2008 76ers Offseason Thread

[SunMo]

Speights

[phattymatty]

thats cool.  he should learn how to spell maurice though.

[Don Ho]

wtf?

[Don Ho]

never good when they go right to commercial break after your pick.

[phattymatty]

well he's not in the building so they have to get him on the phone or something.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Not bad, I suppose. He's a big body and that is what they need.

Now they need to buy a #2 and draft a shooter.

[BigEd76]

As long as they took Speights or Arthur I was OK with the pick.  Let's see if they get Utah's pick early, or buy a 2nd-rder

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

I study the NFL draft and make educated guesses and never get it right.

I don't know shtein about basketball, and I got this one right.


I give up.  Can we start talking about how much more difficult it is to pitch with someone on base again?

[Seabiscuit36]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW8yoD0IWtw

[PhillyPhreak54]

white basketball players dont always pass the look test but many of them can play unlike outside linebackers

[ice grillin you]

as solid of a pick as they could have made there...nba body not a twig like a lot of these potential guys that wont be ready for three years..my only concern with him is his defense..he has the potential to get exposed somewhat as nba fours are much more athletic than ever before...but sammy protecting the rim will provide comfort in that area

[ice grillin you]

white basketball players dont always pass the look test but many of them can play unlike outside linebackers

gross

[Dillen]

I'm just happy no Deandre Jordan. He's terrible. Top 20 pick and his team literally didnt play him in the NCAA tournament?

[reese125]

Dude's got reese in his name--gold

[BigEd76]

"He was the highest ranked player when our pick came," senior vice president and assistant general manager Tony DiLeo said.
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▪ "First of all, we're a running team, and he's one of the best running big men in the draft."

▪ "Second of all, we need a post-up presence. Even though he's not developed fully yet, he can score with both hands around the basket, and he will be, we think, a good post-up player.

▪ "Third, we need some outside shooting. Not only can he score inside, but he can go outside.

▪ "Fourth, we like versatile players. We think eventually he eventually will be able to play both positions – the power forward and the center position.

▪ "Fifth, he's a good person. He fits in with his character into our team. We've done a lot of research on him. He really fits us like a glove."
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"We don't feel he'll be an impact next season," DiLeo said. "But we didn't feel that way with Thaddeus last season. We feel he'll get on the court some, but we don't see a major role for him. But it depends on him. If he develops the way Thaddeus developed this year ... I mean we couldn't keep him on the court."
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"They won the national championship, and he practiced and played against Horford and Noah for a whole season and learned a lot from those two players," DiLeo said. "That was also a factor in our decision."