In 3+ months since shipping KK for space, the Sixers have been playing over .500 basketball with spirit.
On Dec. 29, there were FIVE wing players on the team: Lou, Thad, Carney, Green and KK. . . Stefanski identified a clear logjam. He eliminated the most limited player of the group and dealt him for assets... I was exctatic that day.
Korver is a nice guy with a sweet stroke. But with KK eating up major minutes, there was no chance the Sixers could've gone on this run . . . literally . . . and be running teams out of the gym in this way. They needed to get more athletic. More versatile. It was clear to Ed
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Philly playes great basketball AND Utah Jazz are 27-7 since Korver trade. Haven't seen a win-win scenarion that big for a long time
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This run has more to do with the growth of Thad Young than it does with the trading of Kyle Korver, and Thad's primary minutes have come at the expense of Reggie Evans, not on the wing (the last 2 games being the exception because of the Willie Green injury). The same could have happened with Korver playing 20 mpg like he is in utah. This break would have been deadly with a 3 point shooter following.
Keep in mind, the team went 2-11 immediately after the Korver trade, so it's hard to directly attribute the winning to his being off the team. More likely, it has to do with Thad being in the starting lineup. We're 16-6 since then (which came immediately after the 2-11 stint). Thad (particularly when playing PF) has been the main catalyst for the fast break. He's our best fast break player, by far. We hurt a little bit in the defensive rebounding efficiency department with how much he looks to leak out on the break, but it's a tradeoff we're happy to make. Korver absolutely did not hold our break back. A trailer is extremely valuable to a fast break. We were a good fast break team last year, and a good fast break team to start this season. We only ascended to "great" with the insertion of Thaddeus Young, not with the departure of Kyle Korver.
KK did not hold back Thaddeus Young. Maurice Cheeks was not ready for Young. Thaddeus Young is not getting his minutes on the wing. He's getting them at the 4. If you remember, earlier in the year when Willie Green went down with an injury, Mo was not comfortable enough with Thad to start him, and instead started Rodney Carney. Thad's growth could and should have come irrespective of a Korver trade, and would have come with Korver here playing 20 mpg. Not playing Thad earlier in the year was the fault of Cheeks, not Korver.
The real judge on the Korver trade (from our perspective) will come this offseason. The results (both winning and Thad's growth) could and should have come either with Korver or without. Whether or not this trade is a success largely depends on what we do with the cap room this offseason. I still would have liked to have seen someone else go out with Korver (Green, Evans) to have called it an immediate success.
Keep in mind, the team went 2-11 immediately after the Korver trade, so it's hard to directly attribute the winning to his being off the team. More likely, it has to do with Thad being in the starting lineup. We're 16-6 since then (which came immediately after the 2-11 stint). Thad (particularly when playing PF) has been the main catalyst for the fast break. He's our best fast break player, by far. We hurt a little bit in the defensive rebounding efficiency department with how much he looks to leak out on the break, but it's a tradeoff we're happy to make. Korver absolutely did not hold our break back. A trailer is extremely valuable to a fast break. We were a good fast break team last year, and a good fast break team to start this season. We only ascended to "great" with the insertion of Thaddeus Young, not with the departure of Kyle Korver.
KK did not hold back Thaddeus Young. Maurice Cheeks was not ready for Young. Thaddeus Young is not getting his minutes on the wing. He's getting them at the 4. If you remember, earlier in the year when Willie Green went down with an injury, Mo was not comfortable enough with Thad to start him, and instead started Rodney Carney. Thad's growth could and should have come irrespective of a Korver trade, and would have come with Korver here playing 20 mpg. Not playing Thad earlier in the year was the fault of Cheeks, not Korver.
The real judge on the Korver trade (from our perspective) will come this offseason. The results (both winning and Thad's growth) could and should have come either with Korver or without. Whether or not this trade is a success largely depends on what we do with the cap room this offseason. I still would have liked to have seen someone else go out with Korver (Green, Evans) to have called it an immediate success.
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dbodner wrote:
The real judge on the Korver trade (from our perspective) will come this offseason.
Couldn't agree more.
Plus, as I've posted before, getting the 2009 UTAH pick allows the Sixers to trade 1st Rounders in 3 straight drafts (2008 PHI, 2009 UTAH, 2010 PHI), just in case a true blockbuster trade (that PF in PHO that some have talked about?) could be made.
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