Let me add to my origianl post,
I have no problem with "Tanking" but in my eyes their is a right way and a wrong way to do it.
The RIGHT way,
- trade for poor contracts in trade for picks
- trade for under performing high ceiling players
- play rookies/young players thru growing pains
The WRONG way,
- trade then release players to fill spots with D-league players
- filling a roster with cheap low ceiling prospects
The 76ers are currently doing things the wrong way in my eyes. As a nba fan they leave nothing of interest to watch. Most other bottom feeding teams have youth to give hope to the future that fans can watch develop. I would have liked to see them build a high potential starting 5. This could have been achieved by focusing on acquiring top picks from the past years who haven't panned out. Players like D Williams, A Bennet, A Rivers, B Biyombo, J Fredette, etc. A lineup of MCW, Fredette, Bennet, Williams and Noel would still be at the bottom of the lottery but at least they would bring some entertainment value to the court. It would also allow Noel to try to break the shots block record with all the open drive to the hoop he would get to contest.
You're suggesting that they should just fill out their roster with busts simply because "they're entertaining."
That said, how is a roster comprised of the likes of MCW, Noel, Embiid, Wroten, K.J. McDaniels, and so on NOT one full of "youth to give hope to future that fans can watch develop?" That is literally the entire Sixers roster: young prospects whom they hope will be good contributors in a few years.
Embiid is out for the year.
You said "the future," right?
MCW, Wroten, McDaniels, and Noel im in agreement with you they are developmental prospects. Mbah a Moute and Shved are NBA role players. The other 8 are 14th-15th men on most other NBA rosters.
Mbah a Moute and, to a significantly lesser degree, Shved are most certainly role players (though I'm willing to give Shved a chance since he's still fairly young and only in his third season), but they picked those guys up as the opportunity cost of getting a first rounder from Minnesota, not because they actually wanted them. It's literally no different than what the Celtics did with the Joel Anthony trade.
My point with the "busts" is that they are low production but higher potential players. Given minutes and no worries about being benched they have a chance to save their careers.
You see, I don't agree that Derrick Williams is necessarily a higher potential guy than a JaKarr Sampson or a Jerami Grant. I feel like you're only saying that because he was the second overall pick. If he were drafted 32nd as he probably should've been, I really doubt you'd be touting him as a high potential player.
Embiid is out for the year. MCW, Wroten, McDaniels, and Noel im in agreement with you they are developmental prospects. Mbah a Moute and Shved are NBA role players. The other 8 are 14th-15th men on most other NBA rosters.
My point with the "busts" is that they are low production but higher potential players. Given minutes and no worries about being benched they have a chance to save their careers.
+1....Completely agree. But they won't do it because that may win them some games.
Evan Turner is a perfect example of that. THEIR #2 pick who may not have played as a #2 pick, but still had enough talent and versatility to win them more games than they wanted.
Heck, he beat us last year with a last second shot, taking it into the point and hitting an off balance pull-up jumper. He was shortly thereafter traded to the Pacers for the then corpse of Danny Granger.
... their record was 15-40 with Turner and they were already several games into their losing streak when they traded Turner. You really think the Sixers were concerned about winning too many games if they kept him? They were already terrible with him.
Trading him was about not being on the hook for the $8.7 million qualifying option he would've assuredly signed and to make sure they got something - even if it were just a late second rounder - for him, as opposed to nothing.
