Micah Mason
- Thread starter UP#1
- Start date
Jaylen Bland (not bond, bland) should be a pitt panther. He is averaging 17 ppg for UC Riverside and has made 47% of his threes this year. He is nearly identical in terms of statistics with Micah Mason. The only difference is Mason is from up 'ere in Natrona and this Bland guy is from Saginaw. Why don't we see any "JD missed on Jaylen Bland!" posts? They would be as equally as useless as the "JD missed on Mason!" posts
Then play in the NBA
1: Philadelphia is 0-15. TJ is part of a joke and I find it so very amusing.
2: What team does Moore play for?
Weren't they 0-14 to start last season? You follow the NBA more than I, how is that franchise so bad? Growing up, they were my team as I was a huge Doc J fan.
They actually started 0-17 last year, so they have a couple more losses to match last year's ineptitude.
Sam Hinkie has a "plan" and a "process." That plan, as best I can tell, is to maximize the chances of landing a generational player via the lottery. Hinkie wants to keep veteran contracts to a minimum, trade away good players (Hi, finals MVP Andre Iguodala) and horde first round picks. It's all about acquiring assets.
There are a few problems. First, it's asking a lot from the fans to keep waiting for the "process" to come to fruition. It goes against everything you'd think a professional league would stand for. Also, Hinkie's not drafting well. Sure, Okafer was a good pick, but a lot of scouts were really worried about Embiid's health and they've been proven right. The other problem is that those "generational players" are so profoundly rare. Anthony Davis, Tim Duncan, LeBron James, and Durant. That's it. That's all I can think of. Maybe you make a case for a young D-Rose.
The other problem is that by the time the 76ers finally land that 1st round pick they need, Okafer's rookie contract will expire and he'll get out of dodge as fast as possible.
Compare that with what's going on in Minnesota. Sure, they got a great trade by sending Love to Cleveland and getting Wiggins. But they are also surrounding Wiggins and Towns with Garnett and Andre Miller. I know I tend to dismiss some of the "old fashioned sportswriter arguments" about intangibles. But I think it will be informative comparing Towns and Okafer and their relative development. One is winning some and surrounded by hall of famers past their prime teaching them "little things." The other is on an 0-15 team.
To bring this back to TJ. Good for him. He's on an NBA team. Lots of Pitt guys never did that. But here's the thing: Philly is literally the only team in the NBA that would ever consider putting him on the court. And the minute they win the lottery and draft that kid from LSU, he'll be gone.
They have become the Cleve Browns of the NBA. But they cannot eff it up next year and strike out on Simmons from LSU, can they?
Wilt, Luke Jackson, Chet Walker, Hal Greer & Wali Jones. Billy Cunningham the 6th man. As good as any team, ever.
There was some talk a few years ago about the Pirates and Marlins being investigated by MLB for purposely fielding noncompetitive teams. I believe there are some terms in the deal with MLBPA that teams can't purposely throw the season. Obviously the Pirates weren't attempting to win a WS back then, but they put money into it.
It seems like the NBA doesn't give a rat's ass if the 76ers win a game this year, and that is pretty bleak philosophically for the league.
It seems like the NBA doesn't give a rat's ass if the 76ers win a game this year, and that is pretty bleak philosophically for the league.
I stand corrected. That LSU cat is a pass-first PF so I'm not sure how that'd affect TJ. If they drafted him, that'd give them 4 young bigs (Okafer, LSU dude, Embiid, and Noel so who knows that they'd do.
I wonder if steps will be taken to change this. The media guys I listen to regularly are pretty harsh on the 76ers so people certainly aren't tolerating their actions.
I wonder if steps will be taken to change this. The media guys I listen to regularly are pretty harsh on the 76ers so people certainly aren't tolerating their actions.
Luke Jackson was as scary looking as anyone ever too. I can still hear him yelling at Mendy Rudolf after being called for taking someone's head off "I never touched him, Mendy". And there's the guy writhing in pain on the floor.
