More Silly Media Concoctions: Philly Inquirer Writer Suggests Trading MCW....

[Jerz-2]

Should the 76ers trade Michael Carter-Williams? - Philly.com

Philly Inquirer columnist Bob Ford is a prime example of how the MEDIA tries to CREATE stories so that they can have something to talk/write about. There is ZERO notion that the Sixers have even remotely considered this, AND there's no logic in considering it in the first place:

Last Sunday this fool suggested the Sixers should try to trade Michael Carter-Williams, the NBA Rookie of the Year. From Ford's column:

What we have learned of general manager Sam Hinkie in his year on the job is that he thinks just like the smart-money trader who owns the team. Hinkie wants to buy things that are undervalued and sell things that are overvalued. Sometimes this basic philosophy becomes obscured by the buzz surrounding the analytics that determine those valuations, but that is the guts of it. Buy low, sell high.

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He does have a lot of good attributes. He is long and quick and, as coach Brett Brown suggests, can get to where he wants to be on the court. All true, but the problem is what he does upon getting there. What the Sixers must decide is whether the rough edges of a rookie can be smoothed with time or whether Carter-Williams is who he is.

Basically, dude thinks the Sixers should deal MCW and then sign Dante Exum to replace him:

On sheer athletic talent, the 6-foot-6 Exum might be the best player available in the draft. But because he didn't play college ball, there is some leeriness among NBA executives who haven't seen him perform very often against elite competition. Leading his high school team to the Australian national championship might not count for much in their eyes.

Exum is fast, strong, and tough, a dynamic finisher, and can play off the ball, too. He is still developing his perimeter game, but his shot has improved significantly in the last year. Exum is a No. 1 talent, according to many draft analysts, but he will slide a little because this is a deep draft at the top and because of those lingering questions.

Soooooooooo...you wanna trade your ROY with the potential to get better - for an unproven kid outta Austrialian high school with the HOPES that said kid can do exactly what MCW is doing NOW, AND in this scenario your supposition is that MCW has somehow "reached his ceiling"?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Jrue Holiday ALSO take two years to develop? AND was nowhere near as athletic as MCW. And they traded him FOR MCW to start....now you want to do that again?

At what point does the damn rebuilding REALLY ever begin, then?

 

[AAKing23]

Should the 76ers trade Michael Carter-Williams? - Philly.com

Philly Inquirer columnist Bob Ford is a prime example of how the MEDIA tries to CREATE stories so that they can have something to talk/write about. There is ZERO notion that the Sixers have even remotely considered this, AND there's no logic in considering it in the first place:

Last Sunday this fool suggested the Sixers should try to trade Michael Carter-Williams, the NBA Rookie of the Year. From Ford's column:



Basically, dude thinks the Sixers should deal MCW and then sign Dante Exum to replace him:




Soooooooooo...you wanna trade your ROY with the potential to get better - for an unproven kid outta Austrialian high school with the HOPES that said kid can do exactly what MCW is doing NOW, AND in this scenario your supposition is that MCW has somehow "reached his ceiling"?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Jrue Holiday ALSO take two years to develop? AND was nowhere near as athletic as MCW. And they traded him FOR MCW to start....now you want to do that again?

At what point does the damn rebuilding REALLY ever begin, then?

I saw that article Bob Ford is a fukkin idiot

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Trade em to GOAT franchise....

 

[SoulController]

usually like Bob Ford, very surprised he did this

they already have 2 more lotto picks, in theory 4/5th's of the starting lineup should be in place after the draft. makes no sense

 

[Broad Street Bully]