2008-2009 Philadelphia 76ers Season Thread

[phattymatty]

you wrote a letter to the Sixers? 

Dear Sixers,

[Rome]

Anthrax?

[SD_Eagle5]

Sixers are playing the Cavs on CSN

[ice grillin you]

7. You will regret thinking that Philly is a sleeper contender in the East

In a league where you're only as good as your best three guys, they're paying a second banana (Elton Brand) and a third banana (Andre Iguodala) first banana money, and they're paying a role player (Sam Dalembert) third banana money. In a league where you need a proven crunch-time guy to battle the other proven crunch-time guys in the last three minutes of close games, they don't have a proven crunch-time guy. (And don't tell me it's Brand. I watched him for four years on the Clippers; he's not that type of player.) Fundamentally, this can't work for anything beyond "45-47 wins and maybe a second-round appearance"... and that's before you factor in the skewed level of expectations already in place, or the fact that, again, they just spent $83 million to reunite the best two guys on a 27-win Clippers team from 2003. I just don't see it.

You want a sleeper contender in the East? Check out the goofy team that Pat Riley slapped together in Miami. Could a healthy Dwyane Wade win 40 games by himself? Hell, yeah! He's Dwyane Wade! Then you have Michael Beasley (a guaranteed 18 and , Shawn Marion (either what he gives them or what they get when they deal him), Udonis Haslem (a playoff-proven banger) ... and what if they get something from Shaun Livingston? What if Mario Chalmers turns out to be as cool/collected as he was at Kansas? What if new coach Erik Spoelstra turns out to be the Gruden-like savant that everyone keeps predicting? What if they land a key buyout guy like Boston did with P.J. Brown last February? I'd rather bet on a healthy Wade than the heart of the '03 Clippers joining forces with Iguodala and Dalembert. But that's just me.

[MDS]

you be quotin sports guy like be gettin high

[PhillyPhreak54]

No mention of Andre Miller?

He's the guy who will make that engine run.

I'm excited to see what Sammy can do now that he does not have to be "the guy" down on the blocks. With Brand banging inside that frees him up to do his thing on the weakside swatting shots.

Lou Will is someone else I'm excited to see too.

[reese125]

Although dude made few valid points, the fact that he goes touting off about Miami is "bananas".

I don't know how you rip the improved Sixers with much more depth then compare that to a bunch of rookies, Shaun "JR Reed" Livingston, Marion and Wade as to who would be a better sleeper team.

Awesome analysis.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Anyone watching the game?

They are killin it on the boards and blocking shots like crazy....but they've gone ice cold from the floor.

They should be murdering Toronto.

[PhillyPhreak54]

And Toronto leads by 8 now...their outside shots are starting to drop.

Sammy D is tearing the boards up...11 with 7 offensive.

And can League Pass PLEASE get some different commercials? The "where.....happens" with the piano music has been on 67 times in the first quarter and a half.

[QB Eagles]

And can League Pass PLEASE get some different commercials? The "where.....happens" with the piano music has been on 67 times in the first quarter and a half.

More overexposed than the Vacation DIRECTV ad in the World Series?

[Rome]

Excuse me but Christie Brinkley can't be overexposed enough.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

The Sixers lost last night.  I can't imagine there are too many people that give a shtein.

[Seabiscuit36]

The Sixers lost last night.  I can't imagine there are too many people that give a shtein.

after the game the sixers told everyone they could stay and watch the phils game there, and revel in it afterwards

[BigEd76]

408 people with tickets to game 5 took advantage of an offer to get half price on Sixers tickets.  Most of them left before mid-4th

[SD_Eagle5]

Sixers killed the Knicks tonight, just caught the highlights.