Sixers get Brand... Now What?

[tk76-]

So you can now blame me if I jinxed it- but now that Brrand is all but signed, sealed and delivered, and we are now, as some media outlets put it ,"instant contenders", what is the next step.

I assume we wrap up Iguodala and Lou ASAP before GS starts messing things up.  Of course a lot of posters advocate moving Iguodala...

After we deal with our RFA's how do we add the shooters we need?  I'm guessing we sign Ollie for the min as a player/coach, emergency back-up PG, and then hope one of the summer league guys works out as a shooter.

Should we work to move Smith or Evans for a shooter now that we are suddenly deep at PF/C?

[sixersftw]

the next move is to make room on the bandwagon.

sure up our rfa's then we gotta go after some shooters.  I think smith or evans should be moved, but it isn't 100% necessary.  i'm guessing the shooter comes from our summer league team if we can't move one of those guys.

[pointguard86]

next move is to sign Iggy and LWills.  then off to get a shooter, we need somebody to open up the post for EB.

[jemagee]

Brand takes up most if not all of the sixers cap room, they have no exceptions so can only sign players to the vet minimum, keeping unless they renounce or work out sign and trades of the two restricted FAs....now is where Ed 'earns' his pay check

[bebopdeluxe]

tk76:

Now what?

(bebop gets up and does the "Church Lady" dance)

[TheGuiltyParty]

The next move is to sign and trade Iguodala to Milwaukee or Detroit or Charlotte for Redd, Hamilton, or Richardson.

[jemagee]

So really, no one likes mikael pietrus but me?

[johnny broad-street]

Isn't he off to Orlando?

[jemagee]

Isn't he off to Orlando?

I hadn't heard word one of him signing a deal with anyone yet - did i miss something?

[bebopdeluxe]

But seriously, folks...

I like the idea of - for one year - Ollie being our 15th guy and emergency PG (if he'll take the vets minimum)...if we can't move Smith or Evans (and I would be OK with both coming back), somebody like Eddie House might be available for cheap.  We probably aren't a good enough team yet to get somebody like Barry to come here for cheap to get a ring (did I just type that?)...

If we don't S&T him to CHA for Richardson (the most likely possibility, IMO), Andre Iguodala better be working his ass off on his jumper and his catch-and-release...

[DuckyNinja]

Now we wait to see if a certain 20 year old SF can turn into a shooter befitting such a sweet stroke.

Also, we need to make room on the Brandwagon.

[Skates]

Isn't he off to Orlando?

I hadn't heard word one of him signing a deal with anyone yet - did i miss something?

I just posted the Pietrus link in the FA thread.  Gone to Orlando is correct.

[Skates]

Now we wait to see if a certain 20 year old SF can turn into a shooter befitting such a sweet stroke.

Also, we need to make room on the Brandwagon.

Now we know why Eddie had them all down at Mark Price's school.

[pointguard86]

Jem,

I like Pietrus too however just like JBS said, he's off to the Magic.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3478921

[jemagee]

i wonder how many other 'quiet' deals are going to be announced after midnight