“Since Young is shooting 58.2 percent and has been better than either Nocioni or Kapono since the day he entered the league, I find this more than a bit curious.”

Thad’s great if what you want is scoring, but that’s all he brings. He doesn’t rebound well, is non-existent on D, and isn’t a playmaker for others. He doesn’t shoot the three well. Nocioni plays D and hits outside jumpers. He is capable of making a pass. That’s why he’s in there. At this point, he brings more to the table in terms of having a complete game than Thad does, although Thad would likely put up more points with the same minutes.

Nope. Hollinger is right, Speights should be getting more than 20 min. per game on this roster. That he and Thad have to fight for and earn their points is fine, but when you compare them to the people in front of them, it seems like Doug Collins is a whack job.

Hawes has been playing like crap, but he’s gotten more minute than Speights, in spite of having worse numbers. Until recently, Thad has been in Doug’s dog-house too.

Now that we’ve had Collins for a while, it’s apparent that he has real limitations as a coach. He’s not great with matchups or finding and exploiting one. He claims to hate small ball, but I’ve never seen him even try a front line with Hawes and Speights on a team that often struggles on the boards.

We’ve had a good run lately against teams that lack an inside presence, non- playoff teams, who are worse than the Sixers. Against good teams the Sixers get dominated on the boards, and that’s with Elton Brand doing a very good job. Until Speights or Hawes, actually both of them get minutes, Doug is wasting time.