2008-2009 Philadelphia 76ers Season Thread

ice grillin you · February 04, 2009, 11:03:36 AM

lol yeah im gonna believe some coach speak over what actually happened...you do know this isnt like wilt scoring a hundred...theres video of the play

hunt · February 04, 2009, 11:04:37 AM

you honestly don't think it was a set play for pierce to get the ball up top & for big baby to set a screen for allen?

really?

reese125 · February 04, 2009, 11:11:21 AM

Do you really think that Thad should have drifted over to Pierce?

because that makes your "set play" argument null and void

ice grillin you · February 04, 2009, 11:19:49 AM

Quote from: hunt on February 04, 2009, 11:04:37 AM
you honestly don't think it was a set play for pierce to get the ball up top & for big baby to set a screen for allen?

really?

im sure it was...and thats what would have happened if thad hadnt blown the whole thing up...and if it had happened then i could see blaming someone for not switching...but it didnt

ice grillin you · February 04, 2009, 11:21:13 AM

Quote from: reese125 on February 04, 2009, 11:11:21 AM
because that makes your "set play" argument null and void

reece is scarily on point today...who jacked his password

hunt · February 04, 2009, 11:31:30 AM

there is no set play argument. it was a set play. fact.

maybe thad drifted over a little too far to help on pierce, who already had 29 pts. thad helping on pierce did set the screen up perfectly. that's for sure. what's also for sure is that sammy didn't switch out on allen like he was supposed to. he stood there & watched allen shoot a wide open 3.

reese125 · February 04, 2009, 11:42:04 AM

ha..youre a trip kid

hunt · February 04, 2009, 11:52:04 AM

which one of you is kate?

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/deep-sixer/Why_was_Ray_Allen_Open_.html

ice grillin you · February 04, 2009, 12:03:48 PM

statman nailed it

Kate, great reporting on what is sure to be a memorable moment in the Sixers' season, one way or the other. I just watched the replay again, though, and it is inaccurate to say that Young "came over slightly" toward Pierce's penetration. He took three steps over and had his back completely turned to Allen. Essentially, he was a double-teaming a player who was covered and who could only have tied the game. He did this all prior to any setting of screens, so the explanation about switching screens is a red herring. The screen by Davis happened only a split-second before Allen received the pass (after Thad had already gone for his ill-advised double-team), so it's unreasonable to expect Dalembert to have gotten there. The more I watch it, the more I'm convinced this one is all on Thad. His problem on defense, which is the same as his problem on the defensive glass, is that he's always looking at the ball and not paying attention to his man. Some of the blame must also go to DiLeo, for not drilling into Thad that he shouldn't leave Allen under any circumstances, let alone try to double-team someone else.

BigEd76 · February 04, 2009, 06:10:44 PM

Thad will be in the Rookie/Sophomore game next week

MDS · February 04, 2009, 07:11:17 PM

there he is

wut up easy

hunt · February 05, 2009, 11:24:00 AM

2 weeks until the trade deadline.

ice grillin you · February 05, 2009, 02:14:03 PM

over under tonight on number of danny granger threes?

reese125 · February 05, 2009, 02:24:30 PM

set it--I got you... and we are going 10 beans on it

DH · February 05, 2009, 03:15:19 PM

Elton done for the season.