Okafor and Noel on the trading block

[Sauce Dab]

Sixers did all this tanking just to be trash
Eliminate this franchise

 

[#1 pick]

they have a better long term future than what they had with Bynum/Holiday/and Thad Young....The 76ers have enough assets to do whatever it is they want to do. And thats on top of the 1st pick in this draft. Being a treadmill team like the Hawks means nothing. As a franchise going forward they are currently far more attractive than they were.

We aren't a treadmill team tho. We been a #1 seed and won 60 games. We been to the 2nd round two years in a row and been to the playoffs 9 years in a row.

DONT Put salt our names breh. We aren't a title team yet but shyt, most aren't. We knocking on that door, we just gotta find the right pieces and continue to develop.

 

[#1 pick]

Rebuilding (partially or full) isn't pointless. The "process" the 76ers took to rebuild was basically a waste of time though. The only two pieces going forward they have is a 7fter they drafted two years ago who hasn't seen the court and whose health status is unknown and a 22yo Euro product whose value in the league is unknown. That is not a stable foundation going forward after you've been tanking for the last three seasons.

It could work. The pieces they needed most, they got. Two potentially elite players in Simmons and Embiid. The rest on them and their management. They gonna have to build around Simmons game. Embiid fits with anybody who's a PF. Put the rest is on management.

They had a far better draft rebuild than us in the 2000s. With that said, Joe Johnson signing is what was our key veteran move. You gotta have one or just gonna continuing going around in circles like Washington before they got the vets.

 

[#1 pick]

I got mixed feelings about this...

before the tanking the sixers had absolutely no legit pieces in there, Iggy left them, and jrue holiday was average. They needed high picks badly because no serious free agent was going to play there, basically sixers had no chance of landing a top free agent. The high draft picks give you realistic chance of building some, the biggest issue out of all this is that they gave these young players a loser culture, which might be a big issue later on.

So its kind of the idea was legit

Most of these eastern teams including hawks or raptors have a low ceiling. A lot of team owners build average to good teams that fill up the seats in the arena, take them to like 2nd round and thats how far they go, they dont risk at tanking nor paying huge salary in hopes of building a championship team. They basically settle for less without the big risk. And they have no realistic chances of winning championship.

Sixers however got unlucky with Embiid, yet he was still worth taking the risk, look at players drafted outside of top 3, most of them are going to have role player careers. Randle looks one dimensional, he may have a decent career, Smart is basically tony allen unless he learns how to shoot, Gordon is too raw right now, stauskas is soon to be jimmer v2, who else was drafted, exum? Horrible injury and way too raw player.

MCW draft was a mistake, he is too slow for pg position and he cant shoot, he is useless and he would never be a starting player for a contender. Also sixers tanking timing was bad because for the 3 straight years some of the best talents were tall players in that C/PF position. Sixers were simply drafting the best available talent.

Raptors and Hawks went to the ECF, bytch, Philly hasn't been since A.I. Some of you fans as stupid as fukk. Being a very good team is good in the NBA. Hell, some of them like Dallas and Detroit have won titles being very good. No shame in that. Right now, Philly is down right awful. With their current pieces, they likely to win 20 games year and that's with Simmons. Don't even know why you talking down on some nikkas that's superior to you

 

[Mirin4rmfar]

I understand Noel didn't really pan out, probably cause of that injury in Kentucky but Okafor had a solid 17/7 rookie year. Why they wanna get rid of him?

Noel did work out, he is playing out of position which makes him useless. What they need to do is ship Okafor for Boston's pick or Devin Booker. Both team win that trade.

Nerlens Noel/Embid/Saric/Buddy Hield/// is not bad.

 

[Recca Gatsby]

Trying to think of a scenario outside of Boston but... nah, yeah. I would add Young to it for shyts and giggles

 

[#1 pick]

He has a ton of talent but he's got his work cut out for him now though, there's a new Warden of the North, first of his name, protector of Minnesota and Lord of Minneapolis.....Karl Anthony Towns.

Towns got the rare ability to play PF or C.

 

[#1 pick]

Just so we clear. A treadmill team is a team like Milwaukee with Michael Redd or Washington with Arenas where 1st round is as good as it gets. Hell, Atlanta in the late 90s and mid 2000s. But if you making it to the 2nd and conference finals like Memphis and Atlanta, you aren't a treadmill team. You just aren't elite.

