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Sunday, October 25, 2009
Jordan on preseason: 'We've improved tremendously'

The Sixers finished the preseason with a 5-3 record, and, according to new coach Eddie Jordan, have been able to grasp his new offensive and defensive styles at a very good pace.

The team and the coach both know that the process is a long one, but are very happy with the results thus far. The first test will come Wednesday night in the season opener at Orlando.

Jordan will trot out a starting lineup of Williams and Iguodala at guards, Sam Dalembert at center and Thaddeus Young and Brand at the forwards. His rotation off the bench will consist of Marreese Speights, Jason Kapono, Willie Green, Jason Smith, Royal Ivey and Carney, with Holiday and Brezec fighting for time.

“It was a successful preseason because we came out healthy, we won, and we improved tremendously,” said Jordan. “When you look at the way we played in the preseason, I want to be a lot more consistent. Number one, I want to cut our turnovers down. Mostly that was fastbreaks. We could have converted a lot more fastbreaks. And then I wanted our defense to be solid and turn people over.”
 

Posted by Bob Cooney @ 4:39 PM  Permalink | 11 comments
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Posted 05:55 PM, 10/25/2009
jjenkins
eh. sorry coach jordan, but this team won't go anywhere (have a chance of actually winning a championship) until it starts over. as constituted, they'll have a chance to claim the 6th through 8th spots every year for the next whatever seasons, only to get a swift knockout in the first or second round. fun, but we sixers fans deserve more than mediocrity. princeton offense notwithstanding.
Posted 06:08 PM, 10/25/2009
ryno5
All that Sammy D is missing is a mask and a gun.....He's robbing this town blind.
Posted 06:11 PM, 10/25/2009
JBP
If they have improved tremendously they must really have been bad earlier. Sorry to say it but they are not a good team and the fans will stay away until they get better.
Posted 06:38 PM, 10/25/2009
Drew777
Sixers have as much chance of winning a title as Zumoff does going a whole broadcast without a "Cliche".
Posted 07:46 PM, 10/25/2009
Kevin Moore
Please excuse Mr. Jordan. I think he's trying to stay positive, but, it's fruitless. Like many others, I believe this team is destined for the 7th/8th spot in the playoffs IF they get there. Go Phillies!
Posted 07:48 PM, 10/25/2009
rhcjr2
Do you all think there is no chance that Jason Smith, Maureese Speights, Iguodola, Williams,and Holliday can improve? That they have all reached their peak performance ability? I don't think they are a title contender until someone emerges as an elite talent or they acquire an elite player but they are far from the worst. If all 5 of those guys improve their game as they have done each year the Sixers will be a very good team in need of one piece to be a great team. They are not a finished contender they are not claiming to be, they acknowledge they are still a year or two away, Let's just wait and see how this core develops they have some talent and are unselfish both good attributes. Remember those Pistons teams became great when Billups developed and they acquired Rasheed, before that they were alot like this Sixers team, some good young players still developing.
Posted 09:02 PM, 10/25/2009
Nickawampus Leroy
I never heard a huckster holler "Rotten fish" 35 wins tops.
Posted 11:08 PM, 10/25/2009
hugh
Speights should play 35 minutes. He has all-star talent - just bench Sammy - he is a malcontent.
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Posted 08:47 AM, 10/26/2009
dpcoz
I agree with philly22 and hugh - give Speights more time, in fact, give him Dalembert's time. If I get a Dalembert Jerset with the name and number upside down, would that count as an international sign of distress? I mean, really? I know we can't cut him and I know no one out there's dumb enough to trade for him this year, so can't we stock him at the end of the bench and make a statement of our own? Drew777, I know there's a lot of fans who don't like Zumoff, but I don't understand why, I've never had a problem with his play by play. In fact, I think he needs to be reunited with Steve Mix as the two of them were an effective duo.
Posted 11:43 AM, 10/26/2009
davi
Get rid of AI Jr and have Thad move be the focal point and then bide time until we rid ourselves of Sammy
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Phil Jasner joined the staff of the Daily News in 1972. He has covered the 76ers and the NBA on a full-time basis since 1981. He won the 2004 Curt Gowdy Media Award, presented by the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame for outstanding contributions to the sport during his career; he was a finalist for the award in 2001, when he also received a lifetime achievement award from the Professional Basketball Writers Association during the NBA Finals. He is a past president of the Professional Basketball Writers Association and the Philadelphia College Basketball Writers Association. Along the way, he has covered high school sports, the Big 5, the Eagles and the NFL, the World Football League, the North American Soccer League and what was then the Major Indoor Soccer League. He is a proud graduate of Temple University, and spent his early professional days at the Pottstown (Pa.) Mercury, Montgomery Newspapers (Fort Washington, Pa.), the Norristown (Pa.) Times-Herald and the Trentonian.

Bob Cooney has been at the Daily News for almost 20 years, working in the sports department the past 12 years. This is his first season on the Sixers beat. He has covered just about everything, but mostly college basketball, where he has been the La Salle beat writer for the past six seasons.

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