"Hinkie Died For This, Long Live The Process" Philadelphia 76ers 2016-2017 Season Thread

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LaVar Ball, the attention-seeking, camera-loving, bold declaration-making father of Lakers first-round pick Lonzo Ball, had some harsh and seemingly hypocritical words for another prominent NBA father and the Philadelphia 76ers franchise.

Ball, in an interview Thursday with Philadelphia sports-talk station 97.5 The Fanatic, called Jerry Colangelo, a four-time NBA Executive of the Year and father of Sixers president of basketball operations Bryan Colangelo, “a helicopter parent” who’s “messing up” the Sixers franchise.

“He’s worried about everything on the outside instead of getting the players,” Ball told the station. “He’s worried about the parents and all that, the people they’re around. You need to worry about what type of players you get for their system.”

The Sixers brought in Jerry Colangelo last year as Chairman of Basketball Operations year, which eventually forced general manager Sam Hinkie to feel the walls closing in and resign. The Sixers then hired Bryan Colangelo, inviting criticism and rants of nepotism. Jerry has since relinquished his original role with the Sixers and taken on an advisory role while also continuing to serve as managing director for the United States men’s national basketball team.

Ball said he heard Jerry’s unflattering remarks about Lonzo during the pre-draft process.

“He said, ‘I don’t like the people around Lonzo,’” Ball said. “That’s the one where I’m just like, OK, what have you done? All you did was for the USA team, and now you’re son is running a business there and you a so-called consultant. You a helicopter parent, over there trying to tell your son what to do.”

The irony of Ball calling someone else a “helicopter parent” is tremendous, given Lavar’s reputation for profiting off Lonzo’s basketball fame and success. Lavar has also been roundly criticized for saying Lonzo is already better than NBA star and former MVP Steph Curry, for blaming Lonzo’s “white” teammates after UCLA’s loss to Kentucky in the NCAA Tournament and for steering Lonzo away from sneaker deals to start a family apparel business known as the “Big Baller Brand.”

Lavar said he would have been disappointed if the 76ers had drafted Lonzo. The Sixers traded up from third overall to No. 1 to pick Washington guard Markelle Fultz.

“I’m looking at it like this: if you already got a bad taste in your mouth about my boy and the family already, you’re talking about the people around him, his mother, his brothers, his uncles, me…it ain’t like he got a bunch of gang members or thugs around him where,” Lavar said. “It’s like, yo, it’s all family around him and you’re saying you don’t like that.”

Lavar also took aim at Sixers players, some of whom have ripped him on social media. Ben Simmons, last year’s No. 1 pick, had some Twitter fun on draft night after Lavar claimed Zeus and Jesus told him the Lakers would pick Lonzo with the No. 2 overall pick.


Minutes later, Sixers center Joel Embiid retweeted his teammate and added his own commentary:


Lavar told 97.5 that the Sixers had misplaced priorities.

“I say when you don’t win and don’t even make the playoffs and don’t even stay on the court long enough that’s the best thing you can do is tweet, make some stuff [up],” he said. “Ain’t nobody else doing that because they working on their game in the gym. These guys ain’t played a game, always at the bottom of the totem pole. So guess what? Get your asses off the god damn tweeter and get in the gym. As far as dunking on somebody, that’s why you can’t win, because you worried about getting a dunk.”

Geoff Mosher, a longtime Philadelphia sports reporter, is also a host on @975TheFanatic in Philadelphia. Follow him on Twitter @GeoffMosherNFL.
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Book the Cook said:
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High School is High School, & the competition in NCAA Basketball has stunk for the past few years.. Maybe more. The Ball's may realize that it isn't as easy to turn around a bad pro team as they think it will be. I still think Zo is going to be a gamer, but he'll definitely have to catch it when he runs The Process the fade.

Especially seeing how Var set the drama.
 
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Book the Cook said:


Should rule us out of Redikk and Lowry which were my biggest fears. I think Korver is in play though but this makes it seem like we're running with the idea of TLC at the 2. Should make Summer league a bit more interesting.
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And I'm cool with that. I think the kid played well enough in the second half of the season to at least try to keep his spot.
 
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Book the Cook said:


Should rule us out of Redikk and Lowry which were my biggest fears. I think Korver is in play though but this makes it seem like we're running with the idea of TLC at the 2. Should make Summer league a bit more interesting.
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Smart. I like it
 
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