Sixers Off-Season Thread

[hunt]

Mo won't be fired for at least 3 years, because if he fires Mo Billy is gone himself. That would be 4 coaches he went through.

Billy has been good at drafting. Iguodala, Green, and Korver. Once he took over as full GM he's been very good. I think he's earned some trust until he messes up. The bad picks were all Larry's idea.

iguodala was a lottery pick...he's supposed to be good.
green barely got off the bench last season.
and korver does one thing well.

let's not put king in the draft hall of fame yet...it's too convenient to say all the bad picks were larry's & all the good picks were king's.

[PhillyGirl]

hunt, Obie never utilized his players correctly and you know it. So your post was a reach. A good coach would have had Green in there knowing what he brings and would have never been starting Korver.

If you can't admit that those 2 picks were tremendous for where they were picked, you're crazy.

[hunt]

"tremendous"?...now that's a reach.

they were "good" picks.  green has averaged 14-18 minutes per game & puts up around 7-8 ppg.  decent for where he was picked but far from tremendous.

korver had a decent season last year but he's a 3 point specialist/role player who should be coming off the bench...again, finding a 3 point specialist/bench player with a 2nd round pick is  good...not tremendous, imo.

[PhillyGirl]

The team needed a good 3-point threat. They got the best coming out of the draft...in the second round. He was tremendous in that role...had Obie used him correctly, you'd be saying the same thing. That he comes off the bench, rips the big shots when we needs them and gets the job DONE. Can give the extended minutes if needed as well. How many of LB's second rounders could you have said that about?

Willie Green WILL be tremendous when he gets consistent playing time. Throwing his numbers up there now is unfair. Why? Because he would sit for a week straight and then get thrown in a game when we were already up by 20.....or thrown in a game when someone gets hurt, etc. He didn't play consistently and was unable to get a good rhythm every time he was in there. And he STILL played so well. Which leads me to believe he'll be tremendous when he actually plays where he should be playing.

Now...here are LB's 2nd round picks:

2002
1 Jiri Welsch
2 Sam Clancy

2001   
1 Samuel Dalembert
2 Damone Brown
2 Alvin Jones

2000
1 Speedy Claxton
2 Mark Karcher

1999
2 Todd MacCulloch

1998   
1 Larry Hughes
2 Casey Shaw
   
1997
1 Keith Van Horn
2 Marko Milic
2 Kebu Stewart
2 James Collins
   
Let's also not lose sight of the fact that we were hurting in this and last year's drafts because of moves LB made. Yes, they had King's okay....but LB supposedly knew all, right?

[hunt]

lb's 2nd round picks have been awful (except for big mac)...never even got on the court.
king's have been good...2 have developed into nice role players.

that's as far as i'll go right now....if green & korver develop, then i'll give king more credit.  it's a little too early to say that bk is a draft guru.  that's all i'm saying.

anyway, on a different topic...it looks like the free agency will be slow moving this year since teams don't even know all the rules from the new cba yet.  teams will probably wait until late july, after all the rules are clarified & the luxury tax relief cuts are made.
guys like finley, rose, houston, etc could change the scope of the offseason free agent market.  let's hope the sixers get lucky & grab somebody decent.

[WEST is GOD]

Mo won't be fired for at least 3 years, because if he fires Mo Billy is gone himself. That would be 4 coaches he went through.

Billy has been good at drafting. Iguodala, Green, and Korver. Once he took over as full GM he's been very good. I think he's earned some trust until he messes up. The bad picks were all Larry's idea.

iguodala was a lottery pick...he's supposed to be good.
green barely got off the bench last season.
and korver does one thing well.

let's not put king in the draft hall of fame yet...it's too convenient to say all the bad picks were larry's & all the good picks were king's.

I didn't put him in the draft hall of fame, but considering how few players in the 2nd round actually contribute, and are good for NBA teams, the Sixers scored 2/2 so far. Iguodala was a lottery pick yes, but for #9 he was great value. If they redid the draft Iguodala would go around #5 this time through. I'd say he's done a very good job. At least compared to Larry Brown. It's not hard to ruin lotto picks. Sixers have done it countless times and many other teams as well.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Marko Milic!!


That's the dude who could jump over a car and dunk.

Maybe he's why Larry won't play Darko Milicic -- it sounds like Marko Milic.

Also -- I read in the Inky today that Sammy D's agent fielded calls from "6 or 7" teams after midnight last night. And he said that him and the Sixers are a ways off from a long term deal.

[hunt]

utah has already contacted willie green.

http://sltrib.com/sports/ci_2836615

do they know he's not white?   

[BigEd76]

Sign-and-trade?  hmmm....I'll take AK47, thanks.... 

[WEST is GOD]

Utad doesn't have anyone I'd want that we could actually get. I'd take Snyder maybe.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Get Matt Harpring back!

[hunt]

snyder is the only one i'd be interested in as well...but i think he's a longshot.

[BigEd76]

CSN sez:

-- the Timberwolves, Hawks and Cavaliers also have interest in Willie

Jasner sez:

-- King has contacted the agents of Antoine Walker, Donyell Marshall, Stromile Swift and Christian Laettner... 

[Mad-Lad]

CSN sez:

-- the Timberwolves, Hawks and Cavaliers also have interest in Willie

Jasner sez:

-- King has contacted the agents of Antoine Walker, Donyell Marshall, Stromile Swift and Christian Laettner... 

I'm semi-interested in Marshall and Swift.  The other two can go to hell as far as i'm concerned.

[BigEd76]

Action News had video clips of Dalembert teaching a basketball camp and reading to kids in Argentina...