Sixers Season 3

[hunt]

you're quite the seer...everybody else had this team pegged as championship contenders.

but they did beat the hawks yesterday...so they could be on thier way.  especially now that a1 & his history of leading teams to championships is back.

[MDS]

championship contenders? i figured at best they could be good enough to give the pistons or heat a series. maybe win the crappy atlantic. thats it. no one thought they were gonna win the title.

[ice grillin you]

at least with iverson they are watchable...that guy gets more amazing by the day...

[ice grillin you]

btw sixers signed willie green

[SunMo]

that's good.  wasn't the thing last year that O'Brien didn't want to play Green and AI in the same backcourt, but when he finally did, they played pretty well together.

it's been shown that AI can't play point, so they need to go back to AI at the 2 with a big, defensive minded point guard, maybe Willie can be that guy.

[hunt]

championship contenders? i figured at best they could be good enough to give the pistons or heat a series. maybe win the crappy atlantic. thats it. no one thought they were gonna win the title.

sarcasm, dude.

[hunt]

willie won't give them anything this season after being out so long....in a perfect world, he'd develop pg skills & improve his jump shot.  as is stands, he's another slashing guard with a not-so-great jumper...same as salmons but a couple inches shorter.

[ice grillin you]

it's been shown that AI can't play point, so they need to go back to AI at the 2 with a big, defensive minded point guard, maybe Willie can be that guy.

cept willie is a small scorer type...i see him as instant offense off the bench when and if he gets back to 100%

[PhillyGirl]

Posted on Thu, Mar. 23, 2006
Sixers re-sign Willie Green
ASSOCIATED PRESS

PHILADELPHIA - Willie Green re-signed with the Philadelphia 76ers today, nearly seven months after the guard agreed to terms before injuring his knee.

Green, who averaged 7.7 points playing sporadically under former coach Jim O'Brien last season, is expected to get additional playing time under Maurice Cheeks.

He'll add backcourt depth for the 76ers, who had been starting journeyman Kevin Ollie alongside Allen Iverson. Green thrived as a sub whenever Iverson was injured last season, including 32 points against Washington.

Green originally agreed to a six-year deal last summer, then was hurt in a pickup game before he signed the contract. Green had knee surgery in August and has been rehabilitating since, occasionally working out with the 76ers.

The 6-foot-4 guard averaged 7.3 points in 110 career games. He was drafted in the second round in 2003 by Seattle and acquired by Philadelphia in a draft-night trade.

[SunMo]

The 76ers said today that they have waived veteran forward Jamal Mashburn. who then announced his retirement from the NBA. The Sixers acquired Mashburn from the New Orleans Hornets on Feb. 24, 2005 along with Rodney Rogers in exchange for Glenn Robinson. However, Mashburn never played a minute for the Sixers because of a right knee injury that limited him to 19 games in the 2003-04 season, the last season he played in the NBA. Mashburn, 33, last saw action in an NBA game on March, 7, 2004. As a result, the Sixers were able to waive him today and get his $10 million salary off the salary cap. Because Mashburn has spent the entire season on the inactive list, the Sixers are only responsible to pay 20 percent of his salary, with insurance paying the other 80 percent. In a statement released by the Sixers, Mashburn said, "I've had a long career in the NBA and have enjoyed my experience. I look forward to retirement life. It doesn't mean I am not going to stay busy but it's time to move on and accomplish some of the other goals that I have set for myself. It's been a great time. I've learned a lot but now it's time to move on." The 6-foot-8 Mashburn played 11 seasons in the NBA. Following his junior season at Kentucky, he was drafted in the first round of the 1993 draft (No. 4 overall) by the Dallas Mavericks. He played for 3 1/2 seasons with the Mavericks before being traded to the Miami Heat in February 1997. Mashburn was traded by Miami after the 1999-2000 season to the Charlotte Hornets. He played four seasons with the Hornets, who moved to New Orleans Hornets before the start of the 2002-03 season. In his career, Mashburn averaged 19.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.0 assists in 611 games. He played in his only NBA All-Star game in 2003, and was third team All-NBA at the end of the season.

from Joe Juliano at philly.com

[SD_Eagle5]

Good news, bout time he stopped Geigering us.

[MDS]

He Geigered the Hornets, we had were stuck with him because Billy King is an idiot.

[hunt]

a1 was more amazing than usual last night....yeah!

[ice grillin you]

actually ai knew his shot was way off last night and tried to get everyone involved...10 dimes and would have had 15 if anyone on that team could shoot

[hunt]

he made 4 shots & missed 15...that's 21%.  the rest of the team shot 44%.  but it was his teammates' fault again...i know.

but whatever...the bulls won so they're within 2.5 games of the 8th spot.  hopefully, a1's teammates will keep screwing up.