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JK_Livin · May 2012

Good win boys. FT's FT's FT's!!!!!!! Why the extra day again NBA?

The Juggler · May 2012

JK_Livin wrote:

Good win boys. FT's FT's FT's!!!!!!! Why the extra day again NBA?

turner and holiday
turner and holiday
turner and holiday
turner and holiday
turner and holiday

turner--stellar defense on rondo
holliday--20 and 6...driving to the basket all game long.
sixers owned the paint..........love how these 2 are leading the way this post season.

love it!

that said---yes, please god make your foul shots. i was convinced they were going to lose the game by 1 or 2 points. thankfully they kept them at arm's length all game long.

oh, and iggy's dunk???? nasty.

go pacers!

marcos · May 2012

81 wrote:

eeriepadave wrote:

81 wrote:

if they win, would that be the farthest an 8 seed has advanced?

good question. i would think so.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_NBA_Playoffs

knicks went all the way to the finals

That was a strike short year as well, though a bit shorter. The Knicks were still a good team that year not really an 8 seed for all intensive purposes.

This year, strike short year as well and obviously they didn't play a true one seed because of the Bulls injuries. Very impressive nonetheless that they are taking it to seven with the Celtics. Perhaps this is sign of good things to come for this squad.

The Juggler · May 2012

this was awesome (and not even in transition!)

The Juggler · May 2012

8pm saturday night.

sweet.

The Juggler · May 2012

The Boston Strangler:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCNcCDYDlXY

cool video...wish i was old enough to remember some of those epic battles against the celtics. i was just reading about what he did to the celtics in that series 30 years ago. unreal performance. shame his career ended so soon....

that team was given no shot either

cutz · May 2012

The Juggler wrote:

The Boston Strangler:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCNcCDYDlXY

cool video...wish i was old enough to remember some of those epic battles against the celtics. i was just reading about what he did to the celtics in that series 30 years ago. unreal performance. shame his career ended so soon....

that team was given no shot either

Andrew Toney was a very under-rated player. If he shot as many times as AI did, he would've avg. OVER 30 Pt.s/game: EASILY. He was a good defender too.

eeriepadave · May 2012

damn we got to wait til 8 for the game. Go Sixers!

The Juggler · May 2012

lavoy allen: class act and, as he has been pretty much all series, tonight's key to a sixers victory:

http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_ ... orry-lavoy

John Hollinger (Insider) says that for the Sixers to win Game 7, they need to play a lot of Lavoy Allen.

He's been the one player that seemingly can neutralize Kevin Garnett's otherwise massive plus-minus advantage. Garnett is plus-55 for the series -- that's plus-58 when Allen is off the court and minus-3 when he's on it. One much-discussed key is Allen's ability to push Garnett further out and contest his shots, and the numbers back that up -- Garnett is 6-of-17 inside 15 feet against Allen and 19-of-26 when he's off the court. The regular-season numbers, albeit in a smaller sample, support this trend. Garnett was 1-for-7 from the field when Allen played, 21-for-34 when he sat.

But in terms of plus-minus, the impact has been just as great on the offensive end. The change in Philly's production based on the Allen-Garnett dynamic has been jarring: If Allen plays and Garnett doesn't, the Sixers score 121.2 points per 100 possessions; if both play, it's 103.2; and if it's just Garnett, Philly nets only 78.2.

Obviously, it's ridiculous to assign that big a swing to two players, but the data backs up the idea that Allen has made a huge impact (in fact, he quietly leads the team in playoff PER at 18.70, given his ability on the boards and around the basket), and he needs to play a major role in Game 7 if Philly wants to pull the upset.

(Statistical support for this story from NBA.com.)

Also worth noting: The Celtics get 48.5 rebounds per 48 minutes when Allen is on the bench. When Allen plays, that number falls all the way to 31.7. Big difference.

Lavoy Allen is young, big and making his presence felt.

GO SIXERS!!

