Stefanski on WIP with Eskin

[jemagee]

From Fagan's chat and Ed's interview, it sounds like Willie Green will be a starter soon.

Somehow I have a hunch that the answer in no way involves Willie Green.

If I become a blazers fan now is that bandwagoning?

[tk76-]

Maybe they are ready to name PhillyRaocks as the new head coach.  If only we had 5 Willie Greens...

[DuckyNinja]

What, you mean when you're 26th in the league in offense and 4th in defense, you don't think the defense is a problem at all?

God, I really hate the Sixers right now.

[jemagee]

So what did Barkley say?

[tk76-]

Barkley is on right now.

[tk76-]

Talking LBJ.... Yawn

People disrespecting the game... Yawn

(Charles is more entertaining on TNT)

[Derek Bodner]

if they bench Thad for Willie I might just lose it.

[tk76-]

If Willie Green gets 20 more minutes you know much of that will come from Speights and Thad.  I guess they could bench Sam- but I doubt they would go that small.

[DuckyNinja]

if they bench Thad for Willie I might just lose it.

What if Willie still gets 20 minutes a game and Thad still gets his 30-35, only Thad gets it with the putrid 2nd unit where he'd probably be a lot more help than being frozen out for no good reason on the first unit?  That's the only rationale I can come up with, but it might be somewhat legitimate.

[jemagee]

Willie Green shouldn't get 20 minutes a game

period

[Derek Bodner]

if they bench Thad for Willie I might just lose it.

What if Willie still gets 20 minutes a game and Thad still gets his 30-35, only Thad gets it with the putrid 2nd unit where he'd probably be a lot more help than being frozen out for no good reason on the first unit?  That's the only rationale I can come up with, but it might be somewhat legitimate.

No.

[DuckyNinja]

Willie Green shouldn't get 20 minutes a game

period

While in general, I agree, he's still the best or second best backup guard this team has.  That's a testament to the ridiculously weak bench we have and the fact that we're at least one or two MLE guys from really competing.  At this point, the best solution may be to go back to what we did well last year: punt the starting unit (change to Miller-Green-Iguodala-Brand-Dalembert) and then bring in a second unit that can simply outrun and outhustle the other team's second unit (in this case, Williams-Ivey-Iguodala-Young-Speights) as a change of pace.  I really don't know.  They hafta try something different.

I know how much you guys hate Willie Green, but the Sixers really have no choice right now.

[darius08]

if they bench Thad for Willie I might just lose it.

Yeah, I agree.

In general, either the personnel we have right now ramps up their intensity or we trade people. I don't see lineup changes having a big effect. It's not like there's a guy on the bench who's a better defender or a better offensive player or fits better than someone else.  Even Speights who is great is great for a rookie. He makes a lot of bonehead mistakes and Dalembert is still (for all his faults) better than him. Of course that may change in a few years (and presumably that's the promise we all love) but right now even that change isn't worth makign...

[darius08]

I know how much you guys hate Willie Green, but the Sixers really have no choice right now.

They have lots of choices, starting with waiting it out, making a trade and firing the coach. Moving this lineup around is worse than shuffling the deck chairs on the Atlantic.

[jemagee]

He makes a lot of bonehead mistakes and Dalembert is still (for all his faults) better than him

I whole heartedly disagree - but until Speights gets minutes with the rest of the starting 4 it's comparing apples and oranges - his offensive game is already light years ahead of sams and his lapses aren't any worse than sams - and defensively sam hasn't exactly stunned me this year - his lack of iq is really showing