Welcome Zhaire Smith

XDevilBoiX · Post #461 » by **XDevilBoiX** » Fri Jul 6, 2018 10:10 pm

leper-con wrote:Who do you guys think will start at the off guard? Reddick? Fultz or Smith?

Probably JJ until Fultz shows he can ball

LloydFree · Post #462 » by **LloydFree** » Fri Jul 6, 2018 10:58 pm

leper-con wrote:Who do you guys think will start at the off guard? Reddick? Fultz or Smith?

Redick will start. If Smith's defense is able to translate, he may end games by mid-season.

FlyingArrow · Post #463 » by **FlyingArrow** » Fri Jul 6, 2018 11:07 pm

JJ but Fultz by Thanksgiving.

PhillyPhilly · Post #464 » by **PhillyPhilly** » Fri Jul 6, 2018 11:48 pm

leper-con wrote:Who do you guys think will start at the off guard? Reddick? Fultz or Smith?

I think If Fultz balls in the pre-season games and puts those jumpers in the bucket, then he has a very good chance of starting because his ability to create and get to the rim gives this team a new dimension imo.

Ericb5 · Post #465 » by **Ericb5** » Sat Jul 7, 2018 1:21 am

XDevilBoiX wrote:
leper-con wrote:Who do you guys think will start at the off guard? Reddick? Fultz or Smith?

Probably JJ until Fultz shows he can ball

Agreed. We know JJ can do it, but that he probably played too many minutes last year.

Fultz needs to ease himself into the league over the first month or two, and then move into the starting lineup along side Simmons, which will be his long term role.

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76ciology · Post #466 » by **76ciology** » Sat Jul 7, 2018 2:57 am

Read on Twitter

Looks good. Player comp is bad tho.

papajoe · Post #467 » by **papajoe** » Sat Jul 7, 2018 6:05 am

better hope we get kawhi with that miami pick because Bridges is superior to Smith and it's not even remotely close.

Simmons25 · Post #468 » by **Simmons25** » Sat Jul 7, 2018 7:02 am

Wait... people were actually expecting Smith to be better than Bridges game 1 of Summer League? :noway:

Didn't know it was possible to not know that Smith was always a 5 year project with a potential higher ceiling long term. These hot takes after Summer League are too much.

Ericb5 · Post #469 » by **Ericb5** » Sat Jul 7, 2018 7:42 am

Simmons25 wrote:Wait... people were actually expecting Smith to be better than Bridges game 1 of Summer League?

Didn't know it was possible to not know that Smith was always a 5 year project with a potential higher ceiling long term. These hot takes after Summer League are too much.

It’s amazing how shortsighted and reactionary people are about summer league. One player looks good and people overreact. Another player looks lost and people overreact.

NOBODY should expect Zhaire to be better than Mikal. Hence the additional pick we got in the trade down. Growth of nba prospects is not always linear. We should be evaluating players based on their skills development, and not on their total production in a summer league game.

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spikeslovechild · Post #470 » by **spikeslovechild** » Sat Jul 7, 2018 7:51 am

Smith is going to take time not one seasons worth either his offensive game needs a ton of work. Goal number one should be to get him a 3PT shot and make sure he can utilize his athleticism to finish around the rim.

His ceiling is much higher then Mikal but his floor is much lower. I think Mikal is going to be a good NBA starter day one I'm not sure he'll ever develop into a star though. Smith has that capability he's already an impact defender just got to figure out his J some do like others don't

If he develops a decent J you are looking at a Jimmy Butler. If not maybe a Marcus Smart.

76ciology · Post #471 » by **76ciology** » Sat Jul 7, 2018 8:24 am

I dont care if Mikal turns into the better player. We did the right bet with the Heat pick and Zhaire’s upside.

phillynative · Post #472 » by **phillynative** » Sat Jul 7, 2018 10:37 am

Greg Buckner :wink:

phillynative · Post #473 » by **phillynative** » Sat Jul 7, 2018 10:37 am

Fred Jones

phillynative · Post #474 » by **phillynative** » Sat Jul 7, 2018 10:38 am

Royal Ivey

phillynative · Post #475 » by **phillynative** » Sat Jul 7, 2018 10:40 am

Shannon Brown

theo42 · Post #476 » by **theo42** » Sat Jul 7, 2018 12:42 pm

For a guy who is billed as athletic as anyone...looked pretty slow to me. I was expecting a lot more. I hope it was just firat game jitters.

ankle420breaker · Post #477 » by **ankle420breaker** » Sat Jul 7, 2018 12:51 pm

Zhaire didn't drop 30 in his first summer league game? We should probably just waive him now.

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76ciology · Post #478 » by **76ciology** » Sat Jul 7, 2018 1:19 pm

Smaller and more athletic Jahlil Okafor.
There I said it!

76ciology · Post #479 » by **76ciology** » Sat Jul 7, 2018 1:20 pm

ankle420breaker wrote:Zhaire didn't drop 30 in his first summer league game? We should probably just waive him now.

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NBA should ban him. Such a disgrace to the name of the sport!

Post #480 » by **Stanford** » Sat Jul 7, 2018 1:32 pm

ankle420breaker wrote:Zhaire didn't drop 30 in his first summer league game? We should probably just waive him now.

It's not just that, ankle breaker four twenty; Mikal Bridges scored more than 13 points (less than 15), so this trade is immediately a failure and the Sixers are the joke of the league. Woe.