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By: 2010 NBA Preview: Philadelphia 76ers

2010 NBA Preview: Philadelphia 76ers — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:32:03 +0000

[...] out the Sixers 2010 forecasting with predictions from bloggers and major media [...]

By: Johnnylaptop

Johnnylaptop — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:50:08 +0000

FYI Just want to let you guys know tickets to the Wizards are for sale on StubHub for like 25 dollars for real good seat dead center very low. You also could pay 5 dollars for other lower seats and then wonder or watch it on TV. GO SIXERS

By: The Greek

The Greek — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:07:23 +0000

Zach as the driver of the Thad bandwagon, I welcome you aboard! Refreshments and strippers are on the back of the bus.
Just got back from Greece on saturday, so for me it was a huge treat to get the watch the sixers play on tv last night. The spanish broadcasters were annoying as hell, especially if you don’t understand Spanish.
I love the way that the whole team played, aside from Brand missing a bunch of shots very close to the rim. Hopefully that is just a product of him not having his game legs yet.
Speights looks like ab absolute beast on Offense, I’m just praying that Jordan can get through to this guy and gets him to play good sound defense.

By: deepsixersuede

deepsixersuede — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:40:48 +0000

Danny, the preview was broadcast in spanish and I just watched the 1st half. My biggest observation; with Elton in the post the ball wasn!t dumped in the whole 1st quarter yet when Marreese came in with the 2nd unit the first 6 times down the court the ball was dropped into him to start the offense. I don!t mean this in a bad way, the starters dominated and looked real good but it seems Jordan has a different view of how the personnel will function the best and Elton, for now, is the 5th option offensively in the starting unit. With Stoudemire and Frye up front Sam was getting a touch every other time down the court and looked to be making quicker decisions, mostly shots, but not holding the ball, a good thing.

By: Dannie

Dannie — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:53:59 +0000

I am not getting that free preview either, just checked. Will have to wait until Tuesday for my first look at the 2010 Sixers.

By: Pete

Pete — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:37:00 +0000

I don’t think I’m getting that free preview – that sucks.

By: The Real Rob

The Real Rob — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:05:17 +0000

Also on Tuesday, the Sixers will host the Wizards and that preseason game will be on CSN at 7PM!

GO SIXERS!! ALSO GO PHILADELPHIA SPORTS TEAMS!!

By: deepsixersuede

deepsixersuede — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:31:14 +0000

Guys, Sixers are on N.B.A. T.V. tonight at 7, part of their free preview before the season starts and I will be DVR ing it because of the Phils. Dannie ,in Spieght of the loss it was good to see the Youngins get some quality time. Nash went off on A.Miller a couple nights ago but L.Will. [in 35 min.] didn!t get abused pts. wise but without seeing it Nash may have been in distributor mode. At least Jrue showed something.

By: Dannie

Dannie — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:08:17 +0000

Zack - I have been quietly monitoring the Sixers but the lack of televised preseason games makes anything pure speculation and assumption.

Where my head is at the current moment. We will start slow, no doubt about it. I think when the games start to mean something, defense is really being played all game and teams are playing their regulars we will struggle to score. That combined with my complete uncertainty with how well this group under the new coaching staff will defend I think we can expect a slow start.

I've been saying it for a while, we MUST win with defense in the beginning, middle and end of games and the season. I hope the offense will click down the line but we shouldn't be banking wins on it.

I am glad you introduced that link. I have a post coming this week related to it.

Brand looked good up until the last preseason game where he stunk again the Suns. Again without being able to see why I can't pass judgment. What I can say is he looks great physically.

I am not a Jrue fan at all and I hate that he was babied. But I guess that is Jordan's style right now. Holiday did have a nice overall floor game against Phoenix in is first action of any significance.

And you are right to question whether this team is to dumb for the offense. Iguodala is turning the ball over like crazy and blaming teammates ineptitude to read plays. Certainly not a good start.

I can not wait to open night I want to see some real ball ASAP.

Sixers preview coming a few days before opening night.

By: Zack

Zack — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:07:43 +0000

Quick Sixers hit:

I read the TrueHoop piece about Wayne Winston and adjusted +/-, and I thought it was a good read and recommend it; I would link to it but it’s been hard establishing a solid link to it, so if you wanna find it go to TrueHoop on ESPN and search for “Wayne Winston”. He has a small, funny bit about Iguodala:

Andre Iguodala, though. Whenever he’s on the court for Philadelphia, they’re great. Whenever he’s off, they suck. God knows why he’s a good player. I watch him play, and I don’t know.

Here’s a link about Iguodala that DOES work, thought I think someone here linked to it before:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/blog/?p=3490

Something that made me think of Thad and Marreese: He says that Kevin Durant’s +/- is so horrible that if OKC were to put him on the trading block Pau Gasol-style that the Mavericks (who he used to work for) should stay way, and this led to a a few NBA people speaking up about this topic. One interesting take from Kevin Pelton (I think) is that some of the NBA’s younger superstars started out with horrible +/- numbers while putting up very good box scores, but those +/- numbers eventually turned around, and his main example was Carmelo Anthony. This made me think of the Greek and Dave T (commenters here) constantly pimping Thad Young and Marreese Speights, and how Young and Speights have been mini-Kevin Durants in that they’re young, full of promise, and put up good lines but could have better +/- numbers (though Young has better +/- numbers than Speights). It also made me suddenly hopeful, that if they just get through their growing pains, my future Sixers team could have close to Carmelo Anthony-type talent at the forward positions.

Dannie, when is the Sixers preview coming? You been following the Sixers a bit? Kate Fagan has been doing a great job at Deep Sixer (it seems like it started after you called her out a bit in that one post, I don’t remember where); and there’s been interesting stuff going on with them, too. Quickly, off the top of my head:

- I’m worried that this team is too dumb to learn the Princeton; in that Knick game Jordan said he went to “regular” NBA sets because some players on the Knicks knew the system and the players were “insinuating” that they go to those “regular” sets (that’s just… are you kidding… i mean, it’s the preseason… forget my Eastern Conference Finals prediction, this is still a bunch of brats)
- Jrue Holiday had to be babied after not getting PT against the Knicks (grow up)
- Brand looking CONSISTENTLY good
- not too related but Chase Budinger and Ty Lawson, two players that were discussed as potential draft picks here, are doing well in the preseason and their respective teams seem genuinely happy and excited about them