 

[King Poetic]

Lakers need to trade Randle for okafor period


Randle doesn't like to play with his back to the basket, he always dribbling with no place to go and always making the wrong passed or taking a ill advise 20 ft jumper...

 

[Liquid]

Possibly, the Sixers & Celtics discussed a trade at the deadline that involved Okafor.


The C's badly wanted one of the top two picks, they could draft Hield and keep him, but the best bet for them to get an offensive threat would be Okafor who is better right now than any big in the draft.

I think it will take more than the 3rd to get Okafor though. Okafor will likely be better than whoever goes 3rd in this draft (probably Hield)

 

[NatiboyB]

People are also forgetting the picks that the 76ers have in this upcoming draft which is said to be strong and also includes a lot of wing talent and potential PG talent. No one expected the 76ers to be a playoff team this Season however after next all bets are off.

 

[Liquid]

Just so we clear. A treadmill team is a team like Milwaukee with Michael Redd or Washington with Arenas where 1st round is as good as it gets. Hell, Atlanta in the late 90s and mid 2000s. But if you making it to the 2nd and conference finals like Memphis and Atlanta, you aren't a treadmill team. You just aren't elite.

Any team that isn't a threat to get out of the conference is a treadmill team.

 

[Damnshow]

Raptors and Hawks went to the ECF, bytch, Philly hasn't been since A.I. Some of you fans as stupid as fukk. Being a very good team is good in the NBA. Hell, some of them like Dallas and Detroit have won titles being very good. No shame in that. Right now, Philly is down right awful. With their current pieces, they likely to win 20 games year and that's with Simmons. Don't even know why you talking down on some nikkas that's superior to you

because hawks and raptors have no chance of winnning a title because they have no superstar and superstars are winning you titles. Sixers are doing all or nothing move by tanking in hopes to draft a superstar, what you dont understand? They had bad luck with embiid gamble and for the last few years majority of best talents were big men. And since they were drafting best available talent their pieces are not meshing together that well. AI leading them to the last conference finals is EXACTLY why they are tanking because no legit free agent was joining them when they had Iguodala, Williams, Jrue Holiday and other non all star players.

The TOUGHEST part for any teams ownership is to go from a good team to the elite team. Thats what the sixers are gambling for, I got mixed feelings about their tank project but I can understand the whole gambling part because when Hinkie took over the sixers team their roster was huge crap, a definition of treadmil, which required at least few years of rebuilding.

You are mentioning me Dallas and Pistons winning championships which happens extremely rare and Dallas had their superstar in Dirk, what type of superstar was playing for philly after iverson got traded to denver? What superstar wanted to join Iggy and the rest of crew??

What makes you believe philly will win 20 games next year? They have lots of money to spend and they are drafting high potential players right now, there will be young players interested in playing there because tanking is soon to be over in philly no matter if hinkie was fired or not.

 

[Liquid]

Oh and as far as people shytting on the 76ers. They are STILL in a better position than the Knicks. They have young assets and are likely to get the 3rd pick along with the top pick again this season.

The Knicks have an aging star who eats the ball on the wings. There is really nothing to discuss here, the 76ers have a bright future if they play things right.

 

[_DC]

Noel and Okafor aren't a part of their future it seems now and even if they can they get equal value in return doesn't necessarily mean it was the right option to take in the first place. It didn't make any sense whatsoever to even take Embiid, Noel and Okafor in succession like that (i's counterproductive of trying to move forward and you lessen your chances of finding a balance drafting three players who basically play the same position), even on some BPA or insurance shyt. Now there's the realistic possibility that all those three players will be basically be turned into drafting/trading for future talent (hence the re-run) or in Embiid's case turn into dust.

There's a point where you need to start building something though. You can't just keep turning over talent and picks until you think you've struck gold; the odds of that player having the talent, position ruling, style, temperament, health, fit with a franchise and have all the proper movements going forward in your favor (coaching, luck, personnel and competition) isn't worth it.

The longer this goes on the longer the smell will stay around too.

They are not trading both. They know they have to get rid of one, so they're gauging interest for both to see which one can net the biggest haul. And everyone keeps saying we're trading players away. Who have we traded in three years outside of MCW!?!? Y'all nikkas just see it the way y'all want to see it. Hinkie acquired a ton of assets for this reason. To wheel & deal! To keep and/or move parts to round out the roster... Why everyone thinks we should've been happy to be a treadmill squad is beyond me!?!?