General 76ers Thread

[sixerswillrule]

88/125. That was tough.

I got 71.

I didn't start really watching basketball until 2000 so all the earlier ones I had no shot at. I got most of the ones I should have. Forgot some random guys like James Anderson, Jason Kapono, Jodie Meeks, Kenny Thomas. Yuck.

I didn't watch most of the 90s too but knew the main Sixers like Weatherspoon, Bradley, Stackhouse, Barros, Hawkins, etc. And Barkley of course.

This should be right up your alley: http://www.sporcle.com/games/ShakeyDeal/philadelphia-76ers-10-ppg-players-since-2000

[BoomBap]

https://deitales.wordpress.com/2015/10/02/sixers-bodies-in-motion-minds-at-rest/


#TrustTheProcess

[kevluch24]

Any teams over the luxury tax with players that hinkie will take on with draft considerations or non guarenteed deals? Feel like last year there was 2-3 of those very small moves before the season started.

[Phila Tough]

Kenny Thomas was my boy

[roma258]

Stauskas out for 2 weeks
[tweet]https://twitter.com/DerekBodnerNBA/status/651084056420028416[/tweet]

[CoreyGallagher]

Sucks that he'll miss preseason games, but 2 weeks isn't anything.

[Agnostifarian]

Sucks that he'll miss preseason games, but 2 weeks isn't anything.

It isn't a good start. It isn't good anything. It is unfortunate. That is something.

[CoreyGallagher]

It is unfortunate, it's also only 2 weeks. If it were a more serious fracture then he'd be sidelined longer than 2 weeks.

[ratrac]

Sixers player rankings by ESPN:
X. Nerlens Noel
X. Jahlil Okafor
202. Robert Covington
241. Nik Stauskas
243. Isaiah Canaan
262. Kendall Marshall
287. Jerami Grant
289. Tony Wroten
319. Carl Landry
331. Pierre Jackson
338. Hollis Thompson
374. JaKarr Sampson
377. Furkan Aldemir
Honorable mentions: Wilbekin, Holmes

Surprised that Canaan is up so high. Both Okafor and Noel are in top 100, not bad.

[Stanford]

Both Okafor and Noel are in top 100, not bad.

The same number as the building-the-right-way Celtics.

[CoreyGallagher]

Covington is too low considering some of the scrubs that are ahead of him.

[bwgood77]

Who is your guy's projected starting PG? I see Marshall is listed first on an espn depth chart, followed by Wroten and Canaan. I see Canaan looks to be playing pretty well though.

[CoreyGallagher]

Who is your guy's projected starting PG? I see Marshall is listed first on an espn depth chart, followed by Wroten and Canaan. I see Canaan looks to be playing pretty well though.

Marshall or Wroten, Canaan has been much worse than the box score indicates.

[Phila Tough]

Wish I could relive that magical moment of MCW's first game. That might of been one of my favorite games to watch as a fan.

[MRxBLACK]

First bolded made me laugh.

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http://www.hoopsrumors.com/philadelphia-76ers

[CoreyGallagher]

Lakers highest ranked player on ESPN's NBArank is Kobe at #93, both Noel and Okafor are above him.

[Phila Tough]

Who remembers the Jrue & Curry comparisons lolz

[Unbreakable99]

http://on.nba.com/1VHmPI8

Philadelphia
2014-15: 93.0 (30th)

The Sixers could improve as much as the Cavs did last season and still rank in the bottom five in offensive efficiency. That's how bad they were in '14-15. In fact, scoring 10 fewer points per 100 possessions than the league average, they were the worst offensive team of the last 12 years.

Brett Brown's team takes the right kinds of shots. Only the Rockets (74 percent) took a greater percentage of their shots from the restricted area or 3-point range than the Sixers (68 percent) last year. But there's a difference between taking shots and making shots.

There were 37 players in the league that shot less than 32 percent on at least 125 threes last season. Six of the 37 played for the Sixers. Six!

The Sixers also ranked last in turnover rate, coughing the ball up almost 18 times per 100 possessions. Reducing that number by one or two could go a long way.

They still lack a real starting point guard, but Isaiah Canaan is probably an offensive upgrade from Michael Carter-Williams. While MCW shot 27 percent from outside the paint last season, Canaan (51-for-118, 43.2 percent) was the only player to shoot better than Stephen Curry (147-for-346, 42.5 percent) on at least 100 pull-up 3-pointers. Canaan also had a much lower turnover rate than Carter-Williams.

Rookie Jahlil Okafor gives the offense a focal point and some of the Sixers' young guys should see improvement. There's no safer prediction in this league than Philly being a bottom five offensive team again. And a couple of teams below will probably be more improved offensively than this one. But given how bad they were last year, the Sixers can do nothing but get better.

[MRxBLACK]

I mentioned that before, Canaan is truly elite at the pull up 3. He's worth keeping around for this year at least to see if he can progress in other areas.

[Ericb5]

I mentioned that before, Canaan is truly elite at the pull up 3. He's worth keeping around for this year at least to see if he can progress in other areas.

Yeah, i don't understand the general feeling among Sixer fans that Canaan should be off the team immediately. He clearly has an NBA skill as a shooter. He can be a role player on a good team for sure.

I have an easier time seeing him on our team in 3 years than I do Wroten, and he is dirt cheap. He is not a distributor or a defender unfortunately, but he can be a ball handler and shooter for us.