Sixers Season 3

[rjs246]

I would give them seven indian-head pennies, a satchel full of bubblegum, and eleventy-six second round picks.

[hunt]

i think they could get 1 legit player and maybe a prospect or a draft pick for him...don't you? 

the hardest part would be finding a team that wants a1.

AI is not going to bring us a good player, another good young player, and a draft pick.

probably not all 3 but he'd bring a good player and EITHER another young player OR a pick....i'd be happy with that.

you should have confidence in billy king, you negasixers fan.

[hunt]

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2006/writers/ian_thomsen/02/16/notes/1.html

Not wanting to follow the Knicks off the luxury-tax cliff, the 76ers have put the word out that they're willing to consider proposals for anybody. A few weeks ago there was talk within the 76ers' camp of making a run at Seattle's Ray Allen, but the idea didn't go far -- not only is Allen not available, but it's hard to imagine that the Sonics would be interested in taking Allen Iverson in return. He doesn't fit in with the clean-cut, buttoned-down image that owner Howard Schultz has created in Seattle since the departure of Gary Payton.
Iverson and coach Maurice Cheeks had their first argument in front of the team last Sunday after a frustrating loss at Washington, but someone who was there says that Iverson has since tried to show he meant no harm. He is showing up for practice earlier and is going out of his way to demonstrate that there are no hard feelings.
Are the 76ers ready to take a deep breath and trade Iverson? All indications are that they'll get through this season before dismantling the roster and starting over. They're a tax-paying team with more than $47 million committed next season to Iverson, Chris Webber and Samuel Dalembert, a trio that isn't in synch. It's going to be an extended rebuilding process, because they probably can't get equal value back for Webber and Iverson, and there are big doubts that second-year swingman Andre Iguodala can score enough to develop into a franchise player.

[SunMo]

interesting stuff...

i don't need Iggy to be a franchise player, i.e Iverson. i just want him to develop into a Richard Jefferson type, can he do that?  i don't know.  but we sure as hell won't know until they start to focus on him in the offense a little bit more.

[SD_Eagle5]

i think they could get 1 legit player and maybe a prospect or a draft pick for him...don't you? 

the hardest part would be finding a team that wants a1.

AI is not going to bring us a good player, another good young player, and a draft pick.

probably not all 3 but he'd bring a good player and EITHER another young player OR a pick....i'd be happy with that.

you should have confidence in billy king, you negasixers fan.

I have no problem with BK, he's made some questionable decisions but he didn't exactly walk into the greatest situation. I talked to him for about 10 minutes when I did the shoot-around before the Heat game earlier this season, he's very personble. But here's the deal: He values AI as 'the franchise', I mean, that's why people are still going to the games (in limited numbers, but nevertheless they're still attending). So with that, he has to worry about A) winning and B) filling the seats. He's not going to take anything less than full worth for AI. No team is going to give us full worth for a guy who's known as a trouble maker and a guy who's not really a 'team' guy.

Seattle would be stupid to trade us Ray Allen for AI.

[hunt]

i was kidding about the king remark, btw....personally, i think he's a moron.  he's especially inept when it comes to free agency...see his record of signing garbage players to long term deals.

i know he values a1 as the franchise and that's part of the reason i think he's a moron.  i also think he lacks the balls to make a major move like trading iverson since the rebuilding process that would follow would most likely cost him his job. 

fire king
trade a1
trade webber


nothing changes until those 3 things happen.

[SD_Eagle5]

i was kidding about the king remark, btw....personally, i think he's a moron.  he's especially inept when it comes to free agency...see his record of signing garbage players to long term deals.

I figured as much, which was sort of the reason I stood up for him. I just think he inherited a bad situation (no picks, no cap space). Do you have someone in mind as his replacement? Because I don't see him as the type of guy who knows what it takes to rebuild a team from the ground up, which is what you're asking him to do.

[hunt]

i was kidding about the king remark, btw....personally, i think he's a moron.  he's especially inept when it comes to free agency...see his record of signing garbage players to long term deals.

I figured as much, which was sort of the reason I stood up for him. I just think he inherited a bad situation (no picks, no cap space).

i know LB was the puppetmaster but a lot of those moves came under king's watch.  and i don't follow the GM carousel closely enough to know who would be a good replacement.  i just know king isn't getting it done.

[hunt]

http://www.hoopshype.com/general_managers/billy_king.htm

[SD_Eagle5]

Hey, I'm not saying don't replace him, all I'm saying is the mess we're in now is not solely his fault.

[hunt]

not solely his fault...just mostly.

[phattymatty]

Best transaction: Traded Kenny Thomas, Corliss Williamson and Brian Skinner to the Sacramento Kings for Chris Webber, Michael Bradley and Matt Barnes on February 23, 2005.

When that is your career best transaction, you're not a very good GM.

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I watched Webber take a half-assed swipe at a Bull last night as he drove the lane for an easy layup.

Then I changed the channel.

[MDS]

Whatever happened to Efthimos Rentizas? He was awsome.

[hunt]

Whatever happened to Efthimos Rentizas? He was awsome.

he's still on the team but he had his name legally changed to shavlik randolph because it's slightly easier to spell.