THEE OFFICIAL 2019-2020 NBA OFFSEASON THREAD: VICTORY LAP

[geno90221]

76ers trade for Andre Drummond

 

[Quincy McCall]

That's $38M in salary for someone to match

Feel like the Warriors might be interested in Rich/Horford if 6ers take Wiggins and quite likely the #2 pick

 

[lawdog1]

I still can’t get my head around Andrew Wiggins being a Warrior. It just doesn’t seem right.

 

[B Sox]

Feel like the Warriors might be interested in Rich/Horford if 6ers take Wiggins and quite likely the #2 pick

So the Sixers are going to purposely make their team even worse?

 

[amitt5504]

So the Sixers are going to purposely make their team even worse?

If getting Wiggy and #2 to add a PG is what it takes to get rid of Al, sign me up.

 

[B Sox]

If getting Wiggy and #2 to add a PG is what it takes to get rid of Al, sign me up.

Have at it then I guess

 

[HIM]

Would love to see Elton Brand get fired. But I hope they tell him his job is safe before they fire him.

 

[amitt5504]

Would love to see Elton Brand get fired. But I hope they tell him his job is safe before they fire him.

It’s been 12 years man lol

 

[HIM]

It’s been 12 years man lol

 

[Quincy McCall]

So the Sixers are going to purposely make their team even worse?

That's how they got here. It's not impossible

 

[B Sox]

That's how they got here. It's not impossible

Yikes. Imagine telling that to your 3 max contract guys.

 

[BennyIll22]

At least Wiggins fits the timeline better then Horford I guess lol.

 

[B Sox]

I'm just picturing Ben and Joel being introduced to Andrew Wiggins and Poor Man's Michael Carter-Williams and can't stop laughing

Embiid already had to play with Wiggins once too.

 

[BennyIll22]

I definitely think DLO is a better trade chip still and they could have worked out something better then what they probably will end up with if they deal Wiggins. I just don't get the trade still. Maybe they really do want to keep Wiggins long term.

 

[ill steelo]

Feel like the Warriors might be interested in Rich/Horford if 6ers take Wiggins and quite likely the #2 pick

They could do this then move back to pick a guy like Haliburton plus another rotation player from the team wanting to move up.

 

[Quincy McCall]

Yikes. Imagine telling that to your 3 max contract guys.

They're f'd, it's either trade one of Ben/Biid, run it back with same core or blow it up-- all very possible reactions

 

[Tony $now]

So the Warriors are going to purposely make their team even worse?

Fixed. Who wants Jason Richardson and/or Al Horford ?

 

[B Sox]

Fixed. Who wants Jason Richardson and/or Al Horford ?

They definitely would help the current Warriors more than Andrew Wiggins and whoever you’d get if they keep the pick. That’s for sure.

 

[BennyIll22]

The #2 pick and Wiggins is too much for Horford and JOSH Richardson honestly. At least the Wiggins contract goes through the middle of Wiggins prime and Horfords deal goes as he continues to decline. Wiggins isn't great to be sure but he'll score his 20. Horford will be useless by the end of his deal as much as I liked him during his heyday. Richardson is nice but not worth the #2 overall pick even in a weak draft. Especially since he could walk after next year. Just doesn't make a ton of sense to me personally.

 

[B Sox]

The #2 pick and Wiggins is too much for Horford and JOSH Richardson honestly. At least the Wiggins contract goes through the middle of Wiggins prime and Horfords deal goes as he continues to decline. Wiggins isn't great to be sure but he'll score his 20. Horford will be useless by the end of his deal as much as I liked him during his heyday. Richardson is nice but not worth the #2 overall pick even in a weak draft. Especially since he could walk after next year. Just doesn't make a ton of sense to me personally.

I agree with this too. Doesn't really make much sense either way.

 

[P C H]

Not basketball but wtf

 

[IATT]

 

[mrswagtastic]

His public appearances show a know it all Bostonian who gets the benefit of the doubt at every turn. The teams that played hard for him were filled with players playing hard for their careers. When given talent, he could not motivate players to play with consistent effort. If he were a players coach they'd play hard.

You already touched on his stubbornness with gameplan which was also never consistent. So he generally failed at tactics.

What good things are left to say about him?

Unless you know him in real life, how can you speak to his character? Players don't explicitly speak poorly of coaches im general so idk how that can be used as evidence.

Not sure why you’re quoting me. For the years I’ve watched BB coach the team and interact with the city I can’t formulate a general opinion on dude? The basis for my original post is the sentiment that most people in philly share, which is that BB did what he could but at the end of the day just wasn’t successful or cut out for the job, which doesn’t take away from who he is or how he conducted himself as a professional (which generally was perceived as positive for the most part).

 

[mrswagtastic]

The Jay Wright speculation just seems forced, media grasping for straws and using the whole local and successful angle to make sense of it. The basketball reasons for him to leave Nova just don’t add up, sixers are a mess, roster built the complete opposite of how he recruits at nova, and he wouldn’t necessarily be making the calls on roster construction. I think Ty Lue is the most realistic option and would be the best fit for Joel and Ben.

 

[amitt5504]

I’m leaning towards Lue as well. Recall him saying he wanted to coach a young team instead of one with vets.

Dark horse is still Ime Udoka, especially if Ben and Jo put in a word