4 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Liked Kenrich at the deadline but if I'm targeting a guy it is Josh Hart. 

I know youre not on board with Randle, but this is my likely ideal scenario right now. Brings in a great scoring 6th man, and replaces Harris and Green in the starting lineup with a new SF and PF. 

We can add in any sweetners necessary such as Joe, Shake, Furk, Springer, etc. or picks.

These deals and a couple FA signings should have us looking good.

On 5/13/2022 at 12:33 PM, DaEagles4Life said:

To me Bucks have great odds to win it all. 

I put $20 on the Celtics when you showed this. Only saving grace for me if Boston wins. 

On 6/1/2022 at 12:23 AM, vikas83 said:

They are a cocky, classless organization from top to bottom. Got gifted a title in 2015 thanks to every team they played having injuries, lost in 2016 so they added a talented but loathsome baby so they could win 2 titles. Curry is an ass. So is Kerr. And then there is Draymond. 
 

There is zero likable about those clowns. 

Iggy hasn't played since Nuggets Game 3 but played 12 minutes last night with another non shooter in Draymond. 

Not at all arrogant when they are 15 to play him when he is a shell of himself. 

1 hour ago, mr_hunt said:

you know what's worse is that the coach on the celtics was bb's assistant,  if this doesnt get fans to wake up and boycott this organization so josh the idiot harris can sell the team, there's no way we are ever going to win a championship not with him here.

11 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

I know youre not on board with Randle, but this is my likely ideal scenario right now. Brings in a great scoring 6th man, and replaces Harris and Green in the starting lineup with a new SF and PF. 

We can add in any sweetners necessary such as Joe, Shake, Furk, Springer, etc. or picks.

These deals and a couple FA signings should have us looking good.

There’s no chance any of that happens 

15 minutes ago, GoEagles5921 said:

There’s no chance any of that happens 

Oh I thought it was guaranteed. 

13 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

I know youre not on board with Randle, but this is my likely ideal scenario right now. Brings in a great scoring 6th man, and replaces Harris and Green in the starting lineup with a new SF and PF. 

We can add in any sweetners necessary such as Joe, Shake, Furk, Springer, etc. or picks.

These deals and a couple FA signings should have us looking good.

Struggling to understand why Minnesota would ever do that. 

14 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

I know youre not on board with Randle, but this is my likely ideal scenario right now. Brings in a great scoring 6th man, and replaces Harris and Green in the starting lineup with a new SF and PF. 

We can add in any sweetners necessary such as Joe, Shake, Furk, Springer, etc. or picks.

These deals and a couple FA signings should have us looking good.

The biggest red flag of a player is you get paid and then play like crap the next year. Randle lived up to the hype and then some of that. He has a massive usage rate around 28% last few years then combed with Harden, Maxey and Embiid I don't see it working. 

You need dirty work guys or key stand there and shoot guys like PJ Washington, Josh Hart, Beasley, Harrison Barnes, or Buddy type. PJ is PJ Tucker 2.0. Dude that is a great glue guy and can shoot a good corner 3

Heck, Eric Gordon and Wood for Tobias works. 

5 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

The biggest red flag of a player is you get paid and then play like crap the next year. Randle lived up to the hype and then some of that. He has a massive usage rate around 28% last few years then combed with Harden, Maxey and Embiid I don't see it working. 

You need dirty work guys or key stand there and shoot guys like PJ Washington, Josh Hart, Beasley, Harrison Barnes, or Buddy type. PJ is PJ Tucker 2.0. Dude that is a great glue guy and can shoot a good corner 3

Heck, Eric Gordon and Wood for Tobias works. 

I can get on board with just about anything to shake this roster up and add some glue guys. 

Jake LaRavia is an interesting option as a 4 man. He has a good handle, enough to play point forward. Good passer, averaged 3.8 assists. And can shoot the 3 well. He can even hit them on the move. Nice player.

I wouldnt be opposed to EJ Liddell either. He can shoot the 4 from the 4 spot, but is also a good rim protector. More of a powerful build. Can score at all 3 levels and do the dirty work banging down low. 

 

8 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Jake LaRavia is an interesting option as a 4 man. He has a good handle, enough to play point forward. Good passer, averaged 3.8 assists. And can shoot the 3 well. He can even hit them on the move. Nice player.

I wouldnt be opposed to EJ Liddell either. He can shoot the 4 from the 4 spot, but is also a good rim protector. More of a powerful build. Can score at all 3 levels and do the dirty work banging down low. 

