Goodbye T.J. McConnell

Arsenal · Post #1 » by **Arsenal** » Wed Jul 3, 2019 11:17 pm

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27114134/sources-mcconnell-reaches-deal-pacers

Last man standing from 10-72. Now only Joel Embiid is left from the Hinkie era.

Good luck in Indiana TJ.

PhillyNj · Post #2 » by **PhillyNj** » Thu Jul 4, 2019 12:08 am

First class guy. Thanks for everything.
And God Bless.

Black Mage · Post #3 » by **Black Mage** » Thu Jul 4, 2019 12:24 am

Thanks TJ for giving us some great memories. Happy for him.

Post #4 » by **sixers hoops** » Thu Jul 4, 2019 12:31 am

Big fan favorite. Hard work got him a career in the NBA. I wish him great success.

blargh · Post #5 » by **blargh** » Thu Jul 4, 2019 1:04 am

All class.

Post #6 » by **Sixerscan** » Thu Jul 4, 2019 1:14 am

Glad he got paid. Look forward to watching him on post game live in 10 years.

Sixersftw · Post #7 » by **Sixersftw** » Thu Jul 4, 2019 1:37 am

i'm actually really sad. It's best for everyone but...the feels.

76ciology · Post #8 » by **76ciology** » Thu Jul 4, 2019 2:05 am

This is like in Toy Story when Andy has to give away his old toys.

Ericb5 · Post #9 » by **Ericb5** » Thu Jul 4, 2019 2:58 am

Sixerscan wrote:Glad he got paid. Look forward to watching him on post game live in 10 years.

Lol. Probably true.

He is the best representation of the process years, and I think of him pretty much exclusively positively.

I love that he turned himself into an nba player, and just got a huge pay raise.

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Monix · Post #10 » by **Monix** » Thu Jul 4, 2019 1:25 pm

I was more wrong about TJ than anyone else - I though it was a complete waste of time adding him to the summer league team 4 years ago. The guy is a quality back-up pg in the league.

Well done, cash that check.

bball4life · Post #11 » by **bball4life** » Thu Jul 4, 2019 3:14 pm

Happy he got paid and is now set for life. Even happier it was not the Sixers who are paying him.

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Eyeamok · Post #12 » by **Eyeamok** » Fri Jul 5, 2019 4:07 pm

I'm so happy for T.J. I wish him nothing but success.

dorkestra · Post #13 » by **dorkestra** » Fri Jul 5, 2019 8:52 pm

When he was being added to our summer league team alongside Scottie Wilbekin, I wrongly endorsed the latter to remain with the team. Happy we got to enjoy the TJ experience.

76thBearCub · Post #14 » by **76thBearCub** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 8:23 am

I wish he could have stayed, but honestly only in a deep bench role for the minimum. Its too bad he isn't about 25% better of a physical athlete.

SavageBel · Post #15 » by **SavageBel** » Sun Jul 7, 2019 1:29 pm

Love TJ, happy for him.

sixers4real · Post #16 » by **sixers4real** » Tue Jul 9, 2019 5:45 pm

All the luck for him in Indiana, Sixers fans will cheer for every time he's back.

USWAY · Post #17 » by **USWAY** » Tue Jul 9, 2019 7:31 pm

My roomates in 2014-15 (TJ's senior year) went to U of A, so I spent alot of my time watching their team that year. They loved TJ but I always hated because he couldn't shoot (him or Stanley Johnson) , was too small, and thought it limited their ceiling. Fast forward to post-draft and TJ signing with us, I was pissed because I wanted shooting guards and they were ecstatic because they knew he would get playing time, even though they were huge haters of the process.

Gotta say, he's still a flawed player and he wasn't ever able to improve his 3 point shot, I was definitely wrong about this guy. Really turned himself into something. I wish him luck the rest of his career.