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81 wrote:

Danny Ferry

Barkley said today he'd have interest as well.

Looks like Thorn is on the way out of his current role. Can't believe bringing the ex-Nets exec team to philly didn't work :roll:

Apparently Barkley is interested in the GM job. Not sure if that's the best idea, but it sure would be entertaining.

Whatever they do, I'm glad they seem determined to change things up (again). Hopefully they get it right this time...for once

BX

The Fixer wrote:

Cliffy6745 wrote:

BX

no idea what that means. I'm guessing it's some kind of laughter

Bronx...actually from Queens, so I lied, I'm an idiot.

this article sums it up pretty well. this team has done a great job setting itself up to remain irrelevant for the foreseeable future. I guess that's what happens when you go into the offseason/draft without a GM :roll:

the endless cycle of mediocrity and cluelessness continues...



What's going on in Philadelphia?The Sixers will use amnesty on Elton Brand, reached deal with Nick YoungUpdated: July 6, 2012, 9:38 PM ETBy John Hollinger | ESPN.com Recommend13Comments70EmailPrint

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Elton Brand averaged just 11 points per game last season for the Sixers.Who's ready for some amnesty auctions?



Philadelphia got the ball rolling Friday by announcing it will exercise its amnesty rights on Elton Brand's contract, but Minnesota (Darko Milicic), Phoenix (Josh Childress) and perhaps the Lakers (Metta World Peace) also seem like strong candidates to get involved.



However, let's get back to the Sixers, who used their amnesty rights on Brand and announced they'd be parting ways with Lou Williams, then said they reached a one-year deal with Nick Young.



What, exactly, are they going for here? Even after the amnesty, Philly has just $7 million in cap room, which is perhaps enough to put in a bid for the likes of Ersan Ilyasova or Kris Humphries, but if you're going to do that, you might as well ride out another year with Brand, right?



Even more puzzling is the timing. If Philly had decided to use its amnesty rights on Brand a week ago and not bothered with Young or the recent two-year, $13 million deal with Spencer Hawes, the Sixers were looking at max cap space and the chance to lure a top free agent. Not a great chance, perhaps, but a chance.



(One other thing: If Philly hadn't lazily given Lavoy Allen a one-year deal rather than a team option for the second and third years, like virtually every other team does with every second-round pick, it wouldn't be in this pickle. Philly had to re-sign Allen with its midlevel exception, which meant it had to sign Nick Young with cap space, which meant it had to use its amnesty rights on Brand once the Sixers decided they liked Young better than Lou Williams. This, ladies and gentlemen, is a front office flying by the seat of its pants.)



Now? Best-case scenario, the Sixers are looking at signing somebody almost as good as Brand. One wonders whether another move is waiting around the corner -- an Andre Iguodala trade, perhaps, or some other move that will allow us to make sense of all this.



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Certainly, there is a financial component. The 76ers still have to pay Brand's salary, but only the part that isn't picked up in amnesty auction. With Dallas hungry to spend some of its free-agent money without tying itself up for another dip in the pond next year, the Mavs are a prime candidate to bid high on Brand; this perhaps will save Philly as much as half its wage bill for his salary.



But in the longer term, it's not clear how these moves help unless the Sixers trade Iggy and angle to become a player in the 2013 free-agent market. If they deal him for expiring contracts, they could make a run at Dwight Howard or Chris Paul -- unlikely, but worth a shot, right? -- and would have max-ish cap space even with the cap hold on Jrue Holiday.



Alternatively, in the short term, perhaps they can interest the Magic in a Holiday-Young-Iguodala trade package for Howard and gamble that he likes cheesesteaks.



Again, I'm trying to make sense out of the senseless; I see no obvious endgame for the Sixers out of this and am equally puzzled by the timing, but perhaps there's one that eludes my reasoning here.



As for Brand, because he has only one year left on his deal, he'll get some big bids at the amnesty auction. Portland likely will bid whatever cap space it has left at that time -- depending on timing and how the offer sheets go, it might not be much -- but I'd put Dallas as a strong favorite.



The Mavs have a little more than $10 million in cap space, and while they'll likely invest some of it in a point guard, the rest can be put to a bid on Brand. If they're feeling really cheeky, they can use their amnesty rights on Brendan Haywood and virtually guarantee they'll win the Brand auction. And with a one-year deal, Brand wouldn't interfere with Dallas' ultimate plans to either trade for or sign a superstar such as Howard.



Among other potential bidders, Cleveland is below the league's salary floor, and might figure Brand's leadership and experience will help. Houston still will have $6.6 million in cap space, even with its bids to Omer Asik and Jeremy Lin, and would need only to renounce Courtney Lee's Bird rights -- not a problem because the Rockets would be re-signing him under the cap anyway -- to use it on a Brand rental.

Indiana has more than $12 million in space right now, although the Pacers want to use a big chunk of it on a shooting guard such as O.J. Mayo or, ironically, Williams. Still, they probably could bid safely up to $5 million.



Other less likely potential participants include Milwaukee, Sacramento, New Orleans and Toronto. And finally, let me mock Washington one more time. Rather than taking on Emeka Okafor's gargantuan $26 million for the next two years, the Wizards could have up to $10 million available to bid on Brand for a one-year deal that wouldn't mess up their 2013-14 cap space; that amount almost certainly would be a winning bid.

They'd also have a better player and one who could actually play power forward. Remember, cap space isn't just about free agents; Washington's thinking that way cost it.

I don't love this move. But I don't hate it either. 2 yrs., 6 mil, is absolutely nothing.

Wait a minute - it's 6 mil for the one season. Yep, awful move. Awful, terrible; beyond awful and terrible combined.

81 wrote:

Jearlpam0925 wrote:

Wait a minute - it's 6 mil for the one season. Yep, awful move. Awful, terrible; beyond awful and terrible combined.

i thought it was 3 and 3?

although asik is getting 15M in three years. :fp:

Actually, I'm not sure what report to believe but I'm reading it's 1 yr. 6 mil with an option for the second. None of the reports are too clear in clarifying this - if it's option A I'm okay with it; if it's option B then fuck this.

81 wrote:

i think the 6M for the year is the right number. :fp:

Awful. I don't even know that happens. I feel like the Sixers are Kramer when he's in negotiations after he gets burned by his coffee.

And, yeah, that kind of money for Asik is stupid too.