Elephant cac Windhorst: 76ers want lottery proposal delayed

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nikkas ain't getting paid. They could've had Lance Stephenson. They didn't even attempt to sign Melo. Greg Monroe still out there. You got Noel for defense, Monroe gives you scoring. Eric Bledsoe ain't signed.

Like Melo would want to come here under any circumstances. And we don't need Monroe since we have Noel, Embiid, and Saric chilling in Europe.
 

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So you would rather build via high draft picks in the draft right than even sign star players?

1. IMO, 30 year old Melo is a terrible choice for a max deal. I don't see him as the best player on a contender. Not now, not ever.

2. There are stars I'd sign for the max, obvs. But they're not available (or they're overvalued like Melo), so I'm all for tanking and picking up cheap young potential.
 
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Philly is doing what they're supposed to do though. When your team is mediocre and have no building blocks, you have to tank and acquire picks/young assets. It's retarded to try to be like the Hawks; Knicks, or Heat and try to fake contend. If you have no franchise player and are not a FA destination, you need to have a full fledge rebuild.

except there is no evidence that it works. only one team has won a title in the last 15 years by tanking. and that was because David Robinson was injured for a season when the Spurs got Duncan. all other champions were built either thru free agency (Heat), trades (Celtics), and a combo of the two (Lakers).
 

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except there is no evidence that it works. only one team has won a title in the last 15 years by tanking. and that was because David Robinson was injured for a season when the Spurs got Duncan. all other champions were built either thru free agency (Heat), trades (Celtics), and a combo of the two (Lakers).

1. The Celtics very much got their title with the help of tanking. Even though they ended up with the worst possible pick after finishing 2nd worst in the league in 2006, they flipped that 5th pick (and chaff) for Ray Allen and the pick that became Glen Davis.

2. More often than not, teams suck at tanking because no matter how many high picks they acquire, they can't overcome poor management who just end up drafting poorly. See the Kings for the last 5-7 years or the TWolves with David Kahn.
 

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1. IMO, 30 year old Melo is a terrible choice for a max deal. I don't see him as the best player on a contender. Not now, not ever.

2. There are stars I'd sign for the max, obvs. But they're not available (or they're overvalued like Melo), so I'm all for tanking and picking up cheap young potential.


Exactly so your all for tanking so what does it matter if the nba changes the way it does the lottery and instead of getting a top 4 pick you get a 11-14 pick.
 

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nikkas saying sign Monroe and Bledsoe just for the hell of it :mjlol:



They don't even fit the team and we would be a treadmill team at best
 

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nikkas saying sign Monroe and Bledsoe just for the hell of it :mjlol:



They don't even fit the team and we would be a treadmill team at best

That's true but y'all didn't even attempt to improve though...and than are volunteering to be dumping grounds for bad contracts..like what establishes players have y'all even bought in to be even interviewed by the team?
 

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Dogg, stop it. There's no incentive for 30 year old Melo to join a rebuilding effort. He wants to win now.
With money and picks they could've made a better roster than New York. The east ain't that good. Wasting and stockpiling draft picks in hopes of getting a number 1 pick and then hoping he pans out is just stupid.
 

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nikkas saying sign Monroe and Bledsoe just for the hell of it :mjlol:



They don't even fit the team and we would be a treadmill team at best
Fit the team? What exactly is the team. Yall finished the season with a d-league roster. The fukk is the identity?
 
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