Sixers Off-Season Thread

[PhillyPhreak54]

Cool.

So then a Willie Green sign-and-trade would work for him if the two teams were interested in doing so.

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Cool.

So then a Willie Green sign-and-trade would work for him if the two teams were interested in doing so.

i think so...shoot billy king an e-mail.   and i'm sure obie wouldn't object to willie leaving.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

BTW:  Kobe got ZERO votes for MVP.   

[PhillyPhreak54]

Some nitwit voted for PJ Brown too.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

PJ Brown > Kobe

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well, willie green's agent made a statement yesterday....willie loves philly but they have concerns about his playing time...said willie expected to be a starter this season but only wound up starting 20-25 games. 
first dalembert, now green.  way to go, obie.

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The odd couple

C-Webb's answer to Philly problem:
I can't play with A.I.



WASHINGTON - All of the big-man, little-man pairings in the East aren't going quite as well as Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade. Their Batman and Robin routine could take the Miami Heat to its first NBA championship, depending, first and foremost, on O'Neal's physical condition the rest of the way.

The Sixers, are a long way from the Heat, especially when it comes to their big-man, little-man pairing. Not long after a first-round loss in the playoffs to the Pistons, Chris Webber confided to several close friends that playing with Allen Iverson drove him crazy.


"I can't play with him," Webber told one old friend. "He dribbles too much."


That's not exactly Shaq telling Wade before the Big Fella sat out Game 3 of the Miami-Washington series with a bum thigh, "you're the best player on the court. Now go out and play that way." As Wade later admitted, after putting the Wizards in a 3-0 hole with another eye-opening performance, "that's the kind of confidence you just can't buy."


Webber apparently isn't very confident that he and Iverson can make a successful tandem starting next season. After lamenting Iverson's me-first approach, he told his pal: "I'd take a pay cut to get out of there."


But the pay cut isn't happening, nor is Webber's imminent departure. It will be more than a little difficult for the Sixers to break up the Iverson-Webber pairing, meaning finding Webber a new team. He makes $63 million over the next three seasons, his knee isn't getting any better and next March he turns 33. So their ability to work together on the floor to help the Sixers improve on their 43 wins and seventh-place finish in the East is going to be Topic A when they go to training camp in October.


It's not as if Webber wasn't warned by people in the know that it would be close to impossible to work with Iverson. When he first became a Sixer at February's trading deadline, he ran into an old Big Ten pal, Glenn Robinson. The Sixers had once hoped that Big Dog would be the running buddy who would taking scoring pressure off Iverson, just as they once incorrectly envisioned Keith Van Horn in that very same role.


But Robinson, who also had problems with Iverson, shared some prophetic words with Webber.


"You won't able to play with him," the Big Dog warned.

[PhillyGirl]

This was a "report" from the NY Daily News. Which is about as reliable as the PHILLY Daily News.

Report: Sixers' Webber says he doesn't want to play with Iverson

The Sixers aren't in the playoffs but they are in the news, thanks to Chris Webber's published comments regarding playing with Allen Iverson.

The New York Daily News reported that after the Sixers' first-round loss in the playoffs, Webber told a close friend that he didn't exactly enjoy being on the court with Iverson.

"I can't play with him," Webber was quoted as telling an old friend. "He dribbles too much."

Furthermore, Webber apparently isn't sold on the idea that he and Iverson can gel any better next season.

Apparently, Webber was warned by former Sixers forward Glenn Ribinson that it would be difficult to play with the five-time All-Star. Webber said that Robinson told him, "You won't able to play with him."

Now, after having played 21 games with the Sixers, Webber seems to agree.

"I'd take a pay cut to get out of there," Webber reportedly told his friend.

Unfortunately for Webber, that's not likely to happen.

Webber, who turns 33 in March, is reportedly scheduled to make $63 million over the next three seasons, so moving him isn't much of an option.

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yeah, i know....but there isn't much sixers news to talk about so what the heck.

[PhillyGirl]

Something tells me if Webber's "old friend" had said, "AI is the best player I've ever played with...I can't wait until next year" you'd have refrained from posting it.....

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i'm glad those mindreading courses are paying off for you. 

[MDS]

Even if these quotes are true, I'm sure it's Allen's fault that Webber continues to miss open 18 footers all the damn time. He dribbles too much, what do you expect?

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i'm just wondering how that trade somehow turned chris webber into kenny thomas.     

[Mad-Lad]

If Webber's unhappy, and Dalembert leaves for more money, and the Sixers are stuck with Jackson and Rogers as their big guys...

next year's gonna rule.

[PhillyGirl]

i'm just wondering how that trade somehow turned chris webber into kenny thomas.     

Yeah, because Chris Webber's knee injury and being thrown into Obie's RIDICULOUS scheme...those are reasons he should have thrived. Ok.