I realize this game is in Dallas, but who would pay money to see this 76ers team play? They have filled their roster with poor players to achieve the worst record possible. I hope they suffer financially. It's an embarrassment to the league, organization, fans, and players on the team.
Would you prefer they flounder around with ill-fitting, ineffective veteran NBA players en route to getting blown out like Denver?
There's rebuilding and then there is what the 76ers are doing. I'm glad the Celtics traded away KG and Pierce for draft picks in order to rebuild, but they are still putting a professional product on the court while developing players I wouldn't say the same about about the Sixers.
The Nuggets aren't even rebuilding and they've been just as terrible as the Sixers, if not even worse since they're a largely veteran team that should be much better than they are. Is that more "respectable" as a professional product since they're a terrible team with proven NBA players?
Denver should be better and probably will be better than what we have seen so far.
Have you watched Denver play this season? It's more likely that a number of significant trades will happen this season than it is that they'll keep this current Nuggets team intact. The roster is fundamentally flawed for the system Shaw is trying to run.
I can't say I have paid much attention to Denver this season. Don't they have basically the same team as last year plus have Gallinari back?
Pretty much, with Afflalo in place of Fournier and their draft picks replacing some of their expired contracts. The issue is that with all of their formerly injured players back (not only Gallinari, but McGee, Robinson, and Hickson), there are now THIRTEEN players in their rotation. This is a team trying to run a half-court offense with 13 good, but not great players who all need playing time to work themselves into a rhythm, but can't get sufficient playing time because of the insanely large rotation.
I point out the fact that no one on that roster can reasonably be considered elite because what you'll notice is that Nuggets also suffer from a lack of leadership: no one is really taking the reigns on the team, so you essentially have a free-for-all of players trying to prove that they deserve to see the court just as much as any other man on the roster. Factor in that many of these guys played under Karl's loose, uptempo offense and are having trouble adapting to a more deliberate set and you start to understand why the Nuggets are bad.
And trust me, it's not pretty basketball by any means. As I said, I'd honestly prefer watching the Sixers get blown out over watching the Nuggets get blown out since I know the Sixers are getting blown out because they're inexperienced and generally playing with an inherent talent deficit. The Nuggets are just a mess and the frustration on the players' faces is apparent. The frustration from the offensive end carries over to their defense and they put no effort into contesting their opponents' shots whatsoever.
