The Lottery is now officially my least favorite thing in sports.
Tough break.
DB/Rick any idea who the team is looking at or what player would fit best?
I'm not sure what the team is thinking, but having the pick gives them options. They might try to trade the pick in order to get rid of Brand or Iguodala. They may try to trade down and take a lower draft pick to get a big and swap a player as well.
There is a big debate over whether the Sixers should keep their current roster and tweak it or blow it up since their last season was so terrible. I think that Eddie Jordan was a complete moron and with a better coach, we would have a clearer idea of what we need. I think we're pretty well set at guard with Holiday and Williams and Iguodala. We may need another small forward, but I think between Young and Carney we're ok. It's at power forward and Center where the Sixers need the most help. Dalembert is as good as he's going to get and he and Brand together aren't' going to be competitive against Boston. Smith and Speights are players, but it's not clear how good they are or whether they are good enough to be starters.
Because of the salary cap problems, getting rid of Brand may end up being their priority. He isn't the answer to the Sixer half-court problems. He can't defend Garnett or Perkins or stand in front of Big Baby or even out-rebound Rasheed Wallace. He's too slow to defend the three and too short to play the 4 against good teams and he's being payed too much. It's a real shame since I like him as a player, but he isn't a good fit with Dalembert.
Even if we could replace Dalembert with Dwight Howard, I still don't think Brand and he would be an elite front line. So if the Sixers could get rid of Brand and replace him with a top front line player that would be my ideal scenario. I suppose that depends on what kind of deal the Sixers can work. Anyone who is willing to take Brand and his contract could get a sweet deal.
