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lottery gawds. please. may the odds be in our favor.
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Reading an article about how Pop almost got fired in 1999 for Doc (didn't know), and Doc almost persuaded Tim Duncan to the Magic (common knowledge)
http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles...-nearly-broke-up-gregg-popovich-and-the-spurs
What pisses me off is how young Duncan was. He had only played 3 seasons and was 24, and was an Unrestricted Free Agent.
Shaq had played 4 seasons and was 24 when he left for LA.
I hate the RFA after a rookie contract so much
http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles...-nearly-broke-up-gregg-popovich-and-the-spurs
What pisses me off is how young Duncan was. He had only played 3 seasons and was 24, and was an Unrestricted Free Agent.
Shaq had played 4 seasons and was 24 when he left for LA.
I hate the RFA after a rookie contract so much
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Reading an article about how Pop almost got fired in 1999 for Doc (didn't know), and Doc almost persuaded Tim Duncan to the Magic (common knowledge)
http://espn.go.com/blog/los-angeles...-nearly-broke-up-gregg-popovich-and-the-spurs
What pisses me off is how young Duncan was. He had only played 3 seasons and was 24, and was an Unrestricted Free Agent.
Shaq had played 4 seasons and was 24 when he left for LA.
I hate the RFA after a rookie contract so much
I knew about that story.
The summer of 2000 was when T-Mac & Grant Hill signed with the Magic and Duncan was very close to going there also to form their own big 3 back then.
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Yeah I knew about Timmy and Orlando. I'm pissed about that UFA started at year 4 in the past.
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Yeah, the Grantland oral history made me realize how ridiculous it was that Shaq left for the Lakers long before he ever reached his prime.
But hopefully Julius, Clarkson and Mr. Top 5 will have us counting our blessings for RFA in a few years.
But hopefully Julius, Clarkson and Mr. Top 5 will have us counting our blessings for RFA in a few years.
I'm seriously gonna cry if we land another Clarkson type value of SF at 27, and Towns with the #1 after everything we been thru in these threads the last two years.
Towns/Randle/Clarkson/SF27 goin forward would be just absolutely beautiful, and well worth the two years of suffering, so that we can get back on a true path to where we belong.
Let Kobe and JHill finish out their contracts, get a year closer to bein done with Young, and spend all that cap space on guys to enhance the core four.
Just need that #1, commish.
Towns/Randle/Clarkson/SF27 goin forward would be just absolutely beautiful, and well worth the two years of suffering, so that we can get back on a true path to where we belong.
Let Kobe and JHill finish out their contracts, get a year closer to bein done with Young, and spend all that cap space on guys to enhance the core four.
Just need that #1, commish.
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View media item 1491197*If we get a number 1-2 pick
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I'm curious how the Sixers will create chaos on draft night.
Say they get #1. If they go Mudiay or Russell. Or trade back. Or draft a big and end up trading Embiid..
Say they get #1. If they go Mudiay or Russell. Or trade back. Or draft a big and end up trading Embiid..
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They would trade Noel before embiid. But I don't see them sending off either one of them.
I'm sure they felt comfortable shipping off MCW because they're gonna go Mudiay or Russell in the draft.
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Considering the problems they've already had with Embiid. He'd be the guy to go.
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Hinkie will take the best player available. Whether that is Towns (unanimous #1?) or Mudiay (Chad Ford has pegged Mudiay higher than Russell, plus what Larry Brown said), who knows.
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I don't see Philly giving him away without even playing a game. Although Noel looked good this season, nothing that I've seen from him screams franchise player to me at the moment...
But then again Philly is Philly.
Other than already being one of the best defensive players in the entire league, after turning 21, last week, yeah, I could see how that doesn't say much about the kid.
Rudy Gobert prolly doesn't do much for ya either I assume?
Franchise player can be more than just the guy that gets buckets. Preventing buckets, a lot, can be just as important. Noel specializes in that field.
And he's younger than Anthony Davis is.
Give him 35 minutes a night, he'll get you 15-11 with a couple blocks and a couple steals per game, while anchoring your entire defense. That, is a franchise talent. Just needs time, work, and experience. (getting out of Philly wouldn't hurt either
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Aren't rookie contracts like a 3 year max/min? They can't tank every season, at some point aren't those rookies free to roam? It'd be a waste of time.
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What did Larry brown say regarding Mudiay? I'm curious
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There's this thing called restricted free agency, rarely do rookies ever turn down that first big payday, it's the one that sets them and maybe a couple generations for life if their money is managed correctly. It's a minimum 6-7 year commitment from the time they get drafted.
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so noel n embidd locked long term？ sixers another UK.
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With their money escalating with the new cap only way I'd see that happening if Heinke continues his pattern of trading blue chippers for younger prospective blue chippers. Like I could absolutely see him taking Towns if they get that pick and trading Noel or Embiid, just cause.
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IF you really believe that they would trade Embiid before trading the pick or Noel
Embiid has the more potential value than any player in the past 3 drafts at least.
Then after a year of rehabbing him? Then just to give him away before he ever plays a game?
This is the NBA, where the unknown is by far greater than the known.
He's basically untouchable.
Embiid has the more potential value than any player in the past 3 drafts at least.
Then after a year of rehabbing him? Then just to give him away before he ever plays a game?
This is the NBA, where the unknown is by far greater than the known.
He's basically untouchable.
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Hinkie will draft a big and go with a 3 man rotation at the big spots until its clear that 2 are better than the 1 that needs to be traded for future picks
Lets hope he never has the chance
Lets hope he never has the chance
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Potential is irrelevant when they've had trouble with him gaining weight, questioned his commitment to being an NBA player, and he's skipped training and workouts.
Potential is one thing. But red flags are pretty important as well.
Nonetheless who knows what Hinkie will do. That's why he could send everything into chaos on draft night.
Potential is one thing. But red flags are pretty important as well.
Nonetheless who knows what Hinkie will do. That's why he could send everything into chaos on draft night.
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Its the NBA, POTENTIAL is everything!
Greg Oden red flags wouldn't get them to trade him before ever playing a single game in a Sixers jersey.
Ya'll smoking
Greg Oden red flags wouldn't get them to trade him before ever playing a single game in a Sixers jersey.
Ya'll smoking
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http://articles.philly.com/2015-02-...r-sixers-coach-houston-rockets-good-potential
Probably just blowing hot air, but it's something. Plus Mudiay does fit what they look for in prospects.
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/12318808/the-philadelphia-76ers-radical-guide-winning
I would be careful using the Kawhi Leonard example. He's like the one in ten prospect that substanially improves his jump shot upon entering the league.
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