2010 Sixers Offseason Thread

[Wilbert]

i wish battie was like five years younger so they could bring hawes or speights off the bench

i cant recall a softer front line than that...say what you want about the godfather but he could defend the front of the rim...they are gonna get slaughtered inside the paint this year

Well all the talk from Collins about Brand revolves around defense and rebounding.   Maybe Brand recreates his old injured self.

Brand has apparantly lost alot of weight for this season. But he is what he is at this point in his career. I dont expect any rebirth.
Hawes is what scares me. Cant rebound and his D is non existant. As Grillin said our frontcourt is marshmelow soft.

[ice grillin you]

i was more talking about having a guy who was an overall tought intimidating defensive presence that can guard the basket...brand was never that

even in his prime on the boards he was always a cerebral position type rebounder...which is why he was so good as an offensive rebounder...i bet he never finished in the top five in total rebounds tho...hes not a pillsbury doughboy like hawes but he is a long way away from antonio davis too...and that was when he was young and healthy

[MDS]

who was the last no. 2 pick to be healthy and come off the bench to start the season?

i dont get the feeling ET is gonna be a bust but i certainly get the feeling he is at best a marginal starter and most likely nothing more than a role player

[PhillyGirl]

http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/20100930_Brand_s_loss_is_the_Sixers__gain.html

[DH]

Brand sucks and the Melo' will NEVER be a Sixer. Move on.

[PhillyGirl]

http://www.crossingbroad.com/2010/09/lou-williams-pays-homage-to-allen-iverson.html

[reese125]

So how much of a project is Evan Turner going to turn into?

Collins is going to start the season with him as a backup point. Dougs comments concerning ET at his presser a few days back pretty much scream out, Evan cant play 2 gaurd.
That means Dre having to put in minutes at the 2 again.

Recent quote from Doug.

"That means No. 2 overall pick Evan Turner is primarily the backup point guard, which Sixers coach Doug Collins said is likely to continue for at least the foreseeable future because it allows Turner to play how he did at Ohio State -with the ball in his hands.

"I just want him to do what he does well," Collins said. "He's a facilitator right now."

Nothing we havent already heard, but was hoping ET was farther along the pike in playing at the 2 spot than he is.
At Dougs presser a he also said ET, "Doesnt know what to " in regards to the 2 spot.

Wonderful!
I'm not in the panic mode yet, but if ET cant play the 2, its worse fears realized.

Collins has been known to be hard on rookies. He believes you have to earn your minutes no matter what. I look at it this way, if he plays second fiddle for a bit and learns by watching it cant hurt a team that's not even a playoff contender.

Then the other argument is why waste the 2nd pick for a guy who wont start, plus how will he learn if hes not thrown into the fire right away to get the game time experience? I look at Jrue's development from the lack of minutes he played till now and its night and day. I look at indiana's danny grangers development from his rookie year till now and its centuries away from where he was, etc. The same can be said for Turner. The skills that he possesses wont allow him to watch from the bench for long...especially on the sixers.

[Wilbert]

I have no problem with ET starting the season on the bench. Collins is old school NBA. It doesnt surprise me.
What concerns me is he has him backing up the point gaurd position.
Ideally I'd want ET being used at the 2. In my mind thats what suits our retooling the best.

We'll see how it rolls with ET, but I'd hate to think we used a #2 overall pick on a point gaurd when we already had that position covered.

[ice grillin you]

right now he cant shoot well enough to play the two...hes sort of like ray allen without the shot

he has to learn how to get his own shot in the league...particularly how to come off of screens and curls and shoot the ball...something he never did in college since the ball was always in his hands...so i think what doug is doing is putting him in his comfort zone at the point and try to exploit some size mismatches...post him up some...but generally just let the ball be in his hands and have him get comfortable to playing at this level...turner isnt like most top draft picks where they can get by on talent from the start.....et has to learn how to play in the league first since he doesnt have an over the top skill set like a favors or wall

[reese125]

so Im standing in line at the eagles game, with about a thousand other heads cramming our way to pass through the security check, and I look over and who do I see...Evan Turner

tall-ass, skinny as could be with what looked like two midget 12th graders with him...no lie. He walked up to the security guy and I guess asked him where he should go. Not a soul recognized him. just a strange scenario all the way around.

[SD]

Lets hope he wasn't sitting in Die-Hards section

[Wilbert]

A little sixer teaser. some 5 on 5

http://www.nba.com/sixers/video/2010/10/01/100930practicemov-1428655/index.html

some good interviews on the site.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Anyone who saw the game tonight - whats the good news? See anything worthwhile?

I was looking at the box and saw that ET got to the line 12 times but was only 1-6 from the floor. Iggy was 0-5.

And Spencer Hawes was rockin a sexy -17 +/- for the night.

[Hawk]

Anyone who saw the game tonight - whats the good news? See anything worthwhile?

I was looking at the box and saw that ET got to the line 12 times but was only 1-6 from the floor. Iggy was 0-5.

And Spencer Hawes was rockin a sexy -17 +/- for the night.

Was the game even on locally?? I checked my sixers board and there wasn't even a game thread... and those nerds usually went 18-20 pages on summer league games...

[DH]

I just ordered the NBA League Pass (Time Warner) and was told that all games will be available in HD this year - anyone know if this is the truth?