Post#84 » by Dedicated_76ers_fan » Thu Jan 21, 2010 11:15 pm
"All-around player"? **sigh**. We can shoot better from 15 feet then Iguodala. I'm sorry, I get tired of watching the same act. If we're lucky, he'll keep his turnovers down, do a solid job rebounding and put some points on the board.
That's if we're lucky, Iguodala is not an "all-star" unless you mean a fringe all-star. Stefanski is right to hold onto Speights and Thad. Unless you've forgotten, Speights/Brand/Daly are pretty much our only bigs right now. And really, we don't have a future C. Speights COULD become a future C. I don't see a starting C in this draft. Favors and Cousins are more like 4's then 5's.
So it's important, it's our top priority to keep Speights. And to have him groomed by a legit big man coach.
See, Iguodala is a nice SF. But really, he's the kind of player that is a complimentary piece. He's overpaid, and he isn't this "all-star". We just give him shots and isolations.
Andre Miller was the perfect compliment to Iguodala, now Miller's gone. And now we have the worst half-court team possibly in the NBA. We were bad before, we're worse now.
Look: Imagine Thad's work place right now, he's expected to box out big men, for NO reason. Stefanski knows Thad's playing out of position and out of comfort zone, that's why he wants Brand back in the starting lineup.
It's like being good at painting, then being asked to be a construction worker. You know crap of construction work. Thad's not a 4, EFJ just misses Antawn Jamison. I don't want Thad to be Jamison. I want Thad to be Thad.
Iguodala holds Thad, and this entire team back. Actually, we ourselves are to blame. We gave him shots, we called him our "key guy". The key guy is barely averaging 43% shooting and is around those average from mid-range.
WE can do better, I don't think people realize how relatively easy it is to hit a 15 foot jumper. There are guys in the YMCA better then Iggy.
Its 'bebop', as in "Life In the Air Age". Unless it means something else too. ?
