I read up a lot on the sixers ahead of the draft, and my wife is from Philly so was of interest because of that too.
I find the plan the sixers are using pretty fascinating and pretty compelling as a way to build a potential champion.
The sixers have been basically average for as long as I can remember except at the height of Iverson, and they really never did enough to support him - I mean can you without looking name a good second fiddle to Iverson?
Average esp in philly is not going to work forever.
Hinkie is potentially one of the new breed of nba gms, a Theo type potentially, with similar ownership buy in for the long term.
The trade last year in the draft was the thing dreams can be made of, a good but not great player for arguably the best talent in the draft and what turned into the number 10 pick in the most loaded draft in recent memory while simultaneously helping tank for that draft.
This year he turned that into saric and a 1st and a 2nd round pick.
While iit's clear that they wanted Wiggins embiid was pretty much agreed on as the number one talent in the draft pre the foot injury. Now he might be a bust but that's a gamble to win.
Next year they will likely be bad again and add another high pick to the team, on top of using their cap space to acquire more (see the Lin trade rumours for example).
This year you have mcw and essentially a number one pick in Noel. Next year embiid plus whatever they draft and the year after maybe saric plus whatever they pick up.
They have also been stashing second picks and European talent too.
But they will likely be BAD this year again at least maybe longer.
I think this is a way to build a chance to win, not be average and it's pretty amazing how supportive the fans are, so far. But for how long will they? Will the owners start being annoyed about falling attendance? (I say not because the team is cheap and has a plan)
I think how this plays out will be very interesting because if all the talent is as advertised they will be in a good place to add free agent talent too when they are ready
Too pathetic a plan?
Too risky?
Smart?
Abusing a flawed system (good or bad)?
What do you guys think?
I find the plan the sixers are using pretty fascinating and pretty compelling as a way to build a potential champion.
The sixers have been basically average for as long as I can remember except at the height of Iverson, and they really never did enough to support him - I mean can you without looking name a good second fiddle to Iverson?
Average esp in philly is not going to work forever.
Hinkie is potentially one of the new breed of nba gms, a Theo type potentially, with similar ownership buy in for the long term.
The trade last year in the draft was the thing dreams can be made of, a good but not great player for arguably the best talent in the draft and what turned into the number 10 pick in the most loaded draft in recent memory while simultaneously helping tank for that draft.
This year he turned that into saric and a 1st and a 2nd round pick.
While iit's clear that they wanted Wiggins embiid was pretty much agreed on as the number one talent in the draft pre the foot injury. Now he might be a bust but that's a gamble to win.
Next year they will likely be bad again and add another high pick to the team, on top of using their cap space to acquire more (see the Lin trade rumours for example).
This year you have mcw and essentially a number one pick in Noel. Next year embiid plus whatever they draft and the year after maybe saric plus whatever they pick up.
They have also been stashing second picks and European talent too.
But they will likely be BAD this year again at least maybe longer.
I think this is a way to build a chance to win, not be average and it's pretty amazing how supportive the fans are, so far. But for how long will they? Will the owners start being annoyed about falling attendance? (I say not because the team is cheap and has a plan)
I think how this plays out will be very interesting because if all the talent is as advertised they will be in a good place to add free agent talent too when they are ready
Too pathetic a plan?
Too risky?
Smart?
Abusing a flawed system (good or bad)?
What do you guys think?