FenwayFaithful · May 2012

The embrace between Doc and Doug Collins at the end said it all. Great game. Great series. Cheers to the sixers on a great season and great series. You guys took us the distance and really emerged as the best young team in the east, if not the league. There will be a lot of great years ahead for the Sixers with this core of players.

The Juggler · May 2012

FenwayFaithful wrote:

The embrace between Doc and Doug Collins at the end said it all. Great game. Great series. Cheers to the sixers on a great season and great series. You guys took us the distance and really emerged as the best young team in the east, if not the league. There will be a lot of great years ahead for the Sixers with this core of players.

congrats. that was a tough one to swallow last night because i thought the sixers just did not play very well. but boston's experience paid off. those 2 rondo shots at the end sealed it.

fun season. they exceeded expectations and it looks like jrue has emerged as the leader of this team...which is encouraging.

interesting off season ahead. one sixers blog i read was talking about an iguadala for kanter/bell/watson and their 1st. doubt they'd get that much but his stock is pretty high right now. let the rumors commence...

eeriepadave · May 2012

Great season guys! Nothing to be ashamed of. Got farther than what a lot of experts thought we would.

cutz · May 2012

Any way they could get Dwight Howard???(how about that RUMOR>

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The Juggler wrote:

FenwayFaithful wrote:

The embrace between Doc and Doug Collins at the end said it all. Great game. Great series. Cheers to the sixers on a great season and great series. You guys took us the distance and really emerged as the best young team in the east, if not the league. There will be a lot of great years ahead for the Sixers with this core of players.

congrats. that was a tough one to swallow last night because i thought the sixers just did not play very well. but boston's experience paid off. those 2 rondo shots at the end sealed it.

fun season. they exceeded expectations and it looks like jrue has emerged as the leader of this team...which is encouraging.

interesting off season ahead. one sixers blog i read was talking about an iguadala for kanter/bell/watson and their 1st. doubt they'd get that much but his stock is pretty high right now. let the rumors commence...

kenny olav · May 2012

FenwayFaithful wrote:

The embrace between Doc and Doug Collins at the end said it all. Great game. Great series. Cheers to the sixers on a great season and great series. You guys took us the distance and really emerged as the best young team in the east, if not the league. There will be a lot of great years ahead for the Sixers with this core of players.

Well said. I wholly concur.

The Fixer · May 2012

Other than 2001, this 'run' was the deepest the sixers have gone in the playoffs since 1986

. Just a horrid franchise.

this team needs to make major changes this offseason. this is not the kind of move that is going to help them.

rumors are already brewing about a potential deal with the Lakers that would send Iguodala to Los Angeles for big man Gasol. There certainly makes sense for both teams given the contracts of the two players (Gasol is owed $38 million over the next two years) as well as the fact that Iguodala and Lakers’ star Kobe Bryant share the same agent.

eeriepadave · May 2012

The Fixer wrote:

Other than 2001, this 'run' was the deepest the sixers have gone in the playoffs since 1986 . Just a horrid franchise.

this team needs to make major changes this offseason. this is not the kind of move that is going to help them.

rumors are already brewing about a potential deal with the Lakers that would send Iguodala to Los Angeles for big man Gasol. There certainly makes sense for both teams given the contracts of the two players (Gasol is owed $38 million over the next two years) as well as the fact that Iguodala and Lakers’ star Kobe Bryant share the same agent.

i like Iggy and all but i would do this in a heartbeat.

The Fixer · May 2012

eeriepadave wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

Other than 2001, this 'run' was the deepest the sixers have gone in the playoffs since 1986 . Just a horrid franchise.

this team needs to make major changes this offseason. this is not the kind of move that is going to help them.

rumors are already brewing about a potential deal with the Lakers that would send Iguodala to Los Angeles for big man Gasol. There certainly makes sense for both teams given the contracts of the two players (Gasol is owed $38 million over the next two years) as well as the fact that Iguodala and Lakers’ star Kobe Bryant share the same agent.

i like Iggy and all but i would do this in a heartbeat.

