2008 76ers Offseason Thread

[reese125]

It's not an insult, dingus.   There are certain players who are great 6th men because of what they bring to the game when they enter it.

Bobby Jones, Kevin McHale, Detlef Schrempf, Danny Manning... the list goes on.  All of them were great 6th men.  Iggy can be precisely that sort of player.

Wow...Andre Iguodala named to the Hall of Fame and the NBA's 50 greatest players like McHale

Im in!

[SunMo]

calling him a 6th man is just silly, he's a legitimate starter in the league

[Rome]

Your face is silly.

[rjs246]

I hear professional basketball is popular.

[reese125]

not as popular as lacrosse

[PhillyPhreak54]

"only" $71-72M?!?!? GREAT DEAL!

shtein...yeah, these NBA salaries are out of control. Guaranteed 70-something mil and cannot knock down jumpers and stunk the joint up in the playoffs.

I like him, but damn that's a lot of cash.

[SunMo]

why do you idiots care about how much money they make?  it's not your money

and as far as guarenteed contracts go, baseball is much worse

[phattymatty]

for real.  half the people in this thread that bitch about money aren't even basketball fans.  and obviously have no idea the size of nba contracts these days. 

it's on this year.  the bandwagon is full very soon kids.

[PhillyPhreak54]

I hate the guaranteed contracts in all sports. Baseball and basketball.

I hate the system more so than the amounts. Because it handcuffs teams. When did they finally pay Matt Geiger off? Yesterday?

And...if you're going to pay a guy like that...he better he tight in every portion of his game.

[phattymatty]

and to be honest, it probably wasn't the greatest signing ever in terms of the team in the long run, but who cares.  this season is gonna be fun as hell.

[ice grillin you]

I've said it for years... he's a good sixth man type, period.

romey please stop talking about basketball imediately especially the sixers...youve seen iguodala play probably less than ten games ever...to say hes a sixth man is beyond ludicrous...players to avg 18 5 and 5 in the league...kobe mcgrady lebron iguodala...thats it thats the list...im not putting him in their league cause he isnt but if you think thats sixth man numbers youre insane


and if youre jealous of the money he got then fine...theres a lot of 9-5'ers that get upset that people makes tons of money to play a game...blah blah blah...

but dont act like the sixers grossly overpaid him or something...its what the going rate is for very good nba players coming off their rookie deals...how many times do we have to go over this

and if you think iguodala didnt deserve it thats fair as well but please put forth a valid plan b...should they have went after deng for the same money instead...or andris biedrins for 62 mil?

[SD_Eagle5]

I wouldn't have as big of a problem with this deal if a younger and cheaper version of Igoudala wasn't already on the team. It makes no sense throwing that type of cash at a 3 who's slotted to play the 2 but has a mediocre outside shot. I was really hoping they'd pull a sign and trade for a guy like Rip. Wishful thinking on my part...Iggy isn't a fit on this team but maybe they can get the combo of speed/athletism/drive to the hoop and Brands low post game to work.

As far as cap space goes Miller is an F/A after this season so there's money. I'd rather they re-signed him but all indications are he bounces out west once the season is through. Only chance I see of retaining him is if they make a serious run this season.

[ice grillin you]

ive yet to see the exact numbers but i dont think miller leaving is going to give them cap room...with iguodala and lous deals i believe they are way over the cap...in fact they should be closer to the luxury tax penalty than to below the cap

[ice grillin you]

in fact now that i think about it the sixers might come in over the luxury tax no?

brand brought them to or at the cap number of 58

iguodala 8-10 cap number
lou 3 cap number

bring it to right around 71

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I don't have a problem with Iguodala getting caked off.  Good for him.  My concern is that with the cap situation, they won't be able to retain Thad when he's coming off his rookie deal.

I guess if you think Iggy is a lot more special than Thad, you're fine with this and wish Thad well in 2010 or whatever.  But also, the team basically has all their money in big men for the next few years and wouldn't be able to replace Miller or get a real "4".

Still, who gives a shtein if they win it all this year?