bigbasketballs wrote:mreinman wrote:Also,They lost to cleveland at home 107-100. It was a very competitive game. Actually blew a big lead.
Lost at Milwaukee 91-87. That is pretty damn competitive.
They lost at cleveland 108-102. Philly at half time, played badly in the 3rd and then outscored them in the fourth.
They lost at the Spurs 92-83. Philly won the second and fourth quarter. That is not easy to do in SA.
This is not a team that is not trying to win. They just don't have that goto guy. One player can change everything. They have also given themselves a ton of chances at hitting big in the lotto.
Saric is also a really nice asset that will hopefully be coming soon.
Embiid has been a bust but its not like there was an obvious pass up.
I don't think any team, no matter how bad, loses by 15 every night. If you appreciate advance stats then you know differential is one of the more respected indicators, across all sports.
For every close game they'd played, they've been blown out two more. For every bad team I think I can show you a game every 3 or 4 where they kept it to single digits.
As to "the process" I'll again say I have less of an issue with the theory of stockpiling a bunch of good young players and more of an issue of what happens then?
Do you pay them all? Going with a roster of 6-8 HIGH lottery picks? If you do, you aren't getting a solid bench. IF they turn out to be anything, they're all going to be commanding $20 before you know it.
Do you just keep turning them over when they get too expensive?
Houston got Harden because they could pay him (immediately) when OKC couldn't and you could project what adding him to a 42 win team could mean. Is Philly gonna be in either of those positions? Good enough that a Harden does something for them AND willing to pay him?
To be up front, these are what prompted my original comment:
Not only are they historically bad, they're somehow top heavy too.
I don't like the sound of that mix.
Are they referring to rookies? The Knicks have Calderon, Galloway, Amundson, and Thomas on their team. In regards to your Harden question, I think you have to ask is anyone better than what might be around the corner in the draft for Hinkie? That is a tough question. I thought there were some flaws in his plan this past year when he had to cut some of his second round picks at the end of training camp.