in the next draft. Obviously a tank and no one batted an eye.
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There's no guarantee that I'll be able to get it out. Who knows if it's even a hook.
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NFL: 53 man rosters
MLB: 40 man rosters, with several levels of farm teams
NBA: one player can make or break a team
The Heat have Wade, Bosh, Deng, etc.......They are built for today (and have no chance of winning a title) and are not developing a team. Totally different circumstance.
ADP, I'm curious......You take over today, what do you do to get the Sixers viable in the next 3 years? Seriously, I'm curious to hear your insights.
I hear what you're saying, but I don't believe the Sixers were ready to sign guys to multi-year contracts. This summer that might change.
I get that it sucks to be the worse or one of the worse teams in the league, but I just don't get what is so special about winning 30 games. Watch. When that begins to happen there will be a whole new set of complaints.
Go sign some 3rd-tier FAs, win 34 games for the next 7 years, maybe/maybe not make the playoffs, at least it looks like you are trying.
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Problem is, if Hinkie's not so thought out well plan does not work, he has ruined pro basketball in a city that was already pretty apathetic anyway.
Burrs doesn't grasp that Philly was never a FA destination and now they are viewed as the joke of the league. Year 3 and things are looking great. We've got a rotation big in Noel and........NBN, what else do we have......same thing as the rest of the league....CAP SPACE
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ADP still doesn't get that players only care about getting paid and having a chance to win (Some of them). That where it takes place isn't a huge factor a lot of the time. Enough with this destination crap. Greg Monroe chose Milwaukee over the CoDB.
Which is why there already is a lottery system. Because there are some differences.
By the way, a franchise QB doesn't make or break a team? You know better.
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Sixers/Atlanta almost made significant trade. Basically, Schroder for Smith, Stauskas, Sampson, and one of the protected 1st RD picks. Report that the teams could revisit in summer.
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http://www.csnphilly.com/basketball...eported-trade-offer-dennis-schroder-seems-lot
This article was comical- wow philly would give up Ish Smith (free agent to be), Nik Staukus, Jakarr Sampson (expiring), and maybe one of their three 1st rounders for Shroder! They must really love him if they were willing to mortgage the franchise with that godfather offer.
This article was comical- wow philly would give up Ish Smith (free agent to be), Nik Staukus, Jakarr Sampson (expiring), and maybe one of their three 1st rounders for Shroder! They must really love him if they were willing to mortgage the franchise with that godfather offer.
Has there been an NBA thread that didn't result in a Sixers being a shitty organization? Better yet, has there been a NBA thread that didn't turn into the Sixers?
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Is there a single fan of another NBA team in this newsgroup? I think Dmill is a Nets fan, but his halfway house wifi is spotty.
We should get points for even talking about the sixers. They have shit on their fans 3 straight years and can't even draft the right guys while tanking everything to draft the right guys. We have one rotational big, a gimp, some euro trash and a guy who may or may not be mentally slow.
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And so did the Ravens. Crazy things happen when the other team can't score. What about the other 48 super bowl winners? I think maybe 2 of them didn't have stud qbs.
"Since Villanova won the national title in 1985, just one other team in the city has hosted a championship parade, the 2008 Phillies. That glow is but a distant memory now, what with an assortment of professional teams so wildly inept it would be comical, except that sports actually matter to Philadelphians.
The Eagles just finished 7-9, fired Chip Kelly and hired Doug Pederson in the hopes of reviving the Andy Reid glory years (where at least the team went to the NFC Championship or Super Bowl before losing).
The Flyers canned Craig Berube in April and are still next to last in the Eastern Conference.
If you haven't heard, the 76ers have tanked their way into a pit so deep the league brought in Jerry Colangelo to try to fix the mess. They've won eight games this season, lost 47 and have three first-round draft picks for a draft many consider to be mundane."
The Eagles just finished 7-9, fired Chip Kelly and hired Doug Pederson in the hopes of reviving the Andy Reid glory years (where at least the team went to the NFC Championship or Super Bowl before losing).
The Flyers canned Craig Berube in April and are still next to last in the Eastern Conference.
If you haven't heard, the 76ers have tanked their way into a pit so deep the league brought in Jerry Colangelo to try to fix the mess. They've won eight games this season, lost 47 and have three first-round draft picks for a draft many consider to be mundane."
Yes. I'm firmly convinced that the Phillies, Flyers, and Sixers will all be is good position to be successful. The Eagles is a little more cloudy, but I think they'll be fine, too.
Go ahead and ridicule. It's what you clowns do best.
This statement shows how you don't get it. Hinkie was fired. He's already been deemed a failure. Your response is too soon to tell. His boss's told, he was demoted and no longer has his job as decision maker.
The last time I checked he still held the title of GM. And if he doesn't have some control, then why do idiot writers still produce columns on him like he is?
You think you get everything. Newsflash: You don't.