Posted by Cosmic:

Posted by tkf:

Posted by EnySpree:

Posted by Cartman718:

obviously they feel that they can win a championship soon enough. after which iggy's trade value would be so high that they could easily trade him.

Is this the new trend amongst posters? Showcasing guys with the hopes of boosting their trade value? If iggy ever proves he deserves that money, why trade him? By the way, he is now untradeable.

exactly.... I mean what sense does it make, to grosly overpay a guy, in order to boost his trade value and then trade him? as you said, if he proves he is worthy of the deal, then why move him? Deals like this are team killers. Go back and look, I said the same thing when the bucks gave redd all of that money. I said they will regret it.

But.....with what Philly has done this would have to be considered as a team-completing deal.

This is the core they want to go to war with for many years now. Dalembert, Brand, Iggy is their big three. They're now only going to be looking to add pieces along the way.

In that I don't see why they would be worried about their cap situation or flexibility. They've spent it on players they wanted.

Andre Miller being 33 years old will be the only real concern for them looking into the future.

my point exactly.......if its a front loaded deal.......u should do it so that they are contending for a while and still be able to trade him when necessary.

Posted by Cartman718:

also......report now says sixers GM saying that deal aint done yet.

Posted by Ira:

Iggy may not be the best of the group that recently re-upped with their home teams, but he's at that level. He's a good scorer - not as good, IMO, as Deng, but better than Smith or Okafor. He's very good on d and passes the ball well. The Sixers may have overpaid, but it's not crazy.