2008-2009 Philadelphia 76ers Season Thread

[reese125]

hmmm...so you would hate to have that expiring contract? Got it.

[ice grillin you]

miller is an expiring contract as well

[reese125]

which is the reason they needed to include Evans expiring

Millers $10 million expiring alone doesnt do much for the Sixers next year anyway. Theres already like $57 mill tied up to the current players--and even if the cap goes up a couple million next yr that leaves the Sixers with only like $3-4 million to sign someone

it doesnt look good all the way around for this club except for close playoff runs the next few years

[phattymatty]

i think the cap is actually supposed to go down next year. 

[reese125]

even better

[ice grillin you]

well i mean if you wanted to get rid of miller because of a reggie evans contract then thats fine...id rather have miller the option to resign him if i choose and to have a chance at the playoffs this year than to save a couple bucks

[hunt]

miller is nice but he's not the long term answer for this team.  they don't have a sg with a legit jumpshot so they need a pg who can shoot the damn ball.  unless they move one of the young guys (williams, thad, speights) for a legit sg, bringing miller back doesn't change anything.

[SD_Eagle5]

Expect to see the Sixers spin their wheels in the mud for the next 3 or 4 seasons. Unless Brand comes back healthy and makes a big contribution the Sixers will remain a mid to late playoff team for the foreseeable future. The NBA sucks anyway, if it weren't for the Sixers I wouldn't give two shteins about the league.

[reese125]

bite your god-damn tongue right now SD

[ice grillin you]

heres how i see it

trading him:

does nothing cept save a few bucks

(if they could have done a willie green and miller for lafenz and bayless sure but that wasnt out there)

not trading him:

--allows you to resign him if thats best for the team...obviously not for five years but if you were to draft a pg and wanted him to learn under miller for a year or two you can do this...plus with the economic climate in the nba miller can probably be gotten on the cheap and for minimal years this offseason...if you trade him you lose some exclusivity and his larry bird rights in dealing with him

--possible sign and trade this summer

--it allows the young guys to still be tutored

--it doesnt end the season in february

--allows for a playoff series or two

bite your god-damn tongue right now SD

seriously...the nba is so good right now...the ironic part is what sd said is 100% correct if you replace nba with nhl and sixers with flyers...i cant imagine any non cervantnadian wanting to watch bruins sharks over celtics lakers right now

[phattymatty]

the nba is about as exciting right now as it has been since the jordan and magic days.  lebron, chris paul, dwight howard, kobe, louie admundson, etc.

[SD_Eagle5]

the nba is about as exciting right now as it has been since the jordan and magic days.  lebron, chris paul, dwight howard, kobe, louie admundson, etc.

You couldn't be further off if you tried, the NBA isn't anywhere close to as good as the 80's or 90's, and none of the players you mentioned are likeable or as marketable as Magic/Bird/Jordan/Barkley/Malone etc. The league is full of slop play and the salary structure is by far the worst in sports. Every player with a smidgen of athletic ability thinks they're Jordan. It's really not even a team sport anymore. In short the NBA is terrible.

[SunMo]

there are good players, but the overall team quality sucks...5 good teams:  lakers, spurs, magic, celtics, cavs

[phattymatty]

you couldn't be further off if you tried, the NBA isn't anywhere close to as good as the 80's or 90's, and none of the players you mentioned are likeable or as marketable as Magic/Bird/Jordan/Barkley/Malone etc. The league is full of slop play and the salary structure is by far the worst in sports. Every player with a smidgen of athletic ability thinks they're Jordan. It's really not even a team sport anymore. In short the NBA is terrible.

other than kobe, none of those players are likable?  you're crazy.

[ice grillin you]

there are good players, but the overall team quality sucks...5 good teams:  lakers, spurs, magic, celtics, cavs

thats every sport that has a salary cap...im talking about strictly the quality of play the nba is infintely more watchable than the nhl...and im someone whos first love was the nhl