Bodner addressed the rebounding question the other day, saying that since George, Oubre, and Martin can all switch 2 through 4 (and sometimes 1-4) that would relieve Joel of helping on so many open drives, and he would therefore be a more formidable defensive rebounder. Bodner is usually pretty good with the Xs and Os stuff, so I have to give that argument some credit.
That's not good enough. With smaller guards, rotating 3 smaller forwards won't be enough.
I think the reason they dumped Reed is he couldn't handle PF, they need a defense/rebound guy who can help against physical teams.
How about Precious Achiuwa? Don’t know what he would cost, but a high FG %, good rebounder with a growing reputation. High energy guy. Not good at 3pt shooting, but not sure that is a need.
He could help Embiid with rebounding and would not need offensive plays.
I honestly have no idea what he will get. He really isn’t a starter, but he could fill a role on the team and help against teams that send a bigger lineup at us.
Precious Achiuwa is a decent suggestion, projected to get between $8M and $10M per year. Sixers might chase him at the deadline with the KJ Martin balloon contract (if they choose to go that route).
I think they tried Reed with Embiid in practice and didn't like the results. They reported that a couple of times over the last two years.
I know reasons it wouldn’t work, but it would be fun to see Drummond and Embiid on the court together.
Ok, completely screws up the offense, but if you get EVERY SINGLE REBOUND does it really matter if the offense is inefficient???
. So it takes 4 minutes to score. Oh well.
Sixers beat OkC in the first summer league game tonight by 10 points, but it wasn't that close. Ricky Council IV scored 29, 19 of them in the 4th quarter allowing the Sixers to run away with a close game. Council was bombing contested 3s in the 4th. McCain had an off shooting night, but scored 15, mostly on drives. Bona had two monster dunks and one more fairly normal dunk for all his FGs.
Good to see Council dominating here. He is a player that could continue to make a leap and establish himself in the rotation this year. He should dominate this competition and he's off to a good start. If you are looking for someone to step up this year, keep your eye on him and not the 19 year old rookie.
If Council can shoot close to NBA average on 3-pointers he's a good NBA rotation player at the minimum. He defends, rebounds, and is physically tough around the basket. And he's a 100% effort guy, too. It was great seeing him get scorching hot last night, although his shot didn't have textbook form. He hit two step-backs and two of the shots were well outside the line. Honestly, "the rookie", McCain, was equally impressive in his own way, running the point effectively and attacking the basket with an array of scoop shots and reverses.
Nurse is very slow to gain confidence in younger players (similar to Doc), though, so a young guy has to really stand out to earn time. The players Morey signs to vet minimum contracts will very likely get Council and McCain's minutes this year I'm afraid. I guess we'll see...
I would imagine Nick Nurse is involved in the building of this team and he has his style of play. Sixers attempted to go out and get more physical and that didn't work out the way they thought it would.
Sixers are building a team for the current NBA.
I don't subscribe to ALL PHLY (though I'm inching towards it as they continue to add more stuff including Salisbury on Phillies) but before the paywall obscured it I gather Neubeck was dismissive of both the CW that the Sixers need more of a PF and that there actually would be one to get in today's NBA if they did.
It would be great to find a league minimum guy who could be in the rotation, cost nothing and adds early 20s energy and drive.
Well, he (Council) followed that game up with a clunker today. Oh well. McCain had an OK box score, I only watched the 4th quarter but he did have a pretty huge miss with under a minute to go. Down 2, he made a nice pump fake that had his defender fly by him for a WIDE open 3, but he was long with it.
I’m interested to see how Justin edwards does, looks like he had a decent game today after a quiet first game
I watched the game--Edwards was OK, at best needs a couple of years of G-league. No handle, no play-making. Good defense, average shot at best. He's a project, I don't think he can play this season.
Bona deal...4 yrs, $8M
https://twitter.com/ShamsCharania/status/181265379121868805453
