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.
I liked what I saw of Council last year. He looked young and hungry.
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/1812653791218688054
Sixers getting older but i think this has to be the all-in season.
I hear music on the team plane this year will be supplied by "The Bridge" on SiriusXM...
All players will get a free Jitterbug Flip phone...
Sketchers will be the official "off-court" shoe...
Free medicare seminars at the practice facility...
Most are one year deals.
The bigger issue is whether they'll start using their draft picks instead of trading them for veterans.
They used both of their picks this year.
they are not building towards the future...they are building to surround Embiid with a team that can win a championship.
And an AARP sponsorship!
The coaches will have to yell louder, because many of them "just don't hear anything any more".
McCain and Bona will "red shirt" this season, but they'll need them to step up next year.Not to start, but to fill out the top ten with low salaries.There's a limited supply of capable veterans who'll play for minimum wage.
Apparently the supply isn't as limited as we think. Sixers are signing some pretty capable minimum salary vets...Drummond, Lowry, Gordon, Jackson. You can't treat them as a limited resource.
Drummond is making something like $7M a year.We'll see if the others have anything left in the tank.
We'll find out who has anything left in the tank, we've seen some names past their expiration date.
