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underpressure wrote:They shouldn't, however the prospect of having much cap space and little talent is dim. You won't lure any significant free agent to this team without having any substantial talent. Having Iguodala is not a problem, rather having a 32 year-old Brand who doesn't fit the long term goals of this team and dead meat in Nocioni, Kapono or Songaila.
P2K wrote:Would you agree that this team shouldn't be way above the cap like they are?
tgo2223 wrote:underpressure wrote:They shouldn't, however the prospect of having much cap space and little talent is dim. You won't lure any significant free agent to this team without having any substantial talent. Having Iguodala is not a problem, rather having a 32 year-old Brand who doesn't fit the long term goals of this team and dead meat in Nocioni, Kapono or Songaila.
+1 Brand eats alot o salary but he will expire in 2013. Noc, Kopono and Songaila are the real killers
freshie2 wrote:What moves did the Sixers not make that they should have made? I agree the experience theory generally doesn't apply, but the Sixers very young core has talent and room for growth (Holiday/Turner/Young/Speights/Meeks/Hawes) and the playoff experience/success may be very beneficial to them. That should help them move into the 'leadership' roles currently occupied by Iguodala and Brand, such that the next influx of new players will be built around them at age 23-24 (just the beginning of most players' peak years). I don't think the Sixers had a landscape changing deal on the table, and they are playing very well with the current roster, so a change for the sake of change really wouldn't have made sense.
SJSF wrote:Its always funny how guys want to keep Iggy but trade Brand or can't wait for his contract to run out. Without Brand this team would win 25 games. He is the only center/PF that is of quality. Where the Sixers have depth at the wing position. Its a hell of lot easier to replace a 6'6 guy then a PF/C that has talent.
SJSF wrote:Its always funny how guys want to keep Iggy but trade Brand or can't wait for his contract to run out.
sixerswillrule wrote:SJSF wrote:Its always funny how guys want to keep Iggy but trade Brand or can't wait for his contract to run out.
You complaining about this team being a mediocre 7th seed and saying how we need to look to the future and then talking about keeping Brand but not Iguodala is a lot funnier...
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). Brand is the main reason this team is where it is. P2K wrote:I don't think he is saying to keep Brand beyond when his contract is up or anything like that. But he is right that we need Brand way more than we need Iguodala, seeing as we have a player that can do his job. Can't say the same about Brand. And for the record, I don't think Iguodala has been on par with Brand this year. Sorry, but I refuse to believe that. Iguodala can go invisible and the Sixers can win because Brand is holding it down.
tgo2223 wrote:+1 And lets not forget two other factors here. Brand contract expires 1yr sooner than Iggys and Brands not keeping Speights from getting minutes. Speights is keeping himself from getting mins. Iggy is in the way of Turner getting minutes at this point
Foshan wrote:tgo2223 wrote:+1 And lets not forget two other factors here. Brand contract expires 1yr sooner than Iggys and Brands not keeping Speights from getting minutes. Speights is keeping himself from getting mins. Iggy is in the way of Turner getting minutes at this point
I don't believe that is the case. Turner is keeping Turner from getting minutes. I love the kids game, but he's still a bit head-case-ie and until he gets comfortable, he's shooting himself in the foot. Plus, most of the time he's being outplayed by some combination of Jrue/Meeks/Iguodala/LWill. If Turner could consistently knock down a shot (ala Meeks), consistently find a way to score (ala LWill) he'd find himself with significantly more playing time.
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steveb21 wrote:At this point I think Igoudala is almost untouchable. Sure, he's not the go-to guy on offense like everyone wants him to be...but that's not his value to the team. He is our lock down, defensive stopper. He's shown that he can consistently nuetralize his opponents best scorer. And now with Carmelo in the division he becomes that much more important.