Comments on: Jrue Holiday It Is

By: The Greek

The Greek — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:48:17 +0000

And from reading all the Sixer talk on all the blogs we are all in agreement on not giving miller more then 2 years. Maybe Morty adding the words please are enough to swat Stefanski not mess this up.

By: The Greek

The Greek — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:45:31 +0000

No I haven’t Morty, but I will look it up asap!

Rob, where did you read that about Iggy and Willie going to Price’s shooting clinic?

Fellas let’s take it easy on Jason Smith, remember that he is coming off of a major injury. He wasn’t projected to be Bill Walton pre injury, lets just hope that he is a solid NBA player. Personally I feel that once he gets healthy that he is certainly good enough to be a role player on a great team, and that suits our team just fine.

The kid is smart, passionate, hustles all the time, runs hard, and has a killer J. What was missing from his rookie season was strength and a back to basket game. I think he got a lot strong coming into last season before he went down, and being that he spends his summers playing hoops unlike Sammy who is making and flying paper airplanes as we speak. It wouldn’t surprise me if he came back with some sort of low post game.

By: Morty

Morty — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:37:59 +0000

Please please please. If you are going to sign Miller, no more than 2 years, please.

Greek: Did you read the rumor of Dalembert (plus filler) for McGrady and his expiring contract?

By: deepsixersued

deepsixersued — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:05:49 +0000

My free agent predictions;
R.Artest-Lakers
Milsap and Odom-Detroit
Gortat-New York
D.Lee-Memphis
C.Villanueve-Cleveland
J.Kidd-Dallas
R.Wallace-S. Antonio
Turkaglu-Portland
A.Miller-Phila.
B.Gordon-Chicago
M.Bibby-Atlanta
Z.Pachulia-Okl.City
R.Sessions-Milwaukee

By: deepsixersued

deepsixersued — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:32:43 +0000

DaveT., in the old N.B.A. I would agree with you but M.Bonner gets 25 min. a night on a very good Spurs team. If Jason gets to the 10 pt.,6 reb., 1 bl. level he can be part of a center tandem as long as our 4 is a good rebounder,and not Thad. This year is Lou!s make or break year, in my opinion and if we get Blake I would like to see him reupped as our backup p.g./backup s.g. . because of his high i.q. level,outside shot and ass./turn..

By: Dave T

Dave T — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:27:00 +0000

Real Rob: I will say this about Mr. Willie Green. If he ever learned to CONSISTENTLY knock down the 3 point shot…not at a steller clip, but even to raise it to around the 35% mark, he would be a very valuable asset to have off the bench given his defense and athletic slashing abilities.

Bski: Well said about the Gortat thing…I agree that the Sixers are going to want to “see what they have with a healthy J Smith for a year” before making any decisions. I’m going to just wait for the collective kick in the head when Sixers brass realize, probably all right around the same time:

-Jason Smith is an 8th man at the very best, and a slightly better and more in shape incarnation of Brian Cook.
-They overpaid Lou Williams.
-Jrue Holiday is not an NBA pg.

Ouch. Good thing Thad and Speights are the real deal (imo), and two players I fully expect to continue to improve.

By: The Real Rob

The Real Rob — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:50:51 +0000

I have good news: Andre Iguodala and Willie Green are attending Mark Price’s Shooting Class! If what we saw from Thad worked, then it will be a good sign for those two.

By: bski

bski — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:46:10 +0000

About our problem at C, you’re preaching to a member of the choir, Dave T., as I also think that neither Speights nor Smith is our answer. Speights could possibly grow into it over several years, but now is not the time to put him there. Smith will most likely be nothing more than a serviceable backup, as you stated.

Were Smith healthy this past season, I believe he would have demostrated that he is not a starting caliber center during the extra playing time he most likely would have gotten due to our injury problems and Dalembert’s ineffectiveness. As it stands, Smith is still a question mark and I’m guessing the Sixers will give it at least this year to see how/if he’s progressing/developing into anything.

I wish that the Sixers would go get Gortat, but I get the feeling that instead they will wait to see how much Speights and Smith develop this year rather than bringing in and committing to someone from the outside before having a better idea of what they’ve got in-house.

By: guest

guest — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:20:53 +0000

Dannie, I wasn’t implying that selling tickets is a reason to sign him, I was just wondering what you guys would think… If it would create some excitement for the duration of the season. But I agree with you and everyone else… he would sell tickets for a little while, until everyone realizes he isn’t half the player he used to be.

I don’t know about Okur though. I like his ability to stretch the floor. And that would probably help Brand a lot having most of the paint to work in. He does suck at defense from what I can tell. Does anyone know if he played the 5 for Utah last year? Because if he can’t play the 5 than I’m not sure I would want him.

By: Ryan F

Ryan F — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:47:32 +0000

Dannie, agreed.

What would you guys think of Okur? He is 30 and doesnt play much D but he can shoot and may opt out of his contract. I know we only have the MLE if we dont re-sign Miller, but who is going to give him more than that anyway.