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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    polaris_x wrote:
    The Fixer wrote:
    anyway, this team still doesn't have any star players. that's what wins in the NBA. I'd like to see them dump iguodala and brand and build around holiday, turner, young. all this 'progress' will prevent them from doing that though...so we are stuck in the endless cycle of sneaking into the playoffs and losing in round 1. not good times

    not really ... teams are what wins championships ... its why the Spurs have been so successful for so long ... it's having a bunch of guys contributing ... it's why Lebron couldn't win one in Cleveland ... as much as Kobe is a star player ... he couldn't win without gasol, odom, artest and fisher playing their roles ...

    i would say that if the sixers were healthy (igoudala has been playing hurt all season) - they will give any team in the east fits in a playoff series ...

    as currently constructed the larry brown pistons, and current spurs (with duncan not what he once was) should be the sixers model.

    they should rest iguadala and brand for the last couple games. they really need williams back for the playoffs though.
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  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    The Fixer wrote:
    um, duncan is one of the 30 best players to ever step foot on an NBA court

    the only argument you could make against this is the pistons that recently won. they are the lone exception to the rule

    ya ... but he wouldn't of won without david robinson in the early years nor parker/ginobli later ... don't forget the contributions of bruce bowen and robert horry during those championship runs ...

    they have been successful for so long because duncan always puts team first ...he can go games where he takes 7-8 shots ...
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    polaris_x wrote:
    The Fixer wrote:
    um, duncan is one of the 30 best players to ever step foot on an NBA court

    the only argument you could make against this is the pistons that recently won. they are the lone exception to the rule

    ya ... but he wouldn't of won without david robinson in the early years nor parker/ginobli later ... don't forget the contributions of bruce bowen and robert horry during those championship runs ...

    they have been successful for so long because duncan always puts team first ...he can go games where he takes 7-8 shots ...

    your raptors are going down tomorrow night. :lol:
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  • polaris_x
    polaris_x Posts: 13,559
    The Juggler wrote:
    your raptors are going down tomorrow night. :lol:

    definitely a team in need of a star player ...
  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    registration? registration? we talkin bout registration

    http://straightfromthea.com/2011/04/07/ ... e-officer/

    :lol:
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    81 wrote:
    registration? registration? we talkin bout registration

    http://straightfromthea.com/2011/04/07/ ... e-officer/

    :lol:

    ha. yeah i saw that. that was like a week ago...
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    news is a little slow getting to chicago.

    funny, i was looking at AI's stats this AM to see how rose compares at this point in each's career.
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    i prefer kate fagan to cooney. but this part of cooney's article today pretty much sums up my feeling on the sixers this season. if you're realistic about this team, this is how you should be looking at it:
    So what does it all mean? If Sixers fans, whose interest in the pro team has been stoked mainly due to the new head coach, really thought that a first-round playoff series victory was a possibility, they are a bit dilusional.

    What the playoffs are about for this team, realistically, isn't winning a first round. That is too huge a hurdle to clear right now. For this young team, a playoff round is a learning experience. It is a gauge to find out exactly what is needed to put the team closer to the upper echelons of the East in the future.

    Collins made a great point a few weeks back when he said what a playoff series would mean: "You learn more about your team during a seven-game series than you do during an 82- game season. In a series, a team attacks your weaknesses. They will also look to find the strength of your team and attack it. That's what makes championship teams champions. And that's where we can learn about our team. We will come out of a series knowing more about ourselves than we did during the season. That is going to be so beneficial to the growth of our team.

    "I'm not saying that we will be done in one series. Hopefully, we will advance. The playoffs are such a great learning experience for a young team to know where they are and how they can improve."

    Really, that is the best scenario for this team, for weaknesses to be spotlighted, for the organization to address those weaknesses during the offseason so the franchise can get closer to becoming elbow-rubbers with the likes of Boston and Miami and Chicago and Orlando.

    Going into the playoffs with anything less than a full, healthy roster will halt that progress. A quick, first-round loss with a diminished lineup, players playing out of position and an unsettled rotation wouldn't help gauge where the Sixers are right now and where they need to improve for the future.

    And, after years of mediocrity, that is imperative.
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    the way boston looked last night, you guys might have a shot
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  • The Juggler
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    81 wrote:
    the way boston looked last night, you guys might have a shot

    veteran team. been through so many wars, they'll straighten things out by next weekend.

    i think the sixers match up better with them than miami though.....assuming they're healthy, which they're not currently.
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  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    The Juggler wrote:
    81 wrote:
    the way boston looked last night, you guys might have a shot

    veteran team. been through so many wars, they'll straighten things out by next weekend.

    i think the sixers match up better with them than miami though.....assuming they're healthy, which they're not currently.

    they will have plenty of time to heal during the week off between games 1 and 2 of round 1. (not that it matters anyway)
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    The Fixer wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:
    81 wrote:
    the way boston looked last night, you guys might have a shot

    veteran team. been through so many wars, they'll straighten things out by next weekend.

    i think the sixers match up better with them than miami though.....assuming they're healthy, which they're not currently.

    they will have plenty of time to heal during the week off between games 1 and 2 of round 1. (not that it matters anyway)

    kinda wanna be healthy for the whole series...

    i'm not confident in lou being able to play at all. hammy's are always tricky.
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  • The Fixer
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    Good article in SI about collins this week.
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,283
    and good win tonight. :thumbup:
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  • The Juggler
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    eeriepadave wrote:
    and good win tonight. :thumbup:

    lil too hairy at the end for my liking but a win is a win.

    thad young is developing into a monster under collins........and he sprained stoudamare's ankle. :mrgreen:
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  • The Juggler
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    kate fagan is great. nice article this morning about turner. hopefully collins is doing right by him.

    i said this when they moved iggy to point forward.....everyone keeps saying turner is better handling the ball, right? he was player of the year last year as a point guard. jrue was a sg in college. why don't we move iggy this offseason, and insert turner into the point forward role and see what happens?

    with any luck you get a big body and a shooter back in the trade. turner has taken a year two at every level to develop....


    collins keeps saying the best way to judge a team is during a 7 game series, not an 82 game season. i'm sure he'll see iggy miss a last second shot or two. perhaps that will be enough to sway him to make a move. again--i've loved what iguadala has brought to the table this year. i'm ready for the kid to take over next year though
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  • The Fixer
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    so it looks like it's gonna be the heat. I smell a sweep
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    The Fixer wrote:
    so it looks like it's gonna be the heat. I smell a sweep


    sixers in 4? :lol:

    they can win a couple games against the heat.



    again--that's not what this season is about fixer. we've been through this. :mrgreen:
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  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    The Juggler wrote:
    The Fixer wrote:
    so it looks like it's gonna be the heat. I smell a sweep


    sixers in 4? :lol:

    they can win a couple games against the heat.



    again--that's not what this season is about fixer. we've been through this. :mrgreen:

    they can, but I don't think they will. the heat are going to get EVERY call in that series because that's how the NBA works in the playoffs.

    the endless cycle of mediocrity continues...
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,598
    The Fixer wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:
    The Fixer wrote:
    so it looks like it's gonna be the heat. I smell a sweep


    sixers in 4? :lol:

    they can win a couple games against the heat.



    again--that's not what this season is about fixer. we've been through this. :mrgreen:

    they can, but I don't think they will. the heat are going to get EVERY call in that series because that's how the NBA works in the playoffs.

    the endless cycle of mediocrity continues...

    :roll: :lol:

    gonna be fun to go up against those chumps. also will be fun to have the whole country rooting for the sixers.
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