Posted: Friday, February 19, 2010, 5:16 AM | 13 comments |
 

Live Sixers chat with Kate Fagan
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Kate Fagan takes your questions, comments, complaints, or anything else about the 76ers' deadline-day trades in a live chat at 3 p.m. Friday.

 
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:47 AM, 02/19/2010
    Kate, David Stern recently said it's possibly a woman can play in the NBA in 10 years. I say no chance. What do you think?
    — Super5
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:15 AM, 02/19/2010
    With no major moves, is it remotely possible for the sixers to challenge for a championship unless they tank the season and end up with John Wall? It seems there is no hope for teams in the nba like the sixers.
    — pickersteindvm
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:29 AM, 02/19/2010
    Iverson as starter says it all, but I like the Evans for Kapono and Ivey for Meeks defense for shooter values. This didn't work the first time so lets just do it again. Iverson as starter says lets use the season to get 'em in shape thinking. At least it gets us some more pings.
    — JimDunfee
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:57 PM, 02/19/2010
    hi kate: based on your observations, is the primary problem with the coaching/coaches or the configuration of the roster?
    — 127sixer59
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:04 PM, 02/19/2010
    Kate, how long do you think it will take before the Sixers become a top 3 or 4 playoff contender in the Eastern Conference again?
    — BCRock
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:54 PM, 02/19/2010
    Look at that picture. Clutching at nothingness. Much like the substance of this so called "team".........
    — Panthro22
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 3:58 PM, 02/19/2010
    Good job Kate. Your chat was entertaining and I'm glad you offered your opinions (unlike some of the other recent chats on the Sixers). Hopefully, you stay on the Sixers beat for a few more years.
    — ted_ocmd
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:52 PM, 02/19/2010
    How's meeks game? does he defend? With Ivey gone, that makes willie our defensive guy off the bench. I'm fine with taking a flier on a guy who may have some upside, it just seems that we've traded a solid defensive role player who made himself into a good 3 pt shooter for a guy who might become a three point shooter.
    — duder
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:46 PM, 02/19/2010
    Wow: listened to Bob Salmi on WIP, who was booted by Comcast for being too critical (now we have Pinckney who has us all thinking we are watching the incarnation of the 1966-67 Sixers); interesting discussion. Now Comcast, in reaction to the Salmis and Fagans of this world, has pulled out all stops tonight on its pre-game show: Ed Stefanski to tell us why he should be fired; Dei Lynam to tell us why her father should be fired, Marshall Harris to tell us why he should be fired, and Donyell Marshall to tell us why he wants to hide somewhere. At some point in the process before this season began, someone lied or badly miscalculated: Stefanski fired Cheeks, brought in Dileo to give Stefanski insight into the players. He then discouraged Dileo from re-applying for the job and brought in Jordan, who, contrary to some posters, was the man Stefanski wanted from the first moment he took this job, remembering what Jordan's offense looked like with the Nets. YET, Jordan, forgetting he had Jason Kidd with the Nets, announces he does not need a point guard; Stefanski, forgetting the reports from Dileo, thought he had the right players for the Princeton, even after letting Miller depart. The players, knowing they were NOT the right players for the Princeton, essentially tuned out Jordan. Then Williams gets hurt, and Stefanski stunningly brings back Iverson, who had no intention of learning the Princeton, which is essentially abandoned. Jordan now reverts to the style of ball played under Cheeks and Dileo. Stefanski, still arguing that he has the right players, does basically nothing at the trade deadline, putting the target on Jordan's back, the coach HE HIRED for the personnel HE PUT TOGETHER and for the system HE UNDERMINED by bringing in Iverson for a short burst of increased attendance. There needs to be firings sooner rather than later: 1. Stefanski. 2. Jordan. Ultimately Comcast needs to push out Snider, the Hockey Guy (and how well has that worked?).
    — chuckw
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 8:21 PM, 02/19/2010
    chuckw, you're the man...
    — ted_ocmd
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 2:19 PM, 02/20/2010
    Kate, you hit the nail on the head how do you re-structure the team if you don't know if the coach is the right coach for the team... It's the chicken or the egg theory.too bad we have two eggs in stefanski and jordan. Do we really have any confidence in either
    — BBAX


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