The Playbook 2 - STH Q&A with Ballmer, West, Frank & Beverley

[MartinToVaught]

How exactly have the Sixers accomplished more

Franchises with zero conference finals appearances should not be publicly trashing franchises with multiple championships.

[Akklaim1]

How exactly have the Sixers accomplished more

Franchises with zero conference finals appearances should not be publicly trashing franchises with multiple championships.

Great job cutting out the part where I said 5 years. I asked you, what have the Sixers accomplished from their 5-year tank job that can be considered more than the Clippers' best years? Their accomplishments from decades ago had nothing to do with their current roster. Any team that purposely tanks especially for that long should be publicly trashed. It's a mockery of the sport. Only in American pro leagues do you get benefits from being so bad.

[MartinToVaught]

So the Sixers should have stuck with their core of Jrue, Turner and Thad Young and won 35 games in perpituity?

[esqtvd]

So the Sixers should have stuck with their core of Jrue, Turner and Thad Young and won 35 games in perpituity?

in logic they call this a false dichotomy

[Ranma]

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[Young Sterling]

I like listening to West. He's a cool cat.

[esqtvd]

I like listening to West. He's a cool cat.

The thing is, the Chris Paul-Blake Griffin era was never really designed. A HOFer drops in your lap, you scoop him up. You're already paying Blake the max, and overpaying DeAndre because you had to match the Warriors' offer.

With that much talent, of course you're going to win a lot of games. But it never quite jelled against the stronger teams. It's not about coming up with some magic play time after time, it's about "here's what we do, try to stop it."

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This time around, starting from scratch, you pick and choose what kind of people you want. Character matters. Every single team in the NBA wants a 6'7" swingman who can run like the wind, jump over tall buildings in a single bound, is a shut down defender, and can stick the 3-ball.

Oh, wait. That's Kawhi Leonard, isn't it?

But that's another story...


Anyway, failing that, you have to come up with a plan. I think character and basketball IQ is a good way to go. The Warriors have that, and I think it's overlooked in admiration of their insane shooting skill and their athleticism. The Warriors do not throw away games. They don't even throw away possessions, never playing what Larry Brown calls "scatterass."

I really do trust Jerry that Shai and Jerome are those kind of players. How many points per game is that worth? Plus we got a 6'5" SG and a 6'6" [!] PG, a 21st century upgrade. Measurables count too!

[Ranma]

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The NBA players were smart enough not to ruin their own product--and between collecting over 50% of the revenues PLUS all the shoe deals and other endorsements, it's the PLAYERS' product. [The NFL is a completely different bag.]

When the Kaepernick spit hit the fan, Bron and Chris and the other zillionaires headed off this anthem protest business before the 2017 season even started. They huddled up with fellow SJW Adam Silver and came up with a beautiful plan--Wear some t-shirts with woke slogans now and then, pump a few million into social justice causes, d-bag Trump on ESPN occasionally, and you're gold.

The NBA does exactly nothing to push the envelope but is feted by the media establishment as the league that "gets it." And the gold keeps flowing. Props.