Nah, they can get more than gasol. He's on the downside of his career. He's also soft as shit (especially defensively), which is one area that this team deserately needs to fix.

Sixers are a young team that's not close to winning anything. Gasol is exactly the kind of player I'd like to see them avoid.

polaris_x · May 2012

this is the problem for the sixers ... there is some decent mid-range talent on this team ... guys who if they accept their roles could be part of a championship team ... but there is no main piece to build around here ...

basketball is the only sport (mainly cuz you only play like 8 guys) that dictates the necessity for top end talent ... these days - only way you can get that talent is through the lottery or potentially FA where if you're lucky - you get 2-3 years of prime ...

unfortunately for the sixers ... the eastern conference is soooo bad that it's hard to lose 60 games in this conference unless you hire jordan as your gm and have major injuries ... it's near impossible to play hard and lose 60 games in the eastern conference with a full roster ...

if it were me ... i would definitely trade iggy for draft picks and expiring contracts ... try and deal turner for a first rounder ... the reality is with turner is that he is not that good ... decent player but he has limited upside ...

The Fixer · May 2012

polaris_x wrote:

this is the problem for the sixers ... there is some decent mid-range talent on this team ... guys who if they accept their roles could be part of a championship team ... but there is no main piece to build around here ...

basketball is the only sport (mainly cuz you only play like 8 guys) that dictates the necessity for top end talent ... these days - only way you can get that talent is through the lottery or potentially FA where if you're lucky - you get 2-3 years of prime ...

unfortunately for the sixers ... the eastern conference is soooo bad that it's hard to lose 60 games in this conference unless you hire jordan as your gm and have major injuries ... it's near impossible to play hard and lose 60 games in the eastern conference with a full roster ...

if it were me ... i would definitely trade iggy for draft picks and expiring contracts ... try and deal turner for a first rounder ... the reality is with turner is that he is not that good ... decent player but he has limited upside ...

completely agree.

personally I'd like to see them clean house. Let williams, hawes walk. Trade Iguodala (for young pieces like you said). I'm actually fine with them keeping brand around for another year. Sounds like the FA class is going to be much better in the summer of '13 than it is this year. PLus there is always a chance that they could get something for him at the trade deadline (I know it wouldn't be much). They're not winning anything next year, so I don't see the rush to push him out the door at this point (would have loved to see them amnesty him last offseason)

I wouldn't be opposed to trading turner either. He should be a decent player, but he's never going to justify his contract. Ironically, he is setting up to be similar to iguodala in that respect.

Big offseason. I'd rather them take a step or two bacwards than overcommitt to their current core, which is obviously lacking

Should be interesting

The Juggler · May 2012

eeriepadave wrote:

The Fixer wrote:

Other than 2001, this 'run' was the deepest the sixers have gone in the playoffs since 1986 . Just a horrid franchise.

this team needs to make major changes this offseason. this is not the kind of move that is going to help them.

rumors are already brewing about a potential deal with the Lakers that would send Iguodala to Los Angeles for big man Gasol. There certainly makes sense for both teams given the contracts of the two players (Gasol is owed $38 million over the next two years) as well as the fact that Iguodala and Lakers’ star Kobe Bryant share the same agent.

i like Iggy and all but i would do this in a heartbeat.

i'd rather keep iguadala than trade him for gasol at this point. that seems like a lateral move to me. my buddy loves gasol and we had a pretty decent argument after about 11 games of beer pong on sunday. he could make them a slightly better team next year...depending on whatever moves they make. but he's soft. he's old. and i think he would be unmotivated after playing with bean and the lakers for the last few years.

if i were the sixers, i'd be on the phone all day/night with the utah jazz. they need back court help, we need front court help. 2 young teams that appear to be headed in the right direction. seems like there is some way a deal can be had between these franchises.

i've heard rumors that the new owners may not keep thorn around much longer. now there is a story that he may be "retiring." :think: :think:

and doug should be extended soon.

huge off-season! can't wait to get the finals over and done with so we can see what happens

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