A very very very very Familiar face showed up again in Sixerland.....

[hotfuzz]

Looks like Bargnani just secured a new NBA contract

[slaw]

Or he may never play at all. What could go wrong when you draft a big man with a bad back and bad feet ? Lots actually.

That never made sense to me. At all. I can't find them now but I am positive that even after the foot injury there were pundits putting him ahead of Wiggins. It was insane. A big guy who had barely played any basketball can't finish a 30 game season without injuring his back and then the same big has a foot injury and he still goes top 3? I could see maybe taking a flyer after the lottery but top 3?

I hope for his sake he can come back, you never want to see an Oden situation, but when a man that size has foot and back issues and has almost no mileage at all on him, it's hard to imagine how he becomes an everyday NBAer. Again, he couldn't manage 30 games at Kansas and those are 40 minute college games played at, what, like 30% of the speed of an NBA game. I just don't see it.

[Demographic Shift]

What a stupid ownership move

The prerogative of ownership is you can do what you want. Buy a team. You can do the same. Btw the other 29 partners in the NBA business are very happy that ownership tied the can to flim flam Sam. They tired of him using their money for his agenda for 3 years. The League office is pretty happy that the 5th largest TV market in the east might now try to compete while rebuilding.

Hinkie was a good GM with a different view and the balls to do it....and ran out of time.

Hinkie had record of 47 and 195. Sports has a simple but effective measurement for success. Wins and Losses. Sam's failure in that regard is epic. The balls to do it could also be seen as stubbornly foolish which is how his bosses business partners did.

Unfortunate but at least they can become a BC treadmill franchise now lol

BC is and was a lot of things. He has won exec of the year. Twice. That’s as many as Jerry West . One more than RC Buford, Pat Rielly, Danny Ainge. Not bad for the stiff your making him out to be.
He made 3 big errors here. He picked Barney over Aldridge. For reasons known only to him be blew our cap space on Rudy Gay and he misread the very visibile tea leves on Chris Bosh.
However
He also drafted a pretty good C and your guy JV. He traded a 12th pick for a two time allstar PG who is at the heart of our current team. He drafted and signed DD to a great deal (I know you don’t like him but the league thinks a lot of him) He got Amir for next to nothing and inked him for a 4 year team friendly deal.
So with the bad comes the good. Lieweke designated him as the scapegoat and he took it in stride.
Time will only tell what he does in Philly.

And the Embiid pick was still right. If he gets on the court the league will realize he is a bigger, more talented version of KAT. Thats a huge win.

Or he may never play at all. What could go wrong when you draft a big man with a bad back and bad feet ? Lots actually. Mix in a good dose of immaturity on Embiids part and the jury is still very much out on your pronouncement that the Embiid pick was right and will pan out. Guy hasn’t played ball in over 2 years. Some of the skill they saw in him may be gone along with his career. Sam wears that one.

They should continue to tank for Ntlinka in next years draft
Ntlinka-Saric-Noel-Okafor/Embiid
Trade Noel for the needed shooters and to free up some front court minutes and the long term plan looks pretty good

They will be in the lottery again with their own pick. We will see who the new regieme picks out of next years crop of 19 year olds to help the now righted Sixer ship.

[hotfuzz]

Huh? They had title chances?

Better than they do now.

There's no player on the Sixers that the Raps should be interested with. None of those players know how to win at the NBA level. In fact, players who have left that team since Hinkie took over, have performed poorly for other teams. Hinkie appears to be a poor talent evaluator

They have a lot of picks. BC hasn't hesitated to trade away picks in the past, though salary would be a problem.

[OldSkoolCool]

What a stupid ownership move

Hinkie was a good GM with a different view and the balls to do it....and ran out of time.

Unfortunate but at least they can become a BC treadmill franchise now lol

And the Embiid pick was still right. If he gets on the court the league will realize he is a bigger, more talented version of KAT. Thats a huge win.

They should continue to tank for Ntlinka in next years draft

Ntlinka-Saric-Noel-Okafor/Embiid

Trade Noel for the needed shooters and to free up some front court minutes and the long term plan looks pretty good

[Axel]

Lost in that Philly mess is their coach Brown...one of the important pieces there who apart from being a good coach had to endure and never publicly (at least) complained. Wonder if he continues...he had to have a good relationship with Hinkie to be there so long.

Early rumour is that there is no plan to replace him. He seems like a good coach who deserves a chance to have a real roster.

[Bendit]

Lost in that Philly mess is their coach Brown...one of the important pieces there who apart from being a good coach had to endure and never publicly (at least) complained. Wonder if he continues...he had to have a good relationship with Hinkie to be there so long.

[DanH]

He means this city.

He means every city except Philly.

[JimiCliff]

If true: Great hire, good for the city!!

— Kyle Lowry (@Klow7) April 7, 2016

He means this city.

[rocwell]

If true: Great hire, good for the city!!

— Kyle Lowry (@Klow7) April 7, 2016

[lewro]

Nah 2 years is too soon, Brooklyn maybe the only team in the East who is in a worse shape moving forward then 76'ers. I say at least 3 years.

Good for Colangelo, something tells me he probably learned from his mistakes in Toronto and will be more cautious in the future with his draft picks and who he gives a long term big contract too. On the other hand he needs to rectify his wrongdoings in Toronto when he drafted Bargnani and letting Bosh walk for nothing. I say Colangelo needs to trade Nerlens Noel to the Raptors for peanuts and all will be forgotten

Read the sixers don't have to match salaries bc they're so under the cap? Anyone interested in trading some combo of tross, delon and\or pick(s) for Noel?

[Mess]

They would likely need to overpay free agents at this point. Trades makes the most sense, which is where BC could talk himself into trouble.

Not like BC has ever overpaid for anyone...

[Axel]

Lol, they're worried Colangelo will offer max contracts to Harrison Barnes and Jeff Teague, and be a perpetual 8th seed hopeful.

They would likely need to overpay free agents at this point. Trades makes the most sense, which is where BC could talk himself into trouble.

[Nilanka]

So no one told you life was gonna be this way ���������� pic.twitter.com/RjCiKSDJkT

— The Ringer (@ringer) April 7, 2016

[Nilanka]

Reading some of the comments of Phily
fans on different forum they all seem to hate the fact Colangelo is signing and Hinkie let go. They believe ownership jumped the gun and didn't have the patience to wait for Hinkie's plan.

They believe Colangelo will accelerate the building plan by trying to win now at all costs and thus make this franchise a mediocre one like he did in Toronto. Also they fear if they get a top pick, Colangelo wouldn't select Simmons or Ingram but gamble on Bender lol.

Lol, they're worried Colangelo will offer max contracts to Harrison Barnes and Jeff Teague, and be a perpetual 8th seed hopeful.