The ethics of the Philadelphia 76ers

[EDGECRUSHER]

He traded JR Smith and Iman Shumpert to Cleveland, valuable pieces mind you, for a 2019 2nd Rounder and 3 guys they either waived or are now done with the team. That's pretty damn bad. 2019 means the kid is in 9th grade. Combine that with his irrational Twitter rants about how 3 point shooting is overrated and not that valuable in today's game and he seems like a man out of touch with 2015 NBA.

Maybe he turns it around. I pray to God he does, but this year has been a gigantic 0 for 1. He has a lot of catching up to do in free agency.

[Fau Teixeira]

i'm ok with New York Misery .. i hope every single professional team from New York (and New Jersey) lose every single game they ever play ever.

Good job getting on that Phil Jackson

[Phishfan]

2) the NBA is played on the wings now, the days of needing a center are long over.

This is kind of like having a chicken and the egg argument. Are the days of needing a center over, possibly but I don't think so. I think there is just a glaring hole in the NBA where a dominant big man is not available in most instances. Let's have another dominant big come into the game (and when I say dominant they need to be of the Shaq, Ewing, Duncan caliber so it isn't going to be easy) and see how their team performs.

[Sunstroke]

You can win with a roster built around a dominant center...and you can win with a roster NOT built around a dominant center. If you can get a Duncan-esque center, you'd be an idiot not to. If you can't, you build off a talented PG or wings.

[EDGECRUSHER]

You can definitely get by with a tall guy in the middle with little skill as most teams have that, but if you have a very good center, then you have the advantage over 90% of the league. Who wouldn't want that?

[Spider-Dan]

The Sacramento Kings have one of the best centers in the NBA, and they're garbage.  They definitely don't have an "advantage over 90% of the league."

[EDGECRUSHER]

No, I'd say they still have an advantage, they are just terrible everywhere else. If you have a positive player where other teams have a neutral or negative player, then you have an advantage. They are just negative everywhere else.

[Spider-Dan]

Well, every team with a top 3 player at their position has an advantage at that position.

I just don't agree that center is as important as you say.

[ArtieChokePhin]

He traded JR Smith and Iman Shumpert to Cleveland, valuable pieces mind you, for a 2019 2nd Rounder and 3 guys they either waived or are now done with the team. That's pretty damn bad. 2019 means the kid is in 9th grade. Combine that with his irrational Twitter rants about how 3 point shooting is overrated and not that valuable in today's game and he seems like a man out of touch with 2015 NBA.

Maybe he turns it around. I pray to God he does, but this year has been a gigantic 0 for 1. He has a lot of catching up to do in free agency.

And what did those guys do last night?   Nada.  Smith was held scoreless the ENTIRE SECOND HALF. 

I can see what Jackson's mentality is.  It's the same as the Marlins.  If we aren't winning with expensive players, get rid of them and lose with cheap players

[MikeO]

I can see what Jackson's mentality is.  It's the same as the Marlins.  If we aren't winning with expensive players, get rid of them and lose with cheap players

Not Jackson's mentality is at all. It's to clear cap space. Get rid of mediocre players who are overpaid to open cap space to bring in better players at a better price