Philadelphia 0-6

[Jameerthefear]

It's become real evident how much the 76ers f*cked themselves trading Jrue for Nerlens.

is this a troll post?

[Jameerthefear]

They should trade Noel for Markieff Morris, Might need to be a three team deal.

Okafor and Noel are both centers, okafor is better and Noel can't play PF - there's no need to guard him outside 10ft

Sixers need to actually start constructing a team, not just selecting who's next on Jay Bilas' best available chart, on draft night.

Pull your head in Sixer FO.

[Jameerthefear]

Trust the process.

6ers young talent > knicks young talent

[Legends66NBA7]

It will at least take 5 years to garner all the talent and start having a winning team again.

[LoneyROY7]

is this a troll post?

Yeah, he parodied my post from the Pelicans 0-6 thread b/c he's salty his team sucks.

[oarabbus]

http://www.si.com/thecauldron/2015/1...-brown-process

Great article on this dysfunctional franchise. Hinkie is a true embarassment to the league. If a team is the worst 3 years in a row, take away their their top draft pick. Force them into the luxury tax to get out of being the worst, I think it's a fair punishment.

This franchise is a disgrace to the NBA.

[SwishSquared]

http://www.si.com/thecauldron/2015/1...-brown-process

Great article on this dysfunctional franchise. Hinkie is a true embarassment to the league. If a team is the worst 3 years in a row, take away their their top draft pick. Force them into the luxury tax to get out of being the worst, I think it's a fair punishment.

This franchise is a disgrace to the NBA.

This is long but some stuff needs to be addressed:

They've had the 2nd worst record for the past 2 years. Milwaukee was worse in 2013-2014 and the T-Wolves were worse last year. Pretty SAC has drafted between 4th and 8th for the last 7 years. They made bad trades and signings. Is that much better honestly?

Hiding Jrue's injury was awful. Really unethical and they honestly got off pretty lightly. I hate that dishonesty- biggest blemish on Hinkie's record imo.

This article also had some major incorrect facts. They originally falsely reported on Dario Saric's contract, which had been written about since the time he was drafted. He also will be coming over for next year and will not evade the rookie scale contract. He's coming over sooner than Mirotic did, for example. To be fair, this article was written prior to an interview with Saric where he explicitly said he's coming to the NBA after this season. But it was expected that it was more likely for him to come than not come, based on sources close to him. The writer could have gotten that info from r/nba.

Also misrepresented their CEO's role- claimed he was President and inferred that he had say in personnel decisions. Hinkie is president and answers only to the majority owner- has final say on the roster otherwise.

They had to change the article very quickly after publication based on being called out on social media.

You can question Hinkie's drafting but he's been amazing at trades. Should be noted that he told New Orleans to draft Noel and likely told Orlando to pick Saric, so he should get some credit for those picks. They have an imbalanced roster and that's on Hinkie. He has found a couple nice pieces off the scrap heap, such as Convington. McConnell has impressed so far considering he was undrafted.

Embiid very may be a total bust, he may be a bench player eventually. I think this pick ticks off people the most. If they took some healthy perimeter play (maybe Marcus Smart), people likely wouldn't view this team as negatively. Embiid hasn't had a great attitude either through this whole thing- he wasn't Wes Matthews during his rehab. However, his brother did die before the start of last season and he took it really hard. This article also ran on the 1-year anniversary of his death. Some found fault with the timing of its release, including Brett Brown.

They also sat on their hands in FA this summer, when even paying Corey Joseph made sense. He wouldn't improve the team that much but wouldn't hinder the development of their other players.

They are sticking to BPA in the draft, which almost all people say is best rather than going for fit. Remember how many people lamented the Lakers taking Russell over Okafor due to poor potential fit? Not saying it wasn't the right pick, but you can't blast LAL for passing on Okafor and not give credit to Philly for drafting him, even with the roster duplication. At time, basically nobody in their spot would have taken Porzingis, Hezonja, or Winslow over Okafor. Maybe that was the wrong decision, but we'll see. I personally think those 3 guys have a higher ceiling than Okafor fwiw.

EDIT: Wow that's long as heck.

Tl;dr: Article was factually wrong in some respects, Philly terribly handled Jrue situation, they don't spend any money on decent FAs, and they're not as bad you think.

[BasedTom]

they should sign this kid

[r0drig0lac]

They should trade Noel for Markieff Morris, Might need to be a three team deal.

[AI09]

http://www.si.com/thecauldron/2015/1...-brown-process

Great article on this dysfunctional franchise. Hinkie is a true embarassment to the league. If a team is the worst 3 years in a row, take away their their top draft pick. Force them into the luxury tax to get out of being the worst, I think it's a fair punishment.

This franchise is a disgrace to the NBA.

