When you lose by 60 points I think that players should take it personally, and not throw the coach under the bus immediately. I don't know if Boylen is a good coach or not up to this point, but you have to look yourself in the mirror and perform better if you are a player.
If I am the Bulls I would try to ship Jabari (who I presume was in the "won't come to practice" camp). He is weak on defense, his contract ends this year and they could get a 2nd rounder for him IMO.
Bulls are following my CS profile.
http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25528771/jabari-parker-no-longer-part-chicago-bulls-regular-rotation
Crazy how that 2014 draft class has turned out. Thought Jabari Bird/Andrew Wiggins were gonna be like the next LeBron. They look lost. Embiid was truly the top of that draft.
Yeah, If Embiid had been healthy Cavs would have drafted him. Would they have traded him for Love? Hard to say, Lebron was eager to compete right away with vets. Can you imagine if Cavs drafted and kept Embiid? Lebron might still be there. Would Kyrie? All the what if’s.
If Embiid was healthy and not picked by Philly, the Sixers might still be tanking
I think this is super interesting to think about.
Some Hinkie supporters act like it was such a foolproof plan (not saying all his supporters did, but some), but it still took a lot to break right to get to where that team is now. If Embiid is healthy and off the board, if the ping pong balls fall differently in 2016...
The Noel, MCW, Embiid, Saric, Okafor, Simmons, Fultz picks could have easily been:
Noel, MCW, Parker, Saric, Okafor, Ingram, Fultz
Len, MCW, Gordon, Vonleh, Russell, Bender, Jackson
McLemore, Burke, Wiggins, McDermott, Okafor, Dunn, Ball
Of course those are all "worse" scenarios, it could have also gone better:
Oladipo, Giannis, Embiid, Porzingis, Simmons, Tatum
Porter, McCollum, Embiid, KAT, Murray, Fox
miss, miss, miss, miss, miss, Simmons, miss, Doncic
(and obviously this mostly ignores the possible change in draft position in later years by selecting different players, as well as different potential trades)But there's so many more picks that are misses (from all teams, not just Philly), that I think it's more likely that if things changed slightly, they'd change for the worse, not better. Even if we keep everything the same, except for one change in '14, very interesting to think about. Or even if they draft Embiid but he's healthy right away, so they don't nab Simmons. Very interesting to think about alternate possibilities.