How good can the sixers be next year?

[scotto1205]

I posted a trade involving the sixers and I really got to thinking about them, and I feel like not only will they make the playoffs next year but they could get home court as well. Looks like we could get there 1st rounder next year after all. Think about it they will prob have a top 5 pick and a top 10 pick this year in the draft. They could get exum wiggins Parker saric just imagine a lineup of

MCW,Wiggins/Exum,Saric,Tyoung,Noel  they will also have a boatload of cap

[lightspeed5]

Too inexperienced. That will be a really young team.

[manl_lui]

they can still be inexperience and make it to at least 8th seed, which is beneficial to us.

MCW is playing like an all-star. This kid is having crazy numbers. Add in a healthy Noel (which we haven't seen yet) and their lotto pick

they can be looking at a low playoff spot.

[Who]

I don't think Nerlens Noel will have much of an impact his first year or two. I think it'll be a lot like Joakim Noah when he was a 6-7ppg and 6-7rpg type big man in 25mpg. Too skinny, too raw and too inexperienced. I think he'll have a big future in the league after that but I do expect him to be a slow starter.

Wiggins and Embiid look like they'll be slow starters too. Exum is an unknown. Parker looks the most ready but he only looks ready on one side of the floor. He'll probably be one of those guys that gives up just as much defensively as he gets you on the other end of the floor. At least at the start of his career. Smart, actually, might be the better bet for instant impact. But with MCW already there, chemistry wise that might be tricky. Diminished returns and that.

I think their best bet for a big improvement will be MCW. He does a lot of really good things on the floor but he does a lot of bad things too. Cutting down on those bad (negative) contributions would up his net impact in a major way.

Overall, I am expecting Philly to be pretty bad next year. A 25-30 win type team. And I think the odds of them being better than that are pretty small because they will be building around young guys who are long term projects. Rather than established NBA players (via trades or free agency).

[Endless Paradise]

Overall, I am expecting Philly to be pretty bad next year. A 25-30 win type team. And I think the odds of them being better than that are pretty small because they will be building around young guys who are long term projects. Rather than established NBA players (via trades or free agency).

This.  I know there's a lot of wishful thinking that they'll be at least decent so the Celtics can have their first rounder next year, but that's not likely to happen.  For some reason, people don't realize that there's no reason to expect the East to be as weak as it was this year.  This season is an aberration - normally, the Sixers (and the Celtics) wouldn't be anywhere near the playoff discussion, but because everyone's bad outside of Indiana and Miami, both teams can still plausibly make the playoffs.

[slamtheking]

I don't think Nerlens Noel will have much of an impact his first year or two. I think it'll be a lot like Joakim Noah when he was a 6-7ppg and 6-7rpg type big man in 25mpg. Too skinny, too raw and too inexperienced. I think he'll have a big future in the league after that but I do expect him to be a slow starter.

Wiggins and Embiid look like they'll be slow starters too. Exum is an unknown. Parker looks the most ready but he only looks ready on one side of the floor. He'll probably be one of those guys that gives up just as much defensively as he gets you on the other end of the floor. At least at the start of his career. Smart, actually, might be the better bet for instant impact. But with MCW already there, chemistry wise that might be tricky. Diminished returns and that.

I think their best bet for a big improvement will be MCW. He does a lot of really good things on the floor but he does a lot of bad things too. Cutting down on those bad (negative) contributions would up his net impact in a major way.

Overall, I am expecting Philly to be pretty bad next year. A 25-30 win type team. And I think the odds of them being better than that are pretty small because they will be building around young guys who are long term projects. Rather than established NBA players (via trades or free agency).

I don't see it that way.  I think the East will still stink, probably not as badly as this year with a lot of the top players going to East teams this draft, and with the Sixers adding a top pick this year to go with Noel, Turner, MCW, Young and Hawes (no real big whoop there), they could be a 38 win team and get into the low end of the playoffs