2014-2015 Sixers - The Saga of Hinkie Magic and it's Hold on the NBA Continues

[phattymatty]

not even I would say this....matty wins sixer homer of the year award

i'm not saying he's going to be an all-star or even a starter really but he looks serviceable so far in preseason. at least not totally clueless.

[phattymatty]

wowee

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2014/10/22/7039037/nba-draft-lottery-reform-veto-owner-vote

ALL HAIL HINKIE.

ha nevermind. they just corrected the story to say 17-13 in favor. originally it said against.

edit again:

"Correction: Final vote was 17-13 IN FAVOR, short of 23 needed "yes" votes, per league sources." Lottery reform shot down.

[MDS]

matty coked up? (methed up?), sixers get their only victory of the season

hooray for the nba, where losing on purpose and giving the finger to your fan base is encouraged

[ice grillin you]

[smeags]

noel cant even get on the floor for preseason games

but drew gordon is playing

He's sick.

yeah, the poor guy is dealing with a life threatening case of the sniffles.

[ice grillin you]

The anti-Philly animus is real. Several of the 12 teams that voted with Philly against lottery reform1 are somewhere between uncomfortable and angry with Philly's ultra-aggressive approach to tanking.

This is not to say Philly is doing anything wrong or unethical. It is, in fact, using the current system of rules to tank better than anyone else has had the balls or patience for in the past. Some executives feel envious that their owners never green-lit such a blatant multiyear tanking scheme — a long-term play that provides Sixers GM Sam Hinkie with unusual job security during a run of losing seasons. Job security is gold bullion in a league of such insane turnover.

Some executives say Philly has violated the sacred obligation for teams to compete as hard as they can every season. That is the more righteous version of the backlash, even if Philly is really trying to position itself to compete for championships in a half-decade or so. The league heard all of this grumbling. It saw all the press about tanking — all the hand-wringing and finger-wagging. It sought to squash the perception that something was fishy about team building in basketball, and it thought it would win.

[ice grillin you]

http://patternofbasketball.blogspot.com/2014/10/the-76ers-have-already-won.html

[MDS]

seriously you are a fraud linking to these god awful blog posts

[ice grillin you]

that piece is everything ive been saying pretty much verbatim since embiid was drafted....SPOT ON

[Dillen]

I'm playing in some adult league in Queens and it's one of the most ridiculous decisions of my life

[PhillyPhreak54]

@BobCooney76: Just landed in Philly and see Sixers finalized trade to get Marquis Teague from Nets and second rounder for Casper Ware. All about the pick

[PhillyPhreak54]

:lilguybatsignal

Looks like they dealt Moultrie to NY for Travis Outlaw will be cut and the Sixers will also get s future 2nd rounder and the right to swap another future 2nd rounder

[smeags]

man i'm not sure about you guys but i am soooo looking forward to 2035 when this team makes it run.

[BigEd76]

Richardson is the only player on the roster that was here before Hinkie arrived.  Amazing

[ice grillin you]

moultrie was gonna be cut anyway....so these are all free ASSETS