No Hippos Jai Alai Thread

[MDS]

shut up homer

11,000 @ the game. probably like 8500 gate. well done, stefasnki.

[ice grillin you]

shut up homer

11,000 @ the game. probably like 8500 gate. well done, stefasnki.

and (1) watching on the nba package

[ice grillin you]

few sixer thoughts...

1. great cooney piece in the daily today on allen...for a while the last year and a half i was even having some ill thoughts about ai...which really made me hate myself as i am an unabashed iverson groupie...easily my favorite basketball player ever...but this piece really has some great quotes and shows what i said when the sixers signed him....that he was truly home and where he belongs

http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/20100108_Bob_Cooney__Sixerville__Iverson_s_been_good_for_the_team_so_far.html


2. where are all the people who were all on thad youngs cack saying hes easily better than iguodala...move iguodala thad is the future blah blah blah...people talk about iguodalas limitations that prevent him from being a superstar and no doubt he has them....not abgreat handle not a great shooter...but thad has limitations that are stopping him from being a good nba player...absolutely no handle whatsoever non existent game from outside of like three feet...iguodala is so far superior to thad its really a joke

3. have we talked about the awfulness that is ed pickney?

4. how much is july 1 gonna hurt this year when the best FA class of all time hits the market and the sixers have elton brand as their 7th or 8th man...the anger rises by the day

5. how impressive is jeru....i will make no declarations about how hes gonna be a stud down the road or anything like that but for his age he is super impressive...still cant get over how good a defender he is...he literally might be the best on the team...and he doesnt make to many awful mistakes with the ball...hes yet to do anything great...but for one of the youngest players in the whole league getting real minutes and not looking out of his league is a very good watch

6. i dont care what anyone says or how bad they are........i like watching this team

[MDS]

1. yes

2. thad isnt and wont ever be as good as igy, but realistically there isnt a scenario where andre igoudala is a sixer and they are competitive for an nba title. same doesnt go for thad. so for that, id try and trade igy. if getting rid of him and sammy makes them a low level player this summer, then good. if it gets picks, then great. but realistically they are farged because of brand and thats all on the abortion that is edward j. stefanski.

3. like god awful. unwatchable. worse than salmi. where in the world is steve mix.

4. you were on stefanskis nuts cause he cold called wip and talked a little more honestly than most gms do but hes the reason this franchise is a colossal failure.

5. jrue + john wall together in the backcourt. yes they are both smaller than munsons dong but it would be awesome.

6. no one cares. just call a spade a spade and know you are wasting oxygen watching a team that wont come remotely close to winning anything for the next 10 years.

[ice grillin you]

i still love stefanski...and i dont even really blame him for elton...i way more blame the sixers for firing billy king when they did...they hired stefanski to makes a splash and he did what they wanted him...where as billy would have waited it out and had his eyes on the 2010 prize(s)

neither jeru nor wall are small...they arent penny hardaway either but def not even close to small

[MDS]

two 6-4 guards in the same backcourt? i mean ill do it, but youd like to see a guy 6-6 in there that can size up with the other big guards out there.

[ice grillin you]

what on gods earth are you talking about two six four guards in the same backcourt...do you really think they are getting wall

and you know dwayne wade is 6-4 right?

[MDS]

if jrue or wall could drop 25 a night id be good

also how are they not in the running to get wall. theyre gonna wind up in the bottom 5 and have a shot. not great, but a shot.

and im out covering a hockey game but lol @ this loss. sammy d needs to be got.

[ice grillin you]

sammy had a solid game

its just unreal how they completely fold at around the 11 minute mark of the 4th quarter every nite

their problem is they dont have a stud player that can put an end to other teams runs...making stops would help as well of course...but who is the guy on their team that after the opponent reels off 6 or 8 pts in row is going to put an end to it by scoring a few buckets...it should be lou but hes a horrible finisher...they have no one...

so when they are up 12 and the other team reels off 6 in row who scores a couple buckets in repsonse to get it back to double digits...the answer is no one

[MDS]

i know, skippy

thats why i want to tank and get johnny wall who could be that guy

but then i get yelled at

also check out this gem from philly.com comments

i want to see hoosiers basketball. get dalembert resigned and trade players for draft picks. sign lebron in the summer and get young guys to play around him. fire jordan and hire avery johnson. I have nothing to contribute

[PhillyPhreak54]

I really wish there was a way they could find a way to make a deal with the Rockets for McGrady's contract. People seem to really want Elton Brand down here...not that their words on the radio mean much, but it sure would be nice.

[The BIGSTUD]

The only way they are getting T-Mac's contract is Iguodala and a young player.

Which would be moronic for the Sixers. I want Wall too, but at the same time you can't give up too much just to increase that chance. If they'd take Brand or Sammy the deal would be done already, but no one wants them.

Maybe the Cavs will take Brand at the deadline if he continues to play well, but even that is less than probable.

[PhillyPhreak54]

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/20100108_Jordan_gets_no_guarantee_from_Stefanski.html

Ed Stefanski, the 76ers' president and general manager, would not guarantee tonight that Eddie Jordan will remain the team's coach for the entire season

[Rome]

It's nice of the general manager to stand behind the guy he just hired.   Such loyalty.

[Don Ho]

I can't believe I'm actually listening to the Sixers/Hornets game on WIP.  farging Eagles