Deep Sixer

Marc, whatever their paying you to follow this team, its not enough . u-g-l-y, say they aint got no alibi, THEY UGLY ! The sixers new fight song..

i enjoy watching this team for their hussle and effort. their record would be much better if they shot free throws better, which they seemed to do against washington. i'm glad the iverson era is over.

A win is win no matter how it comes we'll take it. Up next a team that's been on fall break, a team that is well rested it's going to be tough to beat the Nets at home, hopefully our bench can step up tonight, we are going to need them. Sixers when in OT!

My god it is such a refreshing change to receive objective commentary from a Philadelphia sports journalist. Everybody knows that the Sixers are not going to be very good for a while. But instead of hissing and moaning (as though that would somehow make them better) you base your commentary on the positive. To the best of my knowledge I don't know of anything good anywhere that has ever been built on a negative.

Obviously, the straight-up Carney for Lowry trade cannot happen because Rodney's value has plummeted since his solid summer league season. Now, it would take Carney and a #1 to get Lowry away from Memphis. I'd still do it quite frankly (although I'd make it a #1 in the 2009 draft).

From a free agency perspective, I'll stay on the Elton Brand bangwagon all season, as I still insist that he'll be a bargain coming off his injury. However, I also heard over the past week or so that the Sixers may be targeting Gilbert Arenas with the Webber / Miller (once he's traded) $$ that will be available in the off-season. This would be a MONSTER mistake on the organization's part as Arenas is more of a "ME" guy than Iverson ever was. I really hope this is an unfounded rumor and has not an ounce of truth to it.

Addressing the current situation, it's my opinion that Willie Green should not be the starting 2 guard going forward. He's had 15 games to show that he can't hit an open jumper with any consistency (one of the primary purposes of a shooting guard). While Willie can drive to the hole well, is solid in transition, and can play some full court D, he's not an NBA starter (as has been said here many times in the past). Time to start Lou Williams at the "2" and abort the experiment of turning him into a full-time PG. He's clearly destined to be a combo G in this league and a good one at that. Playing Miller and Lou 30-35 mpg is clearly the way to go; the remainder of the minutes can be logged by Willie (who has a decent handle) and Iggy (when he's asked to play the "2" a few minutes / night). While that backcourt is small, you can actually flip-flop Williams and Miller on the defensive end and have Lou guard the opposition's PG. This will have a 2-pronged effect of (1) added much-needed scoring to the lineup, and (2) not having Miller being continually beaten off the dribble by quicker PGs.

Mark, I'd appreciate your thoughts on this.

Sammy has been consistent lately, but props to Reggie Evans too. Im not sure how many the big fella had last night, but hes starting to look like he can score a little. Seems like he's been quietly tuning up his offense this year - have to assume the coaching deserves the credit here. If he can start turning it out consistently we may in much better shape. Anyone notice those two early fouls he drew against boozer the other night? He's definitely got moves and awareness that sam doesnt... obviously he'll never be shaq, but a guy with that size and skill set developing even a hint of a touch would be huge.

I don’t care that we won the game, that was so BORING. But that’s pretty typical of the what this team gives us. No wonder the Sixers are last in the league in home attendance.

And speaking of getting fans to games, I find their marketing scheme offensive, how we should watch them because the Sixers are young and are full of energy and will hustle and try hard. One, it sounds like we’re gonna be watching the Special Olympics every time the Sixers take the floor. Two, that type of marketing blatantly ignores die-hard basketball fans who know the difference between good and bad basketball. For me, trying hard will never, ever excuse bad basketball, except in the case where you’re developing young players, and this is why so many die-hards are so outraged by Rodney’s and Lou’s (and for some people, Jason Smith’s) lack of playing time!

That kind of marketing also seems to suggest that maybe the coaching staff isn’t very good either, right? At least when we were being fed the “play the right way” line, it meant that Larry Brown was gonna make sure his team was good fundamentally, that defensive rotations were gonna be on time and in sync, and that you were gonna see the right spacing and movement on offense. So if marketing is gonna give us the “this team will hustle” line, does that mean the coaching staff is incapable of teaching the game’s fundamentals? Like Iguodala recently said, “We even suck in practice, too.” (http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/powerranking)

Tonight we'll get to see Jason Smith vs Sean Williams.As a huge fan of Williams,I look for him to dominate Smith,and solidify my belief that the Sixers should have made a play to acquire Williams.

Let it go man, can't go back and change the draft if we could I'll take te Sonics pick:)