I can't even take this article seriously to many incorrect statements, it's the sixers he doesn't need to make up story's we already suck. Every trade hinkie has made since coming over to philly can be justified even the Mcgee trade believe it or not.

Edit only thing that he did that was inexcusable was hiding Jrue injury, but w.e it's sports it happens and we got off easy on that one

[FKAri]

This is long but some stuff needs to be addressed:

They've had the 2nd worst record for the past 2 years. Milwaukee was worse in 2013-2014 and the T-Wolves were worse last year. Pretty SAC has drafted between 4th and 8th for the last 7 years. They made bad trades and signings. Is that much better honestly?

Hiding Jrue's injury was awful. Really unethical and they honestly got off pretty lightly. I hate that dishonesty- biggest blemish on Hinkie's record imo.

This article also had some major incorrect facts. They originally falsely reported on Dario Saric's contract, which had been written about since the time he was drafted. He also will be coming over for next year and will not evade the rookie scale contract. He's coming over sooner than Mirotic did, for example. To be fair, this article was written prior to an interview with Saric where he explicitly said he's coming to the NBA after this season. But it was expected that it was more likely for him to come than not come, based on sources close to him. The writer could have gotten that info from r/nba.

Also misrepresented their CEO's role- claimed he was President and inferred that he had say in personnel decisions. Hinkie is president and answers only to the majority owner- has final say on the roster otherwise.

They had to change the article very quickly after publication based on being called out on social media.

You can question Hinkie's drafting but he's been amazing at trades. Should be noted that he told New Orleans to draft Noel and likely told Orlando to pick Saric, so he should get some credit for those picks. They have an imbalanced roster and that's on Hinkie. He has found a couple nice pieces off the scrap heap, such as Convington. McConnell has impressed so far considering he was undrafted.

Embiid very may be a total bust, he may be a bench player eventually. I think this pick ticks off people the most. If they took some healthy perimeter play (maybe Marcus Smart), people likely wouldn't view this team as negatively. Embiid hasn't had a great attitude either through this whole thing- he wasn't Wes Matthews during his rehab. However, his brother did die before the start of last season and he took it really hard. This article also ran on the 1-year anniversary of his death. Some found fault with the timing of its release, including Brett Brown.

They also sat on their hands in FA this summer, when even paying Corey Joseph made sense. He wouldn't improve the team that much but wouldn't hinder the development of their other players.

They are sticking to BPA in the draft, which almost all people say is best rather than going for fit. Remember how many people lamented the Lakers taking Russell over Okafor due to poor potential fit? Not saying it wasn't the right pick, but you can't blast LAL for passing on Okafor and not give credit to Philly for drafting him, even with the roster duplication. At time, basically nobody in their spot would have taken Porzingis, Hezonja, or Winslow over Okafor. Maybe that was the wrong decision, but we'll see. I personally think those 3 guys have a higher ceiling than Okafor fwiw.

EDIT: Wow that's long as heck.

Tl;dr: Article was factually wrong in some respects, Philly terribly handled Jrue situation, they don't spend any money on decent FAs, and they're not as bad you think.

Hezonja's ceiling is probably a stronger Rudy Fernandez. Dude, like Fernandez, has no handle so can't create space or do anything off the dribble. He's either shooting the open shot or highlight dunking the basketball when the lane is wide open.

[SwishSquared]

Hezonja's ceiling is probably a stronger Rudy Fernandez. Dude, like Fernandez, has no handle so can't create space or do anything off the dribble. He's either shooting the open shot or highlight dunking the basketball when the lane is wide open.

His handle is weak and will top at best average if he's lucky. However he actually has the physical tools needed to be an above average defensive player. Okafor has the physical tools to be an average defensive player at the most important defensive position.

Okafor is playing very well as a whole on offense but his PnR defense has been a disaster, as expected.

[RidonKs]

its tricky but most sixers fans should still have faith

must suck not to have a field of guys even worth playing... but that's the price you pay

they could pretty easily be in the exact same place the wizards and raptors and pistons are in

fans of those teams are exactly thrilled....

[dhsilv]

http://www.si.com/thecauldron/2015/1...-brown-process

Great article on this dysfunctional franchise. Hinkie is a true embarassment to the league. If a team is the worst 3 years in a row, take away their their top draft pick. Force them into the luxury tax to get out of being the worst, I think it's a fair punishment.

This franchise is a disgrace to the NBA.

You realize of course they haven't once had the worst record in the nba, right? They literally started tanking 2 years ago, this is the 3rd actual season of them doing this.

[notatop29pg]

Yeah, he parodied my post from the Pelicans 0-6 thread b/c he's salty his team sucks.

What are the teams respective records since the trade?

The wins column is the only judge.

But yes, Philly might win 25+ in 85yrs.