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Lou Williams Return




Kate Fagan just tweeted:

Just read a Tweet from Sweet Lou saying he's projecting a Dec. 26th return vs. Jazz. No official word from Sixers, will check tonight.

This would be fantastic, no?  Sure he'll probably be a little rusty but this team needs him and Speights back in the worst way.  12 straight losses!  Time for 12 straight wins!

Question is, what will be the starting lineup?  Sweet Lou, AI, Iggy, Thad, Dalembert?  Or does AI sit?  Perhaps Thad? Maybe Brand starts at center against half the teams in the league?  What does everyone think?

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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.

by RickoT on Dec 14, 2009 7:15 PM PST reply actions  

but is iverson fine with coming off the bench?

as of late he has been playing at least 30 minutes a game. he might not be able to get those minutes with lou back (and if green takes any minutes of iverson’s, ai would have the right to throw a fit.)

by el on Dec 14, 2009 7:45 PM PST up reply actions  

But, but, he cried at the press confrence, of course hell accept coming off the bench!

Oh wait, no, on second thought, he probably will just throw a hissy fit.

by philiafan14364 on Dec 16, 2009 2:23 PM PST up reply actions  

Iverosn isn’t coming off the bench, why is it people don’t pay attention to anything like reality?

Williams is a bench player as well.

Start Holiday

I don’t give a good god damn whatever mess Jordan wants to run out there but START HOLIDAY

by jemagee on Dec 14, 2009 7:58 PM PST reply actions  

And all God’s people said Amen.

by guitarmouse35 on Dec 15, 2009 2:27 PM PST up reply actions  

that’s a jrue statement

by Pepe Sanchez on Dec 21, 2009 10:07 PM PST up reply actions  

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.

by RickoT on Dec 16, 2009 10:52 AM PST reply actions  

Some days I want the LSD you’re taking, some days i want the crack

by jemagee on Dec 16, 2009 11:46 AM PST up reply actions  

hey joe rogan, let me tell you somethin you might not know – i smoke rocks!

by Tanner Steidel on Dec 16, 2009 12:25 PM PST up reply actions  

mixing drugs is never a good idea

by Michael Levin on Dec 16, 2009 8:54 PM PST up reply actions  

Lou, Jrue, Thad, Iggy and Speights. That should be the starting 5. Fuck this season.

by philiafan14364 on Dec 16, 2009 2:24 PM PST reply actions  

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.

by RickoT on Dec 19, 2009 3:01 PM PST reply actions  

copious amounts of acid

by Michael Levin on Dec 26, 2009 12:01 PM PST up reply actions  

When you look at the talent level of each player and recognize that they have so many people who are able to score 20 pts. or more a night, you should know that that is half the battle, having the guns. Not having a plan to use them to win is disgusting, especially when it’s so clear what is needed to win games. We should have enough rebounding strength to win the battle on the boards (definitely when Sam is in the game working) And with our speed we should be able to play adequate defense. (We don’t and that is a coaching problem) On offense it’s a matter of exectution, and when you watch how a good team executes and how we do, you see that we run plays poorly, our pick and rolls never get the pass in the right place unless Jrue does it! No one on this team runs the pick and roll properly, or knows how to make a proper entry pass. But none of that is hard, it takes instruction and repetition, and a coach that ensures the team learns.

by RickoT on Dec 28, 2009 10:16 AM PST up reply actions  

Playing defense is how you win titles

and this teams ‘20 point scorers’ only 2 of them are good at defense (Sam is not good)

by jemagee on Dec 28, 2009 10:22 AM PST up reply actions  

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