16-17 Sixers Season Thread

[phattymatty]

luckily we have sauce to even it out.

[phattymatty]

brett brown about to call the off the leg inbounds play.

[phattymatty]

great game.

[SD]

Clutch loss

[ice grillin you]

that was the difference btwn 4 and 7

[MDS]

how long can you keep doing this for

[ice grillin you]

i personally could go for two more years but this year is the end because of how good the draft is...next year and year after will be strictly rooting against the lakers and kings

thats how amazing hinkie magic is...next year (and this is obviously a huge if) if simmonds and embiid are healthy plus dario and this years 1 you are ready to take a huge step forward but also while you are taking steps forward the next two years you are also getting good lottery picks along with it.....its just a dream scenario...almost too many assets if thats possible

[hunt]

yep...all that & to a much, much lesser degree, bayless.  although i didn't get to see enough of him to figure out where he'll fit in.  gotta be better than sergio though.

[smeags]

playoffs next season.

[SD]

REPORT: SIXERS MADE A SIGNIFICANT TRADE OFFER FOR PACERS STAR PAUL GEORGE

By Corey Seidman | CSNPhilly.com March 21, 2017 1:45 PM

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The top two available players at this season's trade deadline were Paul George and Jimmy Butler, two star wings on middling teams that would almost certainly be better off rebuilding.

Teams that have a boatload of young and future assets -- the Sixers, Celtics and Lakers -- were connected to George and Butler but no agreements were reached.

Thanks to Liberty Ballers, we now know a little bit more about the Sixers' offer.

According to the website, the Sixers offered the Pacers at least two first-round picks, Robert Covington and a young big (either Nerlens Noel or Jahlil Okafor) for George.

The Sixers have at least three extremely valuable future draft picks: their own 2017 pick, the Kings' unprotected 2019 first-rounder, and a pick from the Lakers, which is top-three protected this year and unprotected next year.

Say the Sixers traded the Pacers Noel, Covington, the Lakers pick and Kings pick. It would have left them with a nucleus of George, Joel Embiid, Ben Simmons, Dario Saric and whomever they take in the upcoming draft.

Not bad, not bad at all.

But also not enough to land George, apparently.

George, who grew up in Palmdale, California, and went to school at Fresno State, has been connected often to the Lakers. He's also made it clear he doesn't want to be traded to a team that depletes itself to acquire him -- think the Knicks and Nuggets with Carmelo Anthony.

The thing is, to acquire a player of George's caliber, the Sixers would be forfeiting significant assets without a guarantee that he re-signs when his contract expires after the 2017-18 season. (George has a player option for 2018-19 at $20.7 million but there's almost no chance he exercises it.)

Probably not worth it, especially considering the Cavaliers' current championship window in the East will last at least two more years.

But the Paul George trade talks aren't dead. Indiana will likely listen to offers again this offseason and possibly next trade deadline. 

There are few teams positioned to land a big fish like George and the Sixers are one of them. One major reason for maintaining salary cap flexibility and acquiring so many high draft picks is to parlay them into a superstar when the opportunity arises.

George's standing in the NBA has dropped ever-so-slightly the last few years and he is unlikely to make any of the three all-NBA teams, behind forwards LeBron James, Kawhi Leonard, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green and Anthony Davis (unless Davis is counted as a center). 

But he's still obviously a superstar, one who also contributes at the defensive end. He's the kind of player you go all-in for when the timing is right.

[PhillyPhreak54]

Interesting.

I wouldn't have hated it. I'd prefer to keep RoCo though.

[ice grillin you]

https://theringer.com/richaun-holmes-philadelphia-76ers-process-4450511e166e#.r1sn8rtbl

[MDS]

the author of the piece. yea?

[phattymatty]

proper irish girl who likes the nba? yes.

[ice grillin you]

the ringer is puttin in work on the sixers....

https://theringer.com/dario-saric-interview-philadelphia-76ers-nba-ae72d28e5ac2#.e904x9y16