Sixers Off-Season Thread

[PhillyPhreak54]

I don't know about Gilchrist -- I think he had some problems w/ the coach in Terp land and left solely b/c of that.

What about that Marquette PG? I forget his name. I saw a mock with him coming here.

I would like to see a PG drafted. A true PG too. Not some 'tweener.

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it has to be a big PG if ai is moving back to SG.

[MURP]

ESPN radio just had the top sports quotes of all time.


4. was TO "I Luv me sum me"
3.  was some tanya harding boxing thing.
2. was Tyson talking about eating Lennox Lewis children

drum roll please....


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1.  "Practice?  We talkin bout Practice."

[PhillyGirl]

hahaha...I would think there were some better ones than than 2-4....but the practice quote is for sure the best. LOL

[PhillyGirl]

Playoffs? PLAYOFFS?

[Mad-Lad]

the Tonya Harding one was hilarious.

"I'm not gonna make a SKEPTICAL of my boxing career."

[PhillyPhreak54]

Tyson's "I'm gonna fade into 'BOLIVIAN'...." quote was great too.

[WEST is GOD]

There is less than a 1% chance of us getting him because he will be a top 5 pick but I really want Gerald Green. It's a moot point though because we won't get him.

If somehow Hakim Warrick falls or Garcia falls maybe even 10 picks away we could possibly move up to get either. I love Warrick because he's a local guy and he can block shots and move unlike Webber.

I do NOT want Matt Walsch. He'll be out of the league in a few years.

[PhillyPhreak54]

They worked out Pat Carroll (St. Joe's) yesterday and a bunch of foreign dudes. Not one PG in the group. All swingmen or forwards and a couple of C's.

But since the rosters are expanding to 14 they could possibly find a few unknown guys and stash 'em.

[hunt]

warrick is an nba bust waiting to happen.

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here's a sixers offseason/draft preview....sure, it was filmed before they made the trade & wound up with the 45th pick....and it's mostly fluff....but watch it anyway.  there's not much else going on. 


http://broadband.nba.com/cc/playa.php?content=video&url=http://boss.streamos.com/real/nba/draft/team/team_needs_sixers.smi&include=default_include.html

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and here's a decent list of free agents, if you're curious:

http://www.realgm.com/src_freeagents/

[WEST is GOD]

Realistic names I like for our budget:

Donyell Marshall
Eddie Griffin
Marko Jaric
Kareem Rush
Ronald Murray

Less realistic names I like that we could sign with some luck:

Cuttino Mobley
Jerome James
Vladimir Radmanovic
Stromile Swift


The most important thing in free agency is what position AI will play next season. Once we find out I think the first target will be what position AI doesn't play. If AI stays at the point I think the Sixers will target a bigger 2 guard. If AI goes back to the 2 guard I think Sixers target Jaric or another PG. If neither of the above works out I think we just stick with what we have and sign a backup big man, but the decent backup big men like Swift, James, Radmanovic will be pretty expensive so I think our best bet is another guard. I should say that those 3 guys could start for a lot of teams in this league, but with Sammy needing playing time and Webber making almost 20 million, they both are starters. Marshall will always be on radar because he's from this area and Billy likes him a lot, so until he isn't a Sixer he is always a possibility.

I like Jaric a little bit, but I don't think him being a pretty solid defender is going to help our defense all that much. When Webber and Marc Jackson are as slow as they are, I would like to see the Sixers try to convince Mobley to come back home to play for slightly less money. I think he'd get a little bit over the MLE. We didn't play defense all season, but when we did have success it was when Korver and Iguodala's jump shots were falling. Cuttino is a good scorer that could help on a consistent basis and allow Korver to come off the bench. Cuttino is more of a long shot, but the bright side is that he was from Philly and he did say before he'd love to come home. Other defensive minded players won't turn the Sixers to the Spurs defensively overnight. So we aren't talking title contender. I just want to be competitive again. If Larry Brown leaves Detroit is going to be an easier opponent, and if Shaq is lingering with injuries we can slide in there and surprise some people.

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eddie griffin might be a good fit.....jaric is one name that interests me as well....a bigger, combo guard fits well with ai's game.  cleveland is looking to move welsch too....he's kinda similar to jaric, maybe a bit more athletic, so i wouldn't mind him either.

and for some reason i think salmons will be traded...possibly to move up in the draft.

[PhillyPhreak54]

I hope Johnny Salmons is dealt -- but who would want him? Maybe the Raptors? They have two #1's...

I also an intrigued by Marko Jaric...he could be a good fit.

I wonder how much the salary cap increase will help the team? Any?