Liberty Links - June 16, 2009
by Jordan Sams on Jun 16, 2009 8:59 AM PDT
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Eddie Jordan's consuming passion | Philadelphia Inquirer
After reading Fagan's latest column, I now feel like I have a full understanding of Eddie Jordan the person, as well as Eddie Jordan the coach. I realize any story can be manipulated to portray some thing or some one a certain way, but this felt real to me. The stories felt real. The quotes felt real. EJ sounds like a great person and a passionate coach. The only question is whether he has the ability to turn a young, inexperience team into a tough, disciplined team -- something Tony DiLeo and Mo Cheeks failed to do. Whether you love Eddie Jordan, or hated the hiring, this is a must read.
They also said Jordan is addicted to basketball. A few even sounded slightly worried, as if Jordan suffers from an affliction they narrowly escaped.
76ers' Royal Ivey declines option | Philadelphia Inquirer
Now the question becomes: do the Sixers re-sign Ivey or do they let him walk? Ivey was one of the Sixers best perimeter defenders last season, but is he really worth more than the one million dollars he opted out of? Right now I'm undecided on what the Sixers should do. I think a lot of it depends on whether or not Andre Miller returns and who they draft.
Sixers Draft Central via CSN Philly
Lynam: A Look Back at the 17th Pick
Dei Lynam looks at the history of the 17th pick.
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Miller's gone
It’s gonna be Lou and our draft pick at the point, and we’ll sign a veteran point (probably Kevin Ollie for the 9th time) for minimal minutes. I hate the idea that Dei brings up in her article that rookies can’t come in and produce right away. In the past two seasons we’ve gotten decent production out of our rookies, Young and Speights (and Jason Smith contributed) , so I decided to take a look at guards that produced in their rookie years. I barely scratched the surface with this stuff so it is not by any means scientific. Here is a list of players since we drafted AI in ’96 that accrued over 9 points and 4 assists in their rookie seasons:
Allen Iverson
Stephon Marbury
Brevin Knight
Jason Williams
Andre Miller
Mike Bibby
Chauncey Billups
Steve Francis
Tony Parker
Jamaal Tinsley
Kirk Hinrich
Dwyane Wade
Deron Williams
Raymond Felton
Chris Paul
Brandon Roy
Mike Conley, Jr.
DJ Augustin
Mario Chalmers
OJ Mayo
Derrick Rose
The last 4 are from this past draft. So it is clearly not unheard of, seeing as 21 guards have done it in the past 13 years. Our mock has 10 point guards going in the first round (not including Tyreke Evans, who will be a shooting guard at the next level), so it is reasonable to think that a couple of them can post solid numbers running the point in a Princeton-style offense, which is less of a burden than most. I would be very confident with Flynn, Lawson, or Maynor running our offense from day 1 next year.
Barring a trade of Bill Green, however, at this point it would appear that Lou Williams (gag) will be the starting point guard opening night. A lot can change until then, so we’ll have to wait and see. Draft night only 9 days away.
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Draft a point.
nbadraft.net has us taking Chase Budinger. Ugh.
It seems like the 76ers are in PG no mans land. Jennings, Curry, Teague, Flynn will all be off the board by 17. But it’ll be too early to make a run on guys like tony douglass, patrick mills, darren collison etc.
Ty Lawson could be a decent option if he’s around. Otherwise I wonder if the sixers will think about moving either up or down.
by JeterDrinksWineCoolers on Jun 16, 2009 11:56 AM PDT reply actions
NBA Draft net is a useless piece of crap for mocks when it’s this far out – no one ese has the sixers taking budinger – most mocks are settled on maynor.
Maynor projects higher than lawson and there’s some question about lawsons adjustment to the NBA playing in the UNC system which is not NBA friendly under roy williams.
That being said – anyone who thinks that the 17th pick in the NBA draft s starter ready – well that ain’t likely
"Someone created the box score," Morey says, "and he should be shot."
Blocked shots — they look great, but unless you secure the ball afterward, you haven’t helped your team all that much.
by jemagee on Jun 16, 2009 12:22 PM PDT reply actions
From eerything i’ve read and seen – i prefer maynor
"Someone created the box score," Morey says, "and he should be shot."
Blocked shots — they look great, but unless you secure the ball afterward, you haven’t helped your team all that much.
by jemagee on Jun 16, 2009 12:59 PM PDT up reply actions
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