When both Williams and Speights come back, I would start Dalembert, Brand, Young, Iguodala and Williams. Then I would have a bench with Speights, Smith, Carney, Holiday and Iverson. That’s a 2nd team that could beat a lot of first teams in the NBA. If they beat the starters in practice, then you reshuffle. This leaves us with extras in Green, Kapono, Brezec and Ivey which is where the problem lies, this area must be improved by next season.

Williams was putting up All-Star numbers before he went down. Holiday has to prove that he’s better before I start him over Williams. Besides I want good floor match-ups. Iverson and Williams are short, Iguodala and Holiday are taller. So it makes sense to pair Iverson with Holiday or Iguodala and do the same with Williams.

Iverson will come off the bench or he can go home. He’s making a million, and the Sixers are paying Lou more than that!

Some nights I might want to pair Holiday and Iguodala in the backcourt, but that would make it harder to substitute them without ending up with Williams and Iverson on the floor together.

I think it is good to be a big team. We have the players and should learn how to use them in a half-court offense. I have nothing against running, but I know it takes more than that to beat Boston, Cleveland or Orlando. I want to see what a line-up of Dalembert and Brand and/or Speights can do, against Garnett and Perkins, or Howard and Lewis. Or Shaq and Varejao. If we can compete with them and Gasol and Bynum than we really can compete. But we’re not going to find out, trying to run without playing defense or rebounding like Eddie Jordan seems to want, because he’s offensively clueless.

If you have inside players like Brand and Speights, why should you worry about running all the time? Post up, score, get fouled. Win games.

Not good enough a rebounding crew, IMO. Young is a good 3, not such a great 4 especially with rebounding. He tries, but he’s just not big or strong enough.

That is why I’d rather have Speights and Brand- big and strong enough to bang down low. And you can also pair Dalembert or Smith with them so you always have height and size under the basket, whether the starters or reserves are on the floor.

The Sixers are going to win this season. We’ve only blown a quarter of it, but we’re loaded with talent and starting to come together. Brand is healthy and Speghts is too. Iguodala and Young are running the floor well, Dalembert is doing a great job rebounding. Even Willie Green is putting up good numbers. Once Lou comes back we’ll have extra firepower and even if one of them has an off night another one can come in and make up for it. Get ready for a winning streak.