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76ers Roster: Who Should Stay and Who Should Go?

June 30, 2008 By 56 Comments
Philadelphia 76ers Roster

I am working on a monster of a post entitled "Ed Stefanski's Master Plan for the Sixers." I can't finish it until July 1st at the earliest when I have a better picture of who is in and out of free agency. In the meantime I figured I throw this question out to you guys. Who should remain on the Sixers roster next season and who should be gone? Why? I've read a lot on this blog and in forums different views on who should remain on the team and who we should let walk. If you don't already … [Read more...]

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So Who Are Players A and B?

June 30, 2008 By 5 Comments
Draft 'Eye' Survey Results

Right before the NBA Draft I wrote a fun post called Put Your Draft ‘Eye' to the Test. Basically giving you a limited description of two players and asking you to pick which one was the better prospect. Here are the results: I cautioned everyone NOT to guess who the players because you would be wrong. That was a bit of reverse psychology trickery on my part knowing everyone would take that as a challenge and give their best shot. Well I think it's time to unveil who the players are and … [Read more...]

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Philadelphia 76ers Draft Evaluation

June 27, 2008 By 13 Comments
Marreese Speights Sixers 2008 Draft Pick

I had to take a step back for a while before I reacted to the Sixers draft day. When the pick was made Pete and my reaction was "eh." Nothing surprising and nothing special. I have to admit I am a little bit disappointed but not as much as I was last night. It's not that they didn't select the player I preferred (J.J. Hickson), but that we walked away from this pretty talented draft with one player when the Sixers clearly have many needs. I think it is well known the Sixers have 3 main … [Read more...]

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2008 NBA Draft Review

June 27, 2008 By 5 Comments

I'm not one to start giving out draft grades, so I'm going use a basic formula for each team's performance: How would I feel as a fan, today, if this was my favorite team (note: I have omitted the 2 teams without a pick, ATL and NO, and the 3 that only had a 2nd round pick, LAL, DEN and DAL). I'm going to put each team into 1 of 4 categories: Pumped, Ticked, Bored and Confused. I will also have the teams ordered from top to bottom ranging from how strong the emotion would be. Wow that last … [Read more...]

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NBA Draft 2008 Open Discussion

June 26, 2008 By 24 Comments

This is nothing more than a post for you guys to flood the comments with pre, during and post NBA Draft talk. Sixers or other. And keep it all in one central location. I will lead off with my ideal scenario for the Sixers. With all the recent shuffling and moves Chad Ford (and others) in his most recent NBA Mock Draft has Mario Chalmers dropping to 17. I say the Sixers "buy" a later 1st round draft pick and take Chalmers at 16 which would sure up our PG needs with a guy who can also … [Read more...]

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Should We Really Trade Carlos Carrasco?

June 26, 2008 By 7 Comments
Carlos Carrasco Trade Phillies

When the Phillies are playing this bad - I tend to not watch them. I decided a couple years ago that it was not worth the mental anguish of watching Carlos Ruiz hitting into a bases-loaded, one-out, double play. I get too mad. It's only mid-way through the regular season. I can get mad in September. So instead of watching the rest of the game, gritting my teeth, and probably taking years off my lifespan, I simply change the channel or go into the other room and look at trade rumors or … [Read more...]

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Put Your Draft ‘Eye’ to the Test

June 26, 2008 By 12 Comments
Player B

Think you can spot talent and draft better than most NBA GMs and basketball player evaluators? I know you do because you probably wouldn't be on this blog and other sports forums critiquing and criticizing the decisions of your favorite team's management. So with the 2008 NBA Draft today, I put together this fun little test for you. The Challenge It's quite simple actually. Pick the the player that you think is the better overall prospect based on the information provided. To take the … [Read more...]

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Dannie’s NBA Mock Draft

June 25, 2008 By 25 Comments
NBA Mock Draft

Here is my first and only NBA Mock Draft. I am going to change it up slightly though. Rather than attempting to predict where players will be drafted (Pete had done a great job of keeping up with all the news and rumors flying around about what teams will actually do in his NBA Mock Drafts), in Recliner GM fashion I will make the picks entirely as if I was the general manager for each of the teams. We all know who the fans think should be selected will vary significantly from who their team will … [Read more...]

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Pete’s NBA Mock Draft 6.0

June 24, 2008 By 10 Comments
NBA Mock Draft

OK - so this is clearly the most confusing draft of all time. Chad Ford said it best, so I'm not going to try to say it better: Every team I speak with says the same thing: This is one of the most difficult drafts ever to predict. Different teams are coming to wildly different conclusions on the same players. Agents are insisting that their players are going higher than others project. Last-minute workouts and trade talks are still changing the landscape dramatically. So below you will find … [Read more...]

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You are the Sixers’ GM: Who Do You Take?

June 23, 2008 By 23 Comments

Eddie Stefanski said recently that the Sixers have a list of about "8 guys" they are looking at with the 16th pick. Based on what he's said about wanting a big man, and who they've brought in for workouts, I'm pretty confident that our pick will be from one of the 9 players listed below (unless we trade up or someone like Anthony Randolph falls to us, or the Sixers are completely lying). So - what do the people think? If all 9 of these guys were available at the 16th pick, who would you be … [Read more...]

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