The Philadelphia ownership and management has deliberately fielded an awful team going on three years now. What utter contempt they have for the fans and the city. I cannot think of any other industry where this would be allowed.
The NBA head office should step in and take action, like they did with the Knicks when when David Stern told Dolan to let Donnie Walsh take the reigns.
The NBA head office should step in and take action, like they did with the Knicks when when David Stern told Dolan to let Donnie Walsh take the reigns.
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Get your laughs in now, NBA fans. The Sixers will be beating on your favorite NBA team soon enough. The worm will turn.
I know it doesn't fit your column agenda, Michael, but ripping the Sixers for trading MCW is just stupid. MCW's game continues to regress in Milwaukee, the Bucks are struggling after being a surprise team last year, and MCW is a big reason for that. Sixers got a prime pick for MCW, a top-3 protected first round pick from the woebegone Lakers.
If the Laker pick conveys and Embiid's foot heals properly, the Sixers could be adding Ben Simmons, Jamal Murray, Joel Embiid and Dario Saric to this squad next year.
But yeah, let's go the other route and bring in five mediocre, overpaid veterans instead. I think the Knicks spent $100 million-plus on Robin Lopez, Arron Affalo, Derrick Williams and Kyle O'Quinn. The fastest way to ensure an 8th seed run every year is to spend big on this kind of talent.
At least the Knicks did something right in drafting Kristaps, love that guy. Wish the Sixers had taken him!
I know it doesn't fit your column agenda, Michael, but ripping the Sixers for trading MCW is just stupid. MCW's game continues to regress in Milwaukee, the Bucks are struggling after being a surprise team last year, and MCW is a big reason for that. Sixers got a prime pick for MCW, a top-3 protected first round pick from the woebegone Lakers.
If the Laker pick conveys and Embiid's foot heals properly, the Sixers could be adding Ben Simmons, Jamal Murray, Joel Embiid and Dario Saric to this squad next year.
But yeah, let's go the other route and bring in five mediocre, overpaid veterans instead. I think the Knicks spent $100 million-plus on Robin Lopez, Arron Affalo, Derrick Williams and Kyle O'Quinn. The fastest way to ensure an 8th seed run every year is to spend big on this kind of talent.
At least the Knicks did something right in drafting Kristaps, love that guy. Wish the Sixers had taken him!
Good points all. But I think Phil made good bets on most of his FA's. They've been slightly better than their career averages. Also, those guys are way down the depth chart. So, they're providing + numbers against worse players at the same positions.
To put it in perspective for PHI. How much better would PHI be if they still had Iguodala, Lou Williams, Thaddeus Young? Those players had to go maybe to make for cap space, picks, etc. but there may have been enough in the bank acct. for some similar value. Then you bring Jahlil into a stable situation.
I'm not sure Powell was defending MCW per se. More making the point that too historically bad seasons in a row is a bit tacky even in the modern NBA.
To put it in perspective for PHI. How much better would PHI be if they still had Iguodala, Lou Williams, Thaddeus Young? Those players had to go maybe to make for cap space, picks, etc. but there may have been enough in the bank acct. for some similar value. Then you bring Jahlil into a stable situation.
I'm not sure Powell was defending MCW per se. More making the point that too historically bad seasons in a row is a bit tacky even in the modern NBA.
The plan is to lose and stock up high draft picks.
It's almost time to trade Noel and Okafor for draft picks.
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Sixers fans cheered Joakim Noah's injury in the playoffs a few years ago. I don't feel sorry for them at all.
Rx: the 70 percent attending the games should not, if they want to get the attention of the owners.
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I watched as much of the Sixer's and Knicks game as i could and was amazed at how bad the Sixer's are. No, management doesn't have a plan. Usually when you have several bad seasons you get the best rookies you can in the draft, but you surround them with enough veterans so that they can make the transition to the pro game. This looked like a college all star team against a professional team. Management doesn't want to spend the money on free agents or veterans. Fans should respond by not spending their money to see this woful product.
It is disgraceful that the NBA allows Philly fans--especially any with season tickets--to be treated this way.
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Too bad that owners can't be sanctioned for willfully fielding garbage teams. I don't know... something like if you finish in the bottom "X" number of teams three years in a row then you lose a first round choice in the next year. It'd be great if you could penalize teams through reductions in revenue sharing, television, merchandising or whatever tools the league has.
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No PG worth the name? McConnell looks pretty good to me. How's he compare to D'Angelo so far?
Ownership malpractice -- no analytics necessary to reach that conclusion.
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Let's be clear. The Sixers are a great NBA franchise! Not by titles or players, but by a much more important standard: return on investment!
The average fan, like me, gets caught up in the winning and losing side of professional sports. For the owners, they have much bigger fish to fry.
For the Clips it was Steve Ballmer, who ponied up $2 bil to buy LA's 2nd NBA team, or at least that was what it looked like at that point.
Who was the big winner? The Sterling family. I think he initially paid something like $10 mil for the San Diego whatevers before moving them to Ell Eh.
Talk about a return! Wow! It's what every investor dreams of.
The Sixer "process" tells us something about the NBA, which is simply this. On an ongoing cash flow basis you don't have to fill the stadium. TV and away game revenues are enough to keep the doors open and then some. So needing to "build a winner" is just so much sports writing fluff.
The Sixer owners have been winning ever since Day 1!
The average fan, like me, gets caught up in the winning and losing side of professional sports. For the owners, they have much bigger fish to fry.
For the Clips it was Steve Ballmer, who ponied up $2 bil to buy LA's 2nd NBA team, or at least that was what it looked like at that point.
Who was the big winner? The Sterling family. I think he initially paid something like $10 mil for the San Diego whatevers before moving them to Ell Eh.
Talk about a return! Wow! It's what every investor dreams of.
The Sixer "process" tells us something about the NBA, which is simply this. On an ongoing cash flow basis you don't have to fill the stadium. TV and away game revenues are enough to keep the doors open and then some. So needing to "build a winner" is just so much sports writing fluff.
The Sixer owners have been winning ever since Day 1!
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Maturity from here and a draft away, and the Sixers will be just fine.
It seems most fitting that it's the Lakers who break the 76ers' losing streak...
The franchise player who is clear cut and comes through the draft [LeBron, Magic, e.g.] is rare, and 'tanking' gives no guarantee you will get him. Conventional wisdom ignores that the worst record in the NBA makes the odds of you getting the first pick 3-1 [one out of four] against you. When Pitino was at the Celtics, Bostonians thought they were getting Tim Duncan. Wrong-O. The other guys who turn out good [Curry, Kobe, Durant] are far from easy to identify. The 76ers had the 2d pick, and took Evan Turner. SPLAT! And some years there are no impact players in the draft.
Hinkie persistently taking guys who will not play for a while [or ever] - e.g., Embiid, the guy in Turkey, infuriates those asked to watch this schlock. Please, Puh-leeze, PUH-LEEZE draft somebody this time who can actually play for the team and contribute.
Hinkie persistently taking guys who will not play for a while [or ever] - e.g., Embiid, the guy in Turkey, infuriates those asked to watch this schlock. Please, Puh-leeze, PUH-LEEZE draft somebody this time who can actually play for the team and contribute.
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I want to see a playoff series pitting the 1 for 76'ers against the Washington Generals.
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That hurts.
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Hey, maybe there are some cheap seats to be had down in PHI though.