Actively drawing fouls and getting calls are completely different things to me.  Getting calls has much more to do with borderline situations where the star gets the benefit of the doubt.

Thad’s  lack of getting to the line on the other hand has way more to do with his offensive game when he attacks than refs “giving” him calls.  Simply put he either doesn’t know how or doesn’t want to initiate contact.  It’s not in his game right now.  Before a ref is going to “give” you a call you have to prove you can draw contact (draw the call).

I actually think that Thad is a good passer in the making, most of his turnovers come from him traveling and not errant passes.  I also believe the problem is that he has no one to pass it too.

How are you judging his passing?  Better question how are you determining he is good at it?  Besides that I wasn’t talking about the technical capacity to pass the ball.  I am talking about playmaking ability leading to easy (assisted) teammate baskets.  Saying he has no one to pass too is pretty baseless.  The Sixers average 20 assists per game in the regular season of which he contributed 1 per game. 

Right now he has a one track mind when he catches, which is to shoot.  He still needs to develop his court awareness and vision to pass the ball while he is in his offensive move and teammates are moving as well.  Also 64% of of his made baskets are assisted which suggests his scoring is more a product of other people providing him with scoring opportunities than him getting the ball and just doing it all himself.  For comparison Iguodala is at 51%, Miller is at 30%, Lou is at 36%.

Furthermore I don’t understand why you feel the need to defend him all the time.  Thad is going to be 21 in June, he isn’t suppose to be proficient at everything and he’s not.  He has time to work on these things. But I always play the opposite side with regard to Thad because I think he is getting blown up way too much, way too fast and people only see the good and ignore the deficiencies (4 rebounds at PF in 2 playoff games).  Both sides need to be discussed.

I also agree with what you said about Thad not drawing any fouls but i feel that has a lot to do with years of service in the league.  By season 3 or 4 for Thad I do believe that he will get those calls that he wouldn’t have in years 1 & 2.

I actually think that Thad is a good passer in the making, most of his turnovers come from him traveling and not errant passes.  I also believe the problem is that he has no one to pass it too.

Dannie, do you have any confidence in Dileo bringing a positive structure to our offense next year?

As far as the posting up in general.  It’s a coaching issue more than anything else.  Once Brand went down they abandoned structured posting up for the most part.  What Miller does is freestyle in my opinion.   He often brings the ball up full court straight into the block and no one touches the ball on possessions if he isn’t doubled or highly defended.  I don’t know what coach in their right mind designs that type of offense.  That is Miller doing his own thing.

Funny this is the only structured offense you can clearly point to with the Sixers is for Willie Green – haha.  He gets those pin downs for mid-range shots whenever he is in the game.

The Sixers offense is almost entirely freestyle in my opinion which makes no sense to me at all considering the type of offensive players we have.  But that’s for another day.

I don’t make that kind of player the focal point of my offense at all.  I put him in places to shoot comfortably in the flow of my offensive system.

You make multi-dimensional offensive players the focal point. Guys that are proficient at good shot creation for themselves, playmaking ability for teammates, foul drawing ability and low turnover rate (Thad is good here).

When you look at the two players this year you’ll notice Thad is actually taking almost 1 more shot per game on a 36 minute basis but scoring 1 point less because he doesn’t get to the line enough relative to his shot attempts.  Iguodala is better in true shooting percentage (encompasses all shooting – 2’s , 3’s and fts) while Thad is better from the floor (eFG%).

Neither guy shots free throws well enough which is extremely disappointing.

Why is this team allergic to posting anyone up other then Miller and Sam(insert curses)

Post Thad
Post Speights
and for the love of god post Iguodala, the dude spent the whole offseason working on his post moves and he abanded them almost as quick as the sixers abanded using him at the off guard position.

If the Sixers continue smothering Lewis and Turkoglu, rebound better, and take better care of the ball, I REALLY LIKE OUR CHANCES!!  There I said it because it is true!!
GO SIXERS!!