Several.....always banging heads with the Celts, of course. Jackson had some injuries that altered things a bit. He was really the first modern PF...tall, powerful, focused on rebounding and defense. Maurice Lucas wore Luke Jackson pajamas.
As a fan of the 76ers I actually like what is going on. Before this they would win 30-40 games in the east and limp into the playoffs with a losing record. Other than one year where DRose got hurt they haven't been competitive in a playoff series.
Hinkie when he came in didn't have anything to work with. The prior regime was always in win now mode. For example they gave up Iggy and multiple first round picks for freaking Andrew Bynum.
Hinkie drafts have been blah to me. The year they took Embidd there was litterly no other option. After the 1st and 2nd pick no other player has made an impact yet.
This is the year for the 76ers draft to finally work out. They have their pick, the lakers pick, and finally the heat pick. Plus with Dario Sacric coming over next year a lot of issues will be filled and the team will be more talented.
While this plan and process of Hinkies has taken longer than fans have wanted it helped them land what looks like the best offensive Big Man in a long time.
Here's thing. I wonder if the paradigm has shifted and the Sixers are chasing an old model. No one on the Warriors was drafted as a franchise-defining star. Hell, Harrison Barnes is the closest guy. The Spurs won a chip with a 90 year old Tim Duncan and a bunch of late round guys. I'm just not sure all this tanking is going to work out. It's making a mockery of the game, while they're at it.
Maybe this year will be the Last if they get the Ben Simmons guy.
But, maybe not
Right now they are a disgrace to the NBA.
The Sixers are in a tough spot where they're trying to manipulate a system that's so heavily influenced by luck. You have the Lottery itself. Then you have to Draft and try to predict the future. Then after that you're still subjected to freak injuries, the inherent randomness of every game, and the decision making abilities of grown men.
The Warriors didn't do what the Sixers are doing, but they DID get a franchise changing player in Steph Curry. The Spurs likely did the same with Kawhi, plus they had such a large advantage for several years by being the first mover into analytics within the league.
The Sixers, right now, are doing a good job of playing the luck game. They're accumulating lottery tickets, they're trying to get the first crack at drafting a potentially franchise changing guy, they're more or less fielding a D League roster in the hopes of getting something of value for relative nobodies who have no part in their future.
I think, more than anything, we're just seeing that luck is a bitch. A team like OKC was pretty much made by nailing their Durant, Westbrook, Harden, and Ibaka picks. That's so rare, and it seems to be what the Sixers are trying to maximize the chances of happening. In today's NBA it's pretty much necessary to have a star if you want to be ultra competitive. 16 teams make the playoffs but it feels like in general nobody believes that more than 5 or 6 teams actually have a shot in a given season.
The Warriors didn't do what the Sixers are doing, but they DID get a franchise changing player in Steph Curry. The Spurs likely did the same with Kawhi, plus they had such a large advantage for several years by being the first mover into analytics within the league.
The Sixers, right now, are doing a good job of playing the luck game. They're accumulating lottery tickets, they're trying to get the first crack at drafting a potentially franchise changing guy, they're more or less fielding a D League roster in the hopes of getting something of value for relative nobodies who have no part in their future.
I think, more than anything, we're just seeing that luck is a bitch. A team like OKC was pretty much made by nailing their Durant, Westbrook, Harden, and Ibaka picks. That's so rare, and it seems to be what the Sixers are trying to maximize the chances of happening. In today's NBA it's pretty much necessary to have a star if you want to be ultra competitive. 16 teams make the playoffs but it feels like in general nobody believes that more than 5 or 6 teams actually have a shot in a given season.
Wilt only played for the Sixers for 3 1/2 seasons. People think of Wilt in Philly, and automatically think Sixers, but Wilt played longer in Philly for the Warriors than he did the Sixers.
Similar threads