 

Like EJ, a junior, who has experience and build ready to play, 6'11" wingspan and 38 inch max vert. His lateral quickness isn't the greatest but play around 230 instead of 240 may help 

 

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6 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Like EJ, a junior, who has experience and build ready to play, 6'11" wingspan and 38 inch max vert. His lateral quickness isn't the greatest but play around 230 instead of 240 may help 

 

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yeah. those 2 I mentioned are nice stretch 4s, but built in very different mold, and different skillset aside from 3 point shooting. Im not sure which Id prefer. 

Almost feel Liddell is a little too old school to pair with Embiid. Though, he would likely help with rebounding.

I kinda like LaRavia's more perimeter skillset for pairing with Embiid. 

17 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

yeah. those 2 I mentioned are nice stretch 4s, but built in very different mold, and different skillset aside from 3 point shooting. Im not sure which Id prefer. 

Almost feel Liddell is a little too old school to pair with Embiid. Though, he would likely help with rebounding.

I kinda like LaRavia's more perimeter skillset for pairing with Embiid. 

Liddell shot 37 % from 3 on 4 attempts so can shoot. EJ is more of a win now type player and Sixers need those. 

 

Those negatives are puke worthy. 

18 hours ago, DaEagles4Life said:

Liddell shot 37 % from 3 on 4 attempts so can shoot. EJ is more of a win now type player and Sixers need those. 

 

Those negatives are puke worthy. 

Ok. But we are picking 23rd in the NBA draft so you arent getting a complete player there. In this range, its probably more important to look at the positives and figure where he can fit in. You hope he can work on the negatives in the offseasons once he is in the league.

Check out this handle, passing, and movement skills on the big guy, and how he fills the stat sheet. Ive got no problem with this player.

Yes, he will have to develop a left hand around the rim. But junior high kids can do that. Im pretty sure he will eventually be able to pick up some left hand skills. 

 

imo, upside could be a better version of Markkanen. 

He looks like a decent player but this team is already unathletic besides Maxey and he doesn't look athletic. Then having to play against another tier of athletes would worry me. 

Just like Liddell if had to choose between the two. 

 

45 minutes ago, DaEagles4Life said:

He looks like a decent player but this team is already unathletic besides Maxey and he doesn't look athletic. Then having to play against another tier of athletes would worry me. 

Just like Liddell if had to choose between the two. 

 

I like Liddell too.

I'm torn.  Both are stretch 4s but beyond that,  are very different players. 

I don't Love that Liddell is closer to the traditional PF build and skill. But that should help our rebounding which is sorely needed.  And the rim protection is a big plus too.

To me,  LaRavia is a much more intriguing player.  He is a big, with guard skills. More of a modern player. I think he's reasonably athletic to be playing point forward. He is a big who you can still play with pace while on the court. He's usually the one pushing it.  . 

I watched all of these today.

At this point, I am going

1. McGowans

2. LaRavia

3. Liddell

 

 

 

A little disappointed about the 3pt% but I really like this PG. Reminds me of Baron Davis. Great passer, and explosive dunks. Same team as LaRavia. There are a bunch of nice backup PGs in the 2nd round. Use some cash to buy a pick. These guys are all better than Springer.

 

44 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

A little disappointed about the 3pt% but I really like this PG. Reminds me of Baron Davis. Great passer, and explosive dunks. Same team as LaRavia. There are a bunch of nice backup PGs in the 2nd round. Use some cash to buy a pick. These guys are all better than Springer.

 

He can flat out ball.

11 hours ago, The_Omega said:

He can flat out ball.

Issue is he's already 23, so I don't expect his shot too ever become really good.  But in the 2nd round,  Ill take a floor general like that. 

LaRavia athleticism is just subpar and can he handle stretch fours on a consist basis. That would worry me on a team of non athletes. Sixers can't have another year of wings being unathletic. 

I see Liddell as a more athletic version of PJ Tucker, knock down a corner 3, play great defense on multiple positions, he has underrated athletism with 38inch vert, and just be a winning basketball player. 

6 hours ago, DaEagles4Life said:

LaRavia athleticism is just subpar and can he handle stretch fours on a consist basis. That would worry me on a team of non athletes. Sixers can't have another year of wings being unathletic. 

I see Liddell as a more athletic version of PJ Tucker, knock down a corner 3, play great defense on multiple positions, he has underrated athletism with 38inch vert, and just be a winning basketball player. 

I wouldn't expect LaRavia or Liddell to be an immediate starter though.  I don't mind his shortcomings off the bench and hopefully he develops some. 

 

Liddell reminds me of Maurice Speights.

A good listen i suggest is bodner and hofmann’s latest podcast with the sixers cap and future cap where they can have significant cap space.