JimmyTheKid wrote:It just kills me how frequently the "talent" of this roster is described as "bottom of the barrel" or "bottom 5 talent" or, a personal favorite of mine, "sucks," only for the same people to turn around and predict "easy win" or "we should take 5 of the next 7"... Either our "talent" is not as bad as people claim OR there should be no such thing as an "easy win." One of the two. Not both.
Before the season I would've said it was pretty bottom of the barrel (especially for a win now team), Sanders coming on as probably a top 10 defender in the league has done a lot to change that though. Without him we probably drop 10+ ranking in terms of defensive efficiency and subsequently a good amount of games we won we likely lose. Also Henson coming along as a guy who can play minutes and Beno is playing at a great rate off the bench helped change my opinion on that.
Sucks may be a strong word that is used as an overreaction at times (besides Monta, he sucks) but for what we are, a win now team, I wouldn't necessarily say we are a good team. We still will never be an easy win against any playoff quality team, without Bynum Philly is far from a playoff quality team though. Am I saying we are going to win by 30 points? Obviously not, but a loss here would be a huge upset for Philly. Personally I'd only give them about a 20% or so chance of winning this game, in my opinion that's an easy win.