With all the wide open looks they're gonna get, they should be. Luwawu really turned it on at the end of last season.
"Hinkie Died For This, Long Live The Process" Philadelphia 76ers 2016-2017 Season Thread
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greenygreen
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that could work too but if you been watchin bwett you know he never puts out a lineup without a stretch 4, and in this instance i agree id rather ben attacking from the perimeter on a smaller player against a weakened interior
but either way we ballin
Th3G3ntleman
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I wonder if Simmons is shorter than we think. Bolden is apparently 6'10
No space on roster for them... Stash like JP Tokoto and Jordan Mcrae couple years ago
The two bigs are clearly protection against Holmes future contract extension as much as they are insurance for Embiid.
The Devil's Advocate
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Brett Brown says he thanked Sam Hinkie for setting Sixers up for success
By Tim Kelly, Sports Talk Philly editor
When the Philadelphia 76ers officially used the No. 1 overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft to select Markelle Fultz Thursday, many Sixers fans were quick to thank former general manager Sam Hinkie for setting the team up for success. They apparently weren't the only ones with Hinkie on their mind.
Sixers head coach Brett Brown says that since the team acquired the No. 1 pick from the Boston Celtics, a trade which became a official Monday, he reached out to Hinkie to thank him for setting the team up for success:
While detractors of the process would lead you to think that any general manager could have set the team up for prolonged losing, they completely miss the point. Without Hinkie's July 2015 trade with the Sacremento Kings, which included the pick-swap provision, the Sixers would have had the No. 5 pick in this year's draft, rather than the No. 3 pick. In addition, Hinkie acquired the 2019 Kings' pick in that trade and what will become the 2018 Lakers' pick in the Michael Carter-Williams-the-Milwaukee-Bucks trade, meaning his hands are all over this trade.
Current general manager Bryan Colangelo executed a fine trade to help complete the team's young core, but he was clearly set up very well by his predecessor.
Related: Even while they collect pageviews, history won't forget pundits of "The Process"
Brown, whose tenure as the team's head coach began in Hinkie's first year as general manager in 2013-14, has certainly seen the ugly side of the process. Rather incredibly, he has survived both 75-253 record in four years and a regime change, meaning he will now get to be part of the next phase of "The Process." When you consider that the next phase is set to include Fultz, Ben Simmons, Joel Embiid and Dario Saric, Brown's .229 winning percentage is likely to drastically increase.
That he thanked Hinkie, and publicly said so, was a classy move by the 56-year-old.
By Tim Kelly, Sports Talk Philly editor
When the Philadelphia 76ers officially used the No. 1 overall pick in the 2017 NBA Draft to select Markelle Fultz Thursday, many Sixers fans were quick to thank former general manager Sam Hinkie for setting the team up for success. They apparently weren't the only ones with Hinkie on their mind.
Sixers head coach Brett Brown says that since the team acquired the No. 1 pick from the Boston Celtics, a trade which became a official Monday, he reached out to Hinkie to thank him for setting the team up for success:
While detractors of the process would lead you to think that any general manager could have set the team up for prolonged losing, they completely miss the point. Without Hinkie's July 2015 trade with the Sacremento Kings, which included the pick-swap provision, the Sixers would have had the No. 5 pick in this year's draft, rather than the No. 3 pick. In addition, Hinkie acquired the 2019 Kings' pick in that trade and what will become the 2018 Lakers' pick in the Michael Carter-Williams-the-Milwaukee-Bucks trade, meaning his hands are all over this trade.
Current general manager Bryan Colangelo executed a fine trade to help complete the team's young core, but he was clearly set up very well by his predecessor.
Related: Even while they collect pageviews, history won't forget pundits of "The Process"
Brown, whose tenure as the team's head coach began in Hinkie's first year as general manager in 2013-14, has certainly seen the ugly side of the process. Rather incredibly, he has survived both 75-253 record in four years and a regime change, meaning he will now get to be part of the next phase of "The Process." When you consider that the next phase is set to include Fultz, Ben Simmons, Joel Embiid and Dario Saric, Brown's .229 winning percentage is likely to drastically increase.
That he thanked Hinkie, and publicly said so, was a classy move by the 56-year-old.
Th3G3ntleman
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Feds coming
greenygreen
Banned
KG in Philly to teach the yute dem
no kg i dont know y ur here keep your corny ass away from my squad 
When you have no imperative to win right now, anyone can make deals for future picks. Kudos to him that he finessed the worst front office in the NBA out of a draft pick. But that still doesn't make his overall job at Philly anything special. Anyone could have done what he did. PERIOD.
The Devil's Advocate
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then why hasn't any other team, who is shytty for 4-5-10 years in a row been doing it?
Because they were trying to WIN.
Are you idiots this slow? The reason people were angry with what Philly did wasn't that they were losing. But rather they were TRYING to lose to gain high draft picks.
All those other pathetic franchise you want to point to like the Timberwolves and Kings who have been perpetually in the lottery for the last 10-15 years were actually trying to win during those periods. They were just bad at it. Really bad. Which is why they were in the lottery every single year for the last decade plus.