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Philadelphia 76ers / Re: Eddie Jordan Stinks.

« on: January 20, 2010, 06:46:47 PM »

maybe if we didn't run out a midget lineup and make Corey Brewer into a guy you have to double team because you put a guy 9" smaller on him we could hold a lead.  Defense is the key to holding big leads, and we don't do that.  and putting two incompetent perimeter defenders at the 1 and 2 and a guy seriously out of position at the 4 due to the coaches choice isn't helping.

But we live in world were you don't need PG's and your best defenders are your best scorers.  So when Green hits 5 shots in a row he's your defensive specialist.

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Philadelphia 76ers / Re: Ed, Ed, Ed.

« on: January 20, 2010, 06:44:18 PM »

Jordan is the worst but Stephanski should be the first to go.

http://www.phillyarena.com/archives/2010-01-19/For-Stefanski-Time-has-Run-Out-...tk76

"Mr." Snider is peripheral and we are likely stuck with him.

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Philadelphia 76ers / Re: Eddie Jordan Stinks.

« on: December 26, 2009, 03:05:33 PM »

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Our draft selections since the Stafanski era arrived have been superb, all performing well above expectations for their draft rank. If Ed isn't responsible for that, who is?

The Same guy who has been their main draft person for 10 years... Tony Dileo.  The only time I know of Dileo being overruled was when LB wanted Hughes (Pierce and Dirk being the next players picked.)

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Philadelphia 76ers / Re: Eddie Jordan Stinks.

« on: December 22, 2009, 02:33:01 PM »

All I want for Christmas is a Brand for Z trade, where the Sixers buy out Z so he can rejoin the Cavs.

Cleveland does that why?

Well that would essentially give them Brand for free (since they can re-sign Z after he is bought out)- which could put them over the top.  So if they think adding another championship piece keeps Lebron then they would at least consider it (Brand would be an upgrade at PF.)

But more likely the Cavs know Lebron is gone and will avoid taking on more bad contracts.

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Philadelphia 76ers / Re: Eddie Jordan Stinks.

« on: December 22, 2009, 01:03:03 PM »

All I want for Christmas is a Brand for Z trade, where the Sixers buy out Z so he can rejoin the Cavs.

Of course Santa probably knows better...

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Philadelphia 76ers / Re: Eddie Jordan Stinks.

« on: December 22, 2009, 10:07:16 AM »

Maybe they can cut him... and then resign him to a 10 day contract in March.  that will fill some seats for a couple of games

Its interesting that the possible best future line-up of Jrue/Iguodala/Thad/Brand/Spights has yet to be on the floor... ever.

BTW, maybe Jrue should change his name to Drue.  You know with "D" but has no "J".  Sorry, that was kind of weak, but its early.

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Philadelphia 76ers / Re: Eddie Jordan Stinks.

« on: December 18, 2009, 01:20:25 PM »

The Sixers had fallen behind by 5 when he pulled Jrue.  Still not a good move, but also did not decide the outcome or turn the game.

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Philadelphia 76ers / Re: Bring Back Iverson. Who's With Me!

« on: December 08, 2009, 05:09:42 PM »

The overall defense was better- probably due to increased intensity from the playoff atmosphere of the game.  I'm assuming that wears off after a few games and they are back to the old Princeton Defense.

As for AI, I'm not going to judge his quickness until he has been back a few weeks.  Enjoyed how unselfish he was and how he did not dominate the ball... but I won't judge that for a few weeks either.

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Philadelphia 76ers / Re: The "Upside" of an injury?

« on: December 01, 2009, 06:08:18 PM »

The only upside of injury I would care about is a top 6 position in the Draft lottery- which I still think is unlikely.

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Philadelphia 76ers / Re: Bring Back Iverson. Who's With Me!

« on: December 01, 2009, 06:07:24 PM »

Cool.  I never would have known Holiday and Primoz have never been on the floor together...

Did you have to manually enter all of the data?

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Philadelphia 76ers / Re: Eddie Jordan Stinks.

« on: November 23, 2009, 04:37:15 PM »

Brand had another aggressive game- esp on the O-Boards. Thad looked good and was not badly abused by Lebron.

The team started badly but responded with solid play across the board.

But unsurprisingly, the Cavs put there fut down defensively in the 4th and won going away.  the Sixers took a ton of jumpers in the 4th (made 1 of 13.)  As typical for them, they went small (mostly Brand/Thad) the final 15 minutes of the game.

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Philadelphia 76ers / Re: 11/3 Boston @ Sixers

« on: November 04, 2009, 12:40:04 AM »

Won't be a rivalry again until the sixers show they deserve to be on the same floor as a good team.

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Philadelphia 76ers / Re: You Phils should be thanking Torre

« on: October 20, 2009, 02:05:25 PM »

moron Joe ...

...Manny wanted to be the selfish hero when a walk would have been okay, instead hacked at about anything he offered.

1.  Since when is Torre a moron?  He's pretty well regarded.

2.  That was just Manny being Manny, right?  I thought Dodger fans all love him and forgive any misdiscretions?...  Actually its more like Manny being 37.  He can't hit some of the pitches he used to, but he still swings the same way.

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Philadelphia 76ers / Re: Sixers vs Wiz... On TV!... in English !!!

« on: October 20, 2009, 01:45:24 PM »

So Elton Brand has a standing reach of 9'2".

By my best estimate his standing vertical can't be much more than 20" right now, maybe 15" if in traffic.

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Philadelphia 76ers / Sixers vs Wiz... On TV!... in English !!!

« on: October 20, 2009, 01:42:46 PM »

Finally a game that can be seen and heard clearly.