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Cliffy6745

Jearlpam0925 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Yeah, that doesn't make a whole hell of a lot of sense to me.

I got a bad feeling about all this.

Yeah, the feeling of The Second Coming of Billy King.

The Sixers cannot have nice things.

Ahh, Billy King.  A story for over beers is my wife replying all to a Sixers all staff email and Billy King calling her out.

No, not an ideal off season by any stretch of the imagination.

Jearlpam0925

tempo_n_groove said:

Jearlpam0925 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Yeah, that doesn't make a whole hell of a lot of sense to me.

I got a bad feeling about all this.

Yeah, the feeling of The Second Coming of Billy King.

The Sixers cannot have nice things.

I was surprised to see this too.  Has Brand really been that good in the front office to land this job?  If so, good for him.

Haven't heard about him in a long time so just curious.

I know they hired him for their G League team last year. So there's that.

Jearlpam0925

Cliffy6745 said:

Jearlpam0925 said:

Cliffy6745 said:

Yeah, that doesn't make a whole hell of a lot of sense to me.

I got a bad feeling about all this.

Yeah, the feeling of The Second Coming of Billy King.

The Sixers cannot have nice things.

Ahh, Billy King.  A story for over beers is my wife replying all to a Sixers all staff email and Billy King calling her out.

No, not an ideal off season by any stretch of the imagination.

Ahhhhhhhahaha, this sounds delightful.

pjhawks

strange hire

Jearlpam0925

Talking to my boss about it, and I gotta say in a matter of two hours I've been talked off the ledge.  He made some pretty good points - he doesn't want some big-head hot shot coming in and destroying everything they've built up; you carry out Hinkie's manifesto and keep the nerd in the corner of the basement to carry out the analytics and structure contracts; GM's are more figure heads now that should have a relationship with players and communicate; now Brown and the coaching staff can be free to do what they need to do without worrying about not being on the same page.

All logical, solid points, but I dunno - I just don't want to find out he's the one doling out contracts.

No Coder

Brand is a smart and respected guy and yes, he's jumped straight to the head of the class, but I think the Sixers really wanted a collaborative GM, who will work the Brown and his staff to build around the existing team. Brown will no doubt have a big say in who he wants now and Brand will be more of a figure head, but someone who's been around the league for a long time and will get better over time

cutz

Well, at least he won't be out all year.

76ers' Chandler out at least 2-3 weeks with strained left hamstring

Chris Walder

2h ago

Mitchell Leff / Getty Images Sport / Getty

Wilson Chandler could miss the start of the NBA season after sustaining an injury in the Philadelphia 76ers' preseason opener against Melbourne United.

The 31-year-old forward recently underwent an MRI which revealed a strained left hamstring, the team announced Saturday. Chandler will be re-evaluated in approximately two-to-three weeks.

The Denver Nuggets dealt Chandler and a future second-round pick to Philadelphia in exchange for cash considerations back in July.

He averaged 10 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 2.1 assists on 44.5 percent shooting across 74 appearances last season with Denver.

Philadelphia begins the 2018-19 regular season on the road against the Boston Celticson Oct. 16.

The Juggler

Some positives from tonight huh? Wasn’t able to watch but Fultz attempted and made a three!!

The Juggler

^
I'm not certain how to embed tweets in here but somebody set Fultz's three to the Titanic soundtrack and.....I laughed. 

Off to China for some reason. 

Cliffy6745

The Sixers made it into Bourdain's last full episode of Parts Unknown in Kenya.  I got a kick out of it.

cutz

The Juggler said:

^
I'm not certain how to embed tweets in here but somebody set Fultz's three to the Titanic soundtrack and.....I laughed. 

Off to China for some reason. 

Yeah, not crazy about the team going to China.

JK_Livin

cutz said:

The Juggler said:

^
I'm not certain how to embed tweets in here but somebody set Fultz's three to the Titanic soundtrack and.....I laughed. 

Off to China for some reason. 

Yeah, not crazy about the team going to China.

23 hour flight, no thanks.

The Juggler

The season is upon us already. Tomorrow night!

O/U=54. Leaning under, but the getting the 3 seed, and losing in the Conference Finals. Monster year for Thee Process. 

cutz

The Juggler said:

The season is upon us already. Tomorrow night!

O/U=54. Leaning under, but the getting the 3 seed, and losing in the Conference Finals. Monster year for Thee Process. 

I think, if i was a betting man, i would lean to the under too. They won't be sneaking up on any teams this year, and chances are good they don't win 16 consecutive games again either.

Still should get #3 Seed.

Embiid will have a Monster year.

Need production from Fultz.

Covington needs to shoot more consistent this year.

No concerns with Simmons, Saric and Reddick.  The bench???

eeriepadave

cutz said:

The Juggler said:

The season is upon us already. Tomorrow night!

O/U=54. Leaning under, but the getting the 3 seed, and losing in the Conference Finals. Monster year for Thee Process. 

I think, if i was a betting man, i would lean to the under too. They won't be sneaking up on any teams this year, and chances are good they don't win 16 consecutive games again either.

Still should get #3 Seed.

Embiid will have a Monster year.

Need production from Fultz.

Covington needs to shoot more consistent this year.

No concerns with Simmons, Saric and Reddick.  The bench???

so about the same as last year then?

The Juggler

Them starting Fultz will mean they will likely go through some growing pains early. That's the main reason i'm going under.

JK_Livin

I think they could be the same if not better. They went through plenty of growing pains last year and came out looking great. I called 50 last year. Let's go 58!

The Juggler

JK_Livin said:

I think they could be the same if not better. They went through plenty of growing pains last year and came out looking great. I called 50 last year. Let's go 58!

Love the confidence!
All about the playoffs for me. Just get home court and play your best basketball heading into April 

I still have no idea what to expect with Markelle....just hope he looks waaaay better than last year. 

Cliffy6745

The Juggler said:

JK_Livin said:

I think they could be the same if not better. They went through plenty of growing pains last year and came out looking great. I called 50 last year. Let's go 58!

Love the confidence!
All about the playoffs for me. Just get home court and play your best basketball heading into April 

I still have no idea what to expect with Markelle....just hope he looks waaaay better than last year. 

I mean being able to shoot a basketball without looking like a 7 year old in a YMCA league would be waaaaay better than last year.

Big year for this team.  I think it dictates the direction this team is headed.  I think Ben Simmons has one foot in LA already unless something big happens.

The Juggler

Cliffy6745 said:

The Juggler said:

JK_Livin said:

I think they could be the same if not better. They went through plenty of growing pains last year and came out looking great. I called 50 last year. Let's go 58!

Love the confidence!
All about the playoffs for me. Just get home court and play your best basketball heading into April 

I still have no idea what to expect with Markelle....just hope he looks waaaay better than last year. 

I mean being able to shoot a basketball without looking like a 7 year old in a YMCA league would be waaaaay better than last year.

Big year for this team.  I think it dictates the direction this team is headed.  I think Ben Simmons has one foot in LA already unless something big happens.

Well, we'll deal with that in 4 years...hopefully there's a parade or two by then.