knicks1248 wrote:just looking at phili last night, that's the rout you take when building through the draft, a lot of good young talent with zero direction and leadership, that's why i never want to build through the draft. They look like the MDA knicks

MDA wasn't perfect but he had the right idea. We see the league taking his approach. His biggest issue was not having a GM like Phil and a noninterventionist Dolan. This roster is a reflection of Phil's philosophy and it helps Fish to do his job better. The GM has to support the coach by giving him what he needs to succeed rather than just throwing talent at him and expecting miracles.

Phil's taken a logical approach to building an actual team. He wasn't just grabbing talent randomly. He had specific roles he needed filled. He wanted a certain type of personality as well. It all works together. There was a plan and it made a difference in the end result IMO.

nixluva wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:just looking at phili last night, that's the rout you take when building through the draft, a lot of good young talent with zero direction and leadership, that's why i never want to build through the draft. They look like the MDA knicks

MDA wasn't perfect but he had the right idea. We see the league taking his approach. His biggest issue was not having a GM like Phil and a noninterventionist Dolan. This roster is a reflection of Phil's philosophy and it helps Fish to do his job better. The GM has to support the coach by giving him what he needs to succeed rather than just throwing talent at him and expecting miracles.

Phil's taken a logical approach to building an actual team. He wasn't just grabbing talent randomly. He had specific roles he needed filled. He wanted a certain type of personality as well. It all works together. There was a plan and it made a difference in the end result IMO.

Phil know better than to try and put a bunch of young guns to go with a young coach

holfresh wrote:I'm amazed Hinke still has a job...

exactly, that dude has no clue what the hell he's doing, everyone on the roster has the green light

fitzfarm wrote:Yes we finally have a solid overall team even the 54 win team didn't have this kinda depth.
Rolo,k saraphin,Lou
Kp,O'quinn,Thomas
Melo,Williams,early
AA,Galloway,Sasha,
Caldron,grant,Sasha

That team is deep I think grant over takes Jose after the trade deadline ... But Jose is going to start. Phil needs to try and move our weakest link in Jose. I think it could happen if a contender loses a pg to injury.. With that said Jose looks better this year . But grant looks more skilled and ready to start

Let's see what a healthy Calderon can do for the first 20 or so games of the season. He's looked pretty good so far. If he doesn't turn the ball over and keeps hitting those jumpers, it'd be good to have his veteran leadership in the line-up down the stretch.

herkyJerky wrote:

knicks1248 wrote:Grant
DWILL
Kevin
galloway
SASHA

Will become one of the best benches in the league, easy.

For the first time ever, i saw fisher sub in 5 guys at the right time, even pulling melo and Rolo, midway through the 3rd when the team was playing with zero energy and phili erased a 14 point deficit to 4 points.

I don't even want any of those guys to start, I think the play very well together and are very balance

You left out O'Quinn?

wow, your right, and i just don't think playing 11 guys makes any sense at all, 10 is a stretch, but where that deep, so who should get more pine time?

knicks1248 wrote:

holfresh wrote:I'm amazed Hinke still has a job...

exactly, that dude has no clue what the hell he's doing, everyone on the roster has the green light

Definitely a cult of Hinke out there. A couple cultists around here...expect to hear from them soon.

Philly really has to decide if the guy is worth it, though. He's accumulated a lot of picks, but can anyone be sure if he will make the right choices.

So far he seems to be playing some kind of game with rules that only he knows or cares about. Have to wonder if he will still be around to utilized all the "assets" he's acquired.

I expect that Briggs would give up a couple of years from his life to have Hinkie's job and all those picks for the next 5 years. Will be interesting to see if the guy actually turns the franchise around.

I know he has like 5 or 6 "point guards", but I doubt any will be as successful as Jrue Holiday or Michael Carter Williams.

I just don't buy whatever it is he's selling. You can acquire and accumulate assets and chips for as long as you want. At some point, you have to cash in.

GustavBahler wrote:I have no problem with an expanded rotation as long as the players know their roles and perform them well. This franchise has been snakebit with injuries for a while now, a deep bench helps in that dept, and keeps players ready for more minutes if someone goes down. Some teams will warrant a tighter rotation, but I like the idea of giving minutes here and there down the line.