Sixers Off-Season Thread

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i'll be watching the draft....i'm hoping they'll do something to move up.


backup c & pf is definitely a need....but i think they need a new starting sf/sg to replace korver if they really want to improve this season...hopefully they'll get lucky in free agency.

btw, i can almost guarantee that king gives dalembert a 6 year deal.  book it.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Some geeky lookin dude was on DNL yesterday and he had a few names that the Sixers could be looking at...

I don't remember them all, but I remember a dude from UCLA , a dude from LSU, Dwayne Jones from St. Joe's, Jason Maxiell from Cincy and some others.

Has anyone heard that Jamal Mashburn is going to try to make a comeback with us? I heard it on the radio the other day.

Even if he couldn't be the 40 min a game guy anymore -- he'd be good for 20. I'd like to see him try it.

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i saw that guy on dnl too, phreak...jones is the only name i remember.
they won't get anything at #45...i'm more interested to see what they do in free agency.  and i haven't heard anything about mashburn playing.  if he does, great!   if his attempt to come back instead of retiring hurts the team's cap situation, 

[WEST is GOD]

Mashburn trying to come back is good news. When healthy he is an absolute stud.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Yeah, I'm not too optimistic about getting any help at 45, but they did get Green at 41 (through SEA) and Korver at 51 (through NJ). And I think MacCulloch was drafted at 47 a few years ago. So we could get something, but I'm not holding my breath.

Maybe we'll see a trade or something tonight?

As for Mash -- I've been looking all over for news about him trying to come back but haven't found shtein. So I'm about ready to chalk it up as a far fetched rumor. But I would like to see him try it. If he can't do it -- fine. But if he can then I think he'd be a good addition.

[WEST is GOD]

14 picks away

I'm sick gerald green went to boston

He'll suck though.

[SD_Eagle5]

We picked Louis Williams some 6'1 highschooler from somewhere.

[BigEd76]

Committed to Georgia and was the High School Player of the Year.  Compared to AI but doesn't have the shooting or the point guard skills.  Look for him in the NBDL...

Meanwhile, the following players went undrafted:

Randolph Morris (Kentucky C)
Dwayne Jones (St. Josephs PF/C)
Shavlik Randolph (Duke PF)
Kennedy Winston (Alabama SF/SG)
Matt Walsh (Florida SF)
Jawad Williams (UNC SF)
Kelenna Azubuike (Kentucky SG)
B.J. Elder (Georgia Tech SG)
John Gilchrist (Maryland PG)
Chris Thomas (Notre Dame PG)
Anthony Roberson (Florida PG)

[Seabiscuit36]

GET AZUBUIKE

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yay...an undersized high school kid....championship-here we come.


maybe they'll invite dwayne jones to camp.

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Compared to AI but doesn't have the shooting or the point guard skills.

So he can't even shoot 30% from the floor?  

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from what i've read this morning, the kid is 6'1, doesn't have PG handle or skills & isn't a good outside shooter.  this pick makes no sense.

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I was very surprised to see the Sixers pick a highschooler.  They haven't picked one during King's tenure (to my knowledge) and I don't even think the Sixers as an organization have drafted one since Darryl Dawkins.

Even if this kid had quality skills, I'd still be a bit disappointed given some of the players that were picked up later in the draft. 

[BigEd76]

At one point last year, he was considered a top 10 pick....then the NBA noticed that he wasn't that great.  Hey, he was still in all the high school All-Star games, so it's not like we drafted a European stiff like Rentzias... 

Sarge - yeah, this is the first (and last) high schooler since Chocolate Thunder...

[BigEd76]

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