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oppressed, you suck.
Stefanski is in way over his head- none of his moves are working out
Its obvious that he's lost his jump. He looks like Webber out there only inches shorter. He's forcing shots down low looking for fouls and missing the wide open gimmies. They need to cut thier losses and stop stunting the growth of Speights and J Smith. It was obvious Jordan was playing Brand more the other night to see what happened and nothing did. Elton should smile collect his checks and take over Reggie Evan's role from last year "Energy Guy" except he can make a foul shot; I think :\ .
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Elton i can't play cause i can't move Brand should be traded for a bag of used basketballs from the Jamaican bobsled team. Who was the idiot who brought him to philly, oh it was Ed i gave away 85 million bucks to a non player Stefanski. Both should be sent packing today for being nothing but idiots.
Looks like 6ers signed the generic brand instead of the real thing.
brand "USED" to be able to outquick bigger guys and outmuscle and overpower smaller guys. Teams are sticking a long armed quicker bigger guy (BOONE) and its giving Brand fits. The solution is Speights
I don't even care about the 76ers. They have become irrelevant. I'm impressed that Njtod10 is actually watching and analyzing them. He must be one of about 12 in the Delaware Valley who are actually tuning in.
Brand can rebound. His minutes are erratic. Nearly every player outside of Iguodala and Williams are getting incredibly erratic minutes. How does the coach explain Jrue getting 10 minutes then DNPCD the next game? When Brand is on the floor, both Speights and Dalembert aren't such heavy defensive liabilities. That enough warrants being on the floor for more than 20 minutes.
dear frontrunner farside37: stay away from the team when they eventually figure things out (maybe not this year or even next year, but before too long). The core is solid and if they continue to progress, they should be very competitive.
Leegles: the Sixers are already competitive, but not with the top echelon teams, which is their problem. They don't have the horses to compete at that level and won't have them until they can unload Dalembert's contract, which expires next season, and bring in a quality free agent. They also need to figure out the guard rotation: will Williams remain at the point if Holiday gets more playing time? Will Iguodala be better suited at the point, since he likes to distribute the ball, is a reasonably good ballhandler, is a good slasher, and can defend. Who will be the shooting guard? Neither Williams nor Iguodala have a consistent jumper, nor does Young, while Carney shows occasional flashes. Speights should be the starting power forward if Brand continues to falter, with Young at small forward. What happens with Smith, a shooter who can't play with his back to the basket, but at 7:0 could draw out opposing centers, opening the lanes for our slashers and keeping Dalembert on the bench. The fly in the ointment is Brand with that monster contract and with limited playing time, who may never get back to his earlier form. Stefanski took a gamble, knowing the Sixers were a mid-level team without a playoff half-court offense, doomed to get knocked out in the first round, and thus he hired his friend Jordan with his half-court offense, signed Brand, let Miller go, an aging and not particularly athletic point guard, took the defensive-minded Holiday in the draft, and brought in Kapono, a long-range sniper. Given the limitations of the NBA, he knew he was stuck with Dalembert, and mid-level teams are doomed to mid-round picks, so he gambled with Brand. Some of us were concerned with that choice (as well as with Jordan), while others applauded it (but not the hiring of Jordan). Thus far, it is a disaster and they know it, the fans know it, and the league knows it. Probably best to bite the bullet, sit Dalembert and Brand and let the kids play. More entertaining at least.
Of course signing Brand was a mistake. The Sixers have already shown they are competitive without him and if they had the extra 20mil cap space per year, they could have two player that can run, play D, AND hit an outside shot.
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HEY: This is Brands second year with the Sixers and as of now the signing was a huge mistake. He is either too old or still hurt or both. Talk about a team with no direction. No cap space. No nothing. Eddie S. has blown up this team for four more years.
