2008 76ers Offseason Thread

[The BIGSTUD]

Sixers announced a press conference at 5 pm. Anyone have an idea what it is for?

[reese125]

1) tailgaiting packages and ticket prices are going up

or

2) Brand signing

[ice grillin you]

Speights won't play as much as Thad, but he'll definitely play some.

mop up time in blowouts...unless the team plane goes down and he misses the flight he will get no meaningful minutes


not only is he fourth on the depth chart at his position but hes nowhere near nba ready...thad had a great amount of talent that could get him by...he just needed to learn the game...speights doesnt have off the charts talent or skills and doesnt know the game...thad has that and it allowed him to play multiple positions to get himself on the court speights can only play the four and he is fourth on the depth chart at that position...

the positive is that speights can now learn and practice against brand....but dont look for him until fall 09

[Seabiscuit36]

I loved all the draft stuff about Speights being a poor mans Elton Brand, now the Sixers own both models

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Speights won't play as much as Thad, but he'll definitely play some.

That's a really bold prediction.  Let me try one.

Jason Smith won't play as much as Sam Dalembert, but he'll definitely play some.


Here are the other four players in the last 20 years besides Brand that have career averages of 20 points and 10 rebounds:
Tim Duncan
Shaquille O'Neal
David Robinson
Kevin Garnett

[Seabiscuit36]

FF just beat me to the career stats.  What outside veteran shooters are available?

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Yours was more detailed, though.

The comments on the philly.com article are amusing.  Like this one:

We need Matt Geiger back to put us over the edge, heck we're probably still paying him.

[BigEd76]

What outside veteran shooters are available?

So now that they can only sign players for the vet minimum, here's some options:

Salim Stoudamire
Damon Stoudamire
Tyronn Lue
Juan Dixon
Dan Dickau
Jason Williams
Ricky Davis
Sebastian Telfair
Fred Jones
Pat Garrity
Eric Piatkowski
James Jones
Robert Horry
Michael Finley
Roger Mason

[reese125]

I hope Zendon Hamilton stays cool about Brand wearing his number. Shtein could get ugly

[Drunkmasterflex]

Never would have guessed that there were only 4 other players that have had career averages of 20/10 over the last 20 years.  They all of course have championships, hopefully Brand will get one with Philly.

[ice grillin you]

lot of those guys easy are gonna go for well above the vet minimum


the other chance they have of getting a two is to trade iguodala for someones starter...has anyone heard of any being available cause i havent

[reese125]

I would love if they were able to get Kelenna Azubuike from GS. Dude is all-around

[SD_Eagle5]

In the immediate aftermath of Elton Brand's reported signing with Philadelphia, Yahoo!'s Adrian Wojnarowski reports the Clippers had given the forward some sort of ultimatum, a move which might have angered E.B. and sent him into Thaddeus Young's waiting arms (via ClipsNation).

What had come to hurt the Clippers' chances of retaining Brand has been the organization's refusal to offer anything but a "take-it-or-leave-it" deal since Golden State made its $90-plus million offer. People close to Brand say that "it pissed him off," and made him question his original desire to stay a Clipper.

What strikes me on first glance -- wasn't the reported $70 million, five years offer from the Clips the max they could offer after reeling in Baron Davis? There has some dispute over whether the Clippers renounced Brand to sign Davis; if not, the Clippers could have offered a sixth year. However, there were reports last week that Brand wasn't after a sixth year. (There were also reports Brand's agent had set up L.A.'s Davis snatch to help get Brand a good team around him, but obviously that one wasn't so right.)

One more thing strikes me: how can it be about money when Brand takes $8 million less from the Sixers than he would have received from the Warriors? Brand's mad about the Clipper offer, but takes the one from Philly when Golden State is showing it values him more? It doesn't make any sense, unless Brand refused to consider Golden State for other reasons. This story should be fun to follow for a while.

Thanks Clippers

[ice grillin you]

thank you clippers for sharhara brand

[BigEd76]

lot of those guys easy are gonna go for well above the vet minimum

understood....I was just mentioning some of the guys that can hit a three more than once every 3 or 4 shots

the other chance they have of getting a two is to trade iguodala for someones starter...has anyone heard of any being available cause i havent

Michael Redd was mentioned although that's unlikely now