TONYROMOHOF wrote:mksp wrote:Domejandro wrote:One of my biggest issues so far in Philadelphia's rebuild has been their disregard how pieces fit together, and this would continue that trend. Though the individual players are terrific, the spacing of that team is just brutal at almost every position (other than Robert Covington and the streaky Canaan). In the hypothetical of Ben Simmons joining the team, I think Nerlens Noel would become completely ineffective.
In addition, the outlook on Joel Embiid's foot is not good, he is too unreliable to bank on for the future.
I personally am not a major fan of Dario Šarić, but that is just an opinion of course.
So the way I see it, Jahlil Okafor and Ben Simmons would make two great building blocks, and Robert Covington could definitely be a fourth to fifth starter, but they are going to need another year (at least) of tanking to properly piece things together. I am concerned about a long term cycle that could formulate.
That said, if they get that Lakers pick at four, they could potentially be set in the long run after the aforementioned one year; I feel a lot banks in that pick panning out.
I know that was brutally negative, but I don't think it is just a "get Simmons and watch the Championships roll in"-type situation, it will take more than that.
Are you a doctor?
Because Joel's doctor says his outlook is great. Wondering why you think otherwise.
History is one reason, big guys and foot injuries has been a bad combo in the past
I hope he plays, its **** not getting to see fuys like him and oden etc
Its gonna be hardtho, look at durant right now, and hes lighter
There's not a great deal of history with Embiid's injury. Yao, of course. Walton and McHale as geezers, but one of them (can't recall which one) didn't get it treated right away. Ilgauskas. Had a fine career.
I don't see any reason to be overly optimistic - or pessimistic - at this point. They're bringing him back slowly. One thing we know now is that he didn't rebreak his foot in June.
On the issue of the draft, it is foolish to play for the top seed. You only have a 25% chance of getting it. You have a greater chance (34%) of drafting fourth. All you should really expect is that you'll get a top three pick.
The Sixers have a realistic shot at getting two top-five picks this coming June. If they don't get the Lakers pick this year, they'll probably in 2017, at which point it will probably be closer to a 10 pick. I don't see the Lakers becoming a playoff team in the West even if they score in free agency next June.
So putting together the pieces: We'll have four of a seven-man rotation after the June draft. Noel, Okafor, Saric and our pick. Whether he's one, two or three, he will probably be a key player going into the 2016-2017 season.
We'll have a bench: Covington, Grant, Kendall Marshall, Holmes and Stauskas.
That's nine players not counting Embiid and the Lakers pick. Or the Miami, OKC and future Sacramento picks.
I'm also not counting Jakaar, Hollis Thompson and Wroten. I assume at least two of them will be gone.
And, usually forgotten: We will have $60 mil in cap space. Hinkie will surely sign somebody to fill one of the starting positions. So, expect him to have five or six of his main players and a solid five-man bench (Stauskas could still emerge as one of the seven).
Like others, I am disappointed that he came into this season without even a second-string point guard ready to play. Then again, he had two under contract (Marshall and Wroten), both injured.
Should he have gone out and signed Rondo…and put up with his sh*t! Or Chalmers? Maybe.
But if you look at the big picture, I think he's built a solid foundation…even without Embiid returning.
My opinion.
