2011-2012 Sixers Thread

[ice grillin you]

i really wish this wasnt the third of three for the sixers so that tonight could be viewed as a yardstick game

instead i think this sets up as a relatively easy knicks win or even blowout as the sixers arent going to have normal legs while the kicks played at home monday and had last night off...on the plus side theres no pressure whatsoever as a close game or a win would be a bonus (a win would be farging phenominal) whereas a loss can easily be written off

[DH]

I think the whole tired legs thing is overrated. The large majority of these guys are young ballers who, if they werent playing pro, they'd be running up and down some street court much more often than 3 nights in a row...and for much longer than 40 or so non-consecutive minutes.

[SD]

Doug has done a decent job of rotating guys. Luckily the last few games have been blowouts. I mean even Lavoy Allen got some PT lastnight. The tired legs thing shouldn't apply to anyone but Brand.

[ice grillin you]

one pro game = about 10 street games.....playing a pro sport against the top .01% athletes in the world is on a different planet than messin around in a pick up game...and not only is this three in a row for the sixers its the 5th in six nights...

you can get away with it against a dead on arrival kings team on a tough trip of their own and who isnt good to begin with but if the knicks dont win tonight it says a lot about them...mostly that they are a bunch of dogs...if new york wants to be a real player in this league as they portend then they have to win tonight and really should win fairly easily

[DH]

one pro game = about 10 street games

I disagree. Obviously the competition isn't comparable, but running up and down a court for hours on end, multiple nights a week = making playing 3 games in 3 days or 5 in 6 much less of an issue than people think.

Where I think it does make sense to talk about tired players is when you have guys who have an injury history - i.e. Amare - who may need an extra game off every few days. With a relatively young team (minus Brand), I'm not concerned.

[SunMo]

yeah, i was annoyed that tonight is the 3rd straight for the Sixers, but they have been able to save guys because of the blowouts, i don't think it's gonna be as big of a factor as originally thought.

the bigger issue is spencer and his back. 

[Sgt PSN]

one pro game = about 10 street games

I disagree. Obviously the competition isn't comparable, but running up and down a court for hours on end, multiple nights a week = making playing 3 games in 3 days or 5 in 6 much less of an issue than people think.

Where I think it does make sense to talk about tired players is when you have guys who have an injury history - i.e. Amare - who may need an extra game off every few days. With a relatively young team (minus Brand), I'm not concerned.

Agree on all of this. 

When it comes to street ball, there's no refs and it's insanely more physical than the NBA.  No time outs, no half time and the winning team keeps balling until they get beat.  Not to mention that playing outside on a concrete/asphalt is about 1000x more draining on the body, especially knees and feet than playing on an indoor climate controlled court. 

[Hawk]

Teams are 7 and 0 on back to back to back.   Stop stressing about the knicks.   Shumpert is their savior.   Hopefully hawes is back tonight.

[ice grillin you]

one pro game = about 10 street games

I disagree. Obviously the competition isn't comparable, but running up and down a court for hours on end, multiple nights a week = making playing 3 games in 3 days or 5 in 6 much less of an issue than people think.

Where I think it does make sense to talk about tired players is when you have guys who have an injury history - i.e. Amare - who may need an extra game off every few days. With a relatively young team (minus Brand), I'm not concerned.

Agree on all of this. 

When it comes to street ball, there's no refs and it's insanely more physical than the NBA.  No time outs, no half time and the winning team keeps balling until they get beat.  Not to mention that playing outside on a concrete/asphalt is about 1000x more draining on the body, especially knees and feet than playing on an indoor climate controlled court.

you havent seen much street ball have you....they are basically all star games with less defense and are played with guys who are much smaller and weaker than nba players

half the time if someone doesnt have the ball and isnt running the wing for an alley oop they arent moving....lots of times players literally wont even come back on defense...like not even to half court...trust me NOBODY is running for anywhere close to 40 minutes in these games

its beyond laughable to compare them to an nba game

summer league games which are more strenuous than pick up games dont even compare to nba games...people love building up the whole asphalt jungle aspect of street ball but its just not true...just as people try to tear down the nba as a bucn of lazy rich me first guys....dont believe the hype

Teams are 7 and 0 on back to back to back.

actually teams are 1-5....thunder is the only team to do it...two teams did it during the 99 shortened season

[phattymatty]

i'm assuming you're talking about the 3rd game of the bunch? because as of a few days ago, teams were 4-0, so i'm assuming hawk's stat is the safer bet here.

EDIT: maybe i'm talking 4-0 against the spread, i don't remember.

[ice grillin you]

im talking about winning all three games of a back to back to back....teams are 1-5 in that situation

im not even saying the sixers cant win...im saying i wish it was an even playing field and that the knicks should win...in fact the knicks should win if both teams had off last night and the game was at ny...but losing at home to the sixers coming off five in six nights and three straight would be terrible for them

its a good spot for the sixers because no matter what happenes they come out smelling good

[Sgt PSN]

The Lakers also did it this year.  They started the season with 3 straight games (25, 26, 27), lost the first 2 and won the third. 

nm....now I see what havas was talking about. 

[PoopyfaceMcGee]

Only the third game is relevant now that the first two are done.

[ice grillin you]

Only the third game is relevant now that the first two are done.

not at all...teams in the exact same spot as the sixers are tonight are 1-5...and were 2-13 in 99

again not impossible by any means....just not what im looking for in this matchup...i want the sixers to have a bonafied big game that can be used as a litmus test for them and imo tonight is not it

[phattymatty]

i don't believe the tired legs thing that much either, especially this early in the season, but even if you do, what's the difference if you won or lost the first two? you are less tired when you don't win?