They want players that reflect Philly's blue collar, sub suburban , Eurocentric view of what a basket ball player should be.
You hear stuff that doesn't mean much on the court like "I want a player that plays the game the right way."
Here's the problem with that logic...any basket ball coach that is being honest will tell you there are two great plays...South Pacific and Put The Ball In The Basket.
By the time we discuss NBA level talent...it's about putting the ball in the basket and not so much about whether you would have a beer with this guy...
Truth is most NBA players don't give a rip about fans...and most that do are not the all stars that will turn your team around.
So the first thing I would do as the GM in Philly is explain to the fan base...you can have a team of book scholars from Princeton or we can go out and get some ballers.
I say all this because I see The Sixers about to repeat a mistake they seem to love which is taking the funniest person they can get in the draft.
Here's the problem with that logic...any basket ball coach that is being honest will tell you there are two great plays...South Pacific and Put The Ball In The Basket.
By the time we discuss NBA level talent...it's about putting the ball in the basket and not so much about whether you would have a beer with this guy...
Truth is most NBA players don't give a rip about fans...and most that do are not the all stars that will turn your team around.
So the first thing I would do as the GM in Philly is explain to the fan base...you can have a team of book scholars from Princeton or we can go out and get some ballers.
I say all this because I see The Sixers about to repeat a mistake they seem to love which is taking the funniest person they can get in the draft.
Since Joel Ebiid injured his foot after injuring his back.
I DO agree this big man is most likely more Sam Bowie than Hakeem Olajuwon.
So I am conflicted about taking him at number 3.
What I am not conflicted about is that no one but Philly and their "blue collar" fans thinks
Dante Exum is a worth a number 3 pick.
I DO agree this big man is most likely more Sam Bowie than Hakeem Olajuwon.
So I am conflicted about taking him at number 3.
What I am not conflicted about is that no one but Philly and their "blue collar" fans thinks
Dante Exum is a worth a number 3 pick.
I have heard all the "he's ready stuff" and it sounds like the snail oil guy trading you your terribly hot property on that busy beach in Miami, for some beautiful ocean front property in North Dakota.
Every time I think about all my Sixer fan friends that bragged that this man
Leo Rautins was going to be the next Larry Bird, I get a huge laugh.
Rautins draft and time in Philly was funnier than comic Doug Williams at The Shaq Roast.
Exum is a solid number 10 pick but to take him at 3 when nobody from 4-9 wants him.....that makes as much sense as saying Rautins WAS the next Larry Bird.
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Rautins draft and time in Philly was funnier than comic Doug Williams at The Shaq Roast.
Exum is a solid number 10 pick but to take him at 3 when nobody from 4-9 wants him.....that makes as much sense as saying Rautins WAS the next Larry Bird.
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