Trade Deadline: Today @ 3PM EST!

51X3RF4N · Post #461 » by **51X3RF4N** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:05 pm

So, SF, before anything gets trickled down through the news in the next few hours.....you should know before all else....did we make ANY moves today???

sixerfan1976 · Post #462 » by **sixerfan1976** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:06 pm

51X3RF4N wrote:So, SF, before anything gets trickled down through the news in the next few hours.....you should know before all else....did we make ANY moves today???

Nope...or at least nothing imminent as of 230 EST

Dedicated_76ers_fan · Post #463 » by **Dedicated_76ers_fan** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:06 pm

If we stood pat with 10 million dollars, no shooters and absouetely no hope for any legitimate NBA free agent to come here...the honeymoon is off.

51X3RF4N · Post #464 » by **51X3RF4N** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:09 pm

Damn. Well thanks for the heads up. I can go play fiddle-dee-doo now.

Anywho, on the bright side, we can wait till summer to see anything of significance and continue to watch Thad become a star the rest of the season. And maybe, just maybe, we can make a good enough move in the offseason to become title contenders!!

Laterz

philbe311 · Post #465 » by **philbe311** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:10 pm

It's kind of like going to the bar on a Friday night, chatting up girls all night and going home alone...

oldschool1 · Post #466 » by **oldschool1** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:11 pm

Hey sixerfan76- do the sixers have any interest in Justin Williams or Fasekas?

also, does any team have interest in Giricek? may be an expiring and a 2nd round pick?

Dedicated_76ers_fan · Post #467 » by **Dedicated_76ers_fan** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:13 pm

I have the feeling Ed Stefanski is the next Pat Gillick.

Johnny Broad-Street · Post #468 » by **Johnny Broad-Street** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:17 pm

Is anyone interested in teh 09 free agent market which we might be positioning ourselves for or is it Arenas/Brand or bust. I mean....is this year's crop all that exciting? Who would we spend these huge dollars on?

philbe311 · Post #469 » by **philbe311** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:19 pm

Dedicated_76ers_fan wrote:I have the feeling Ed Stefanski is the next Pat Gillick.

As a Phillies season ticket holder, I'm quite happy with the what Gillick has accomplished...

Johnny Broad-Street · Post #470 » by **Johnny Broad-Street** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:19 pm

Yeah....Gillick's team is shaping up nicely.

Dedicated_76ers_fan · Post #471 » by **Dedicated_76ers_fan** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:21 pm

The development of Howard/Rollins/Utley and Pat Burrell. That's all there is. All Gillick has done to date is bring in a reliever in Brad Lidge who we're praying is the same guy from 03/04.

philbe311 · Post #472 » by **philbe311** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:21 pm

Johnny Broad-Street wrote:Is anyone interested in teh 09 free agent market which we might be positioning ourselves for or is it Arenas/Brand or bust. I mean....is this year's crop all that exciting? Who would we spend these huge dollars on?

I'm not overly impressed with the '08 FA class... The thought of overpaying one of these guys keeps me up at night... Patience is paramount... Additionally if I was a betting man, I'm not sure either Arenas or Brand opt out...

sixerfan1976 · Post #473 » by **sixerfan1976** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:23 pm

no on fazekas..unsure about williams..they should have interest tho..in my eyes.....

Johnny Broad-Street · Post #474 » by **Johnny Broad-Street** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:23 pm

Teh 09 class will be nice. Especially if LeBron is still annoyed. He'll be up in 09 right?

As for the Phils, that's yet another oversimplification from you man...do you watch sports or just ESPN recaps of everything? All your opinions seem to reflect very surface information

THFM · Post #475 » by **THFM** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:24 pm

I really think ED is going to use the cap space in a trade in the off season on draft night, if he can't he will hold onto the cap and we will have around 20 mil in cap the following season because of miller and then we can make a bigger splash.

Fire BK · Post #476 » by **Fire BK** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:25 pm

Dedicated_76ers_fan wrote:I have the feeling Ed Stefanski is the next Pat Gillick.

that's an informed analysis.... i mean, because the dynamics of the phils and sixers are so similar and all.... especially the part about how MLB has no salary cap and the NBA has a stringent one.... also, the respective CBA's and players' unions aren't dissimilar either. Oh yea, and also, Gillick's hands are tied because of the good old Villanova country club boys' network of David Montgomery and company.... also, the current NBA climate lends itself to big summer moves on draft night, etc... and the MLB draft is a completely different animal which makes the trade deadline way more important in baseball.

But other than that, these two GMs are virtually the same person, taking the same approach to the job, right?

Dedicated_76ers_fan · Post #477 » by **Dedicated_76ers_fan** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:27 pm

Chew me up, spit me out. But I hate the fact that we didn't make a move.

Johnny Broad-Street · Post #478 » by **Johnny Broad-Street** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:27 pm

Yeah. Miller's value only goes up from here. Especially if we continue to improve. A draft night trade is VERY possible, THFM....Ed seems to be picking his spots, and that's always better than being impulsive

Post #479 » by **tk76** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:31 pm

We actually will have about 15-16M in 2008 if we only resign Iguodala and Lou 9depends on what they sign for) but the point is valid.

Even if we don't make a splash this summer, we will be in great position next year, with a young team with tradable young assets and cap room. Every year all stars become available at 60 cents on the dollar (AI last year and Gasol this year.)

Give our young guys another year to improve their market value and keep some cap space/Millers expiring and we are primed to add a str to our promising young core.

We don't really have horrible contracts and our core is 19-26, so all's good if you are willing to be patient.

philbe311 · Post #480 » by **philbe311** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:35 pm

Dedicated_76ers_fan wrote:I have the feeling Ed Stefanski is the next Pat Gillick.

Not to harp on it but let's look at what Gillick has accomplished (this is just from the top of my head):

Traded Thome for Rowand, thereby clearing space for Howard

Signed Tom Gordon

Traded for Freddy Garcia (we all loved it at the time)

Stole Jamie Moyer from SEA

Took Werth, Dobbs, and JP Durbin off the scrap heap and made them valuable parts of our team

Propelled us into the playoffs by acquiring Loshe at the deadline last year

He hasn't overspent, he has made shrewd moves, and I'd be ecstatic if Stefanski took a similiar blue print...