Renegade_H wrote:No one is gonna win it all with Lebron still playing well. But if you develop top talent and form a team capable of good defense and elite scoring skills, you can take down the giant.
The second sentence contradicts the first.
Sixers are missing one more piece to our cog. An off ball pg who can shoot and defend. Really want Monk or Jackson in this draft. Maybe if we are lucky, we can get both!
Sixers are nearly a negative 6 SRS. They still have a lot of problems. The biggest being the only player who has shown franchise potential has only played 31 games through his 3rd season.
This is why I fail to see how everyone bashed Hinkie for a tank.
Well there were several different lines of complaint
Argument 1: Tanking doesn't work. I disagree with this. If you are willing to do the following:
Gut the roster of talent
lose indefinitely.
Redshirt rookies.
Trade any decent player you stumble on for picks
You will have a decent core after 7-8 unless you are completely foolish or have terrible luck at the draft.
Argument 2: Tanking only guarantees a low 50 win team. I think this is basically correct. On a long enough timeline tanking would ensure you'll avoid the 45 win zone if you are competent. Even if you're willing to tank you could end up getting the Webbers or Elton Brands with a top pick rather than a Lebron or Shaq. Those players will help you win games and get you out of the lottery. But even they are a full level below the top guys.
Argument 3: Tanking is bad for the sport. This was my position and others. Basketball is inherently anti-parity. Most teams will not have one season were they have a shot at a title over 3-4 year span. If all the non-contenders decided to gut their roster the league would be unwatchable. The league can't survive if only the bottom 6-7 teams started pulling a Hinkie.
The league needs teams to give the appearance of trying. Appearance does matter in entertainment which is what basketball is. Hinkie didn't even try to front.
That is why the owners and Silver forced Hinkie out.