At this point, if LarBrd33 posts something about the Sixers, you can be sure on a brigade of 5-6 posters coming along and disagreeing with whatever he says, simply on principle.
And without fail somebody will say something along the lines of, "Why don't you just go post in a Sixers forum if you like them so much?!"
Yes, it is weird that a BOSTON CELTICS fan blog would be so unreceptive to someone repeatedly drooling over the PHILADELPHIA 76ERS. I can't explain it.
Mike
To play devil's advocate, I think LarBrd33 just genuinely likes the 76ers approach to rebuilding.
From what I can see he's always been a person who has been heavily on board the "tank" train as a rebuilding method.
He always seems to have been of the view that you need star power to be a contender, and that being any less than a contender (i.g. a Hawks team stuck in endless mediocrity) is a pointless excercise.
I think he hypes up the Sixers simply because they are going about things the way he would have liked to see the Celtics go about things. I think he looks at the Sixers assets and feels that they are one unfortunate-Embiid-health-fail away from being one of the most promising young teams in the NBA.
I think if you look at it from a certain angle, he probably has a point. They gambled on Embiid, and if he HAD turned out healthy and DID look like a future star, then we would be looking at the Sixers in a very different light right now with their core of Noel/Okafor/Embiid.
Even still, I think he looks at Noel and sees a 21 year old, hyper-athletic seven footer center with future DPOTY potential. I think he looks at Okafor and sees a 19 year old guy who is 6'11" with All-Star potential.
I think he looks at that regardless of the Embiid situation and says "hey, two good hits out of three - can't complain about that".
Then I think he looks at the fact they will have at least one other high pick (maybe two) after this year, and sees the potential for them to add one or two more guys of similar talent.
I think that if the tables turned and Boston were doing what the Sixers are, he'd be all over the Celtics with a coke and a smile. But Danny's chosen a different (lower risk, lower payoff) approach to rebuilding, which I think leaves our friend LarBrd33 a little dissapointed.
While I don't necessarily agree with the way the Sixers are doing things (since it's extremely high risk, and will be extremely embarrassing if it fails) I do understand the logic, and I think it's well within his rights to be a fan of that if that's the way he rolls.
I just don't agree with it, which means I will disagree with almost everything he posts hahaha but he has the right to his opinion at the same time.