Sixers Draft '10: 15%, 4% or somewhere in between?

I officially give up. not only with the sixers, but life in general. that pick would make positively no sense and picking anything besides a player with the highest upside would be ludicrous.

this rant is contingent on us staying in the 6-9 pick range.
Hassan Whiteside should be the choice…if he comes out…which he will even after that article saying he still doesnt know. i would trade Speights instantly. the “red flags” that are often mentioned about whiteside are similar, both in number and sometimes description, to Speights. immature, no dimes. speights, better shooter (…probably. after watching some hassan, he has some touch), but nothing else. Hassan has been compared to marcus camby, which i think is pretty accurate. but id a sprinkle a bit of Bynum in there, especially with the length on offense and defense.

the only other pick id consider is Zahveeay. but where the christ is he gona play with all our 1s, 2s, and 3s o my? yes i referenced Wizard of Oz, thats how ungood our team is. but i think wed have to trade someone…lou, iggy, thad…someone would have to go and there are teams that would take these players, especially if paired with dalemberts expiring.

i think picking Whiteside is the best route and surely will be the most exciting. i feel like it will mirror picking Jrue in that people will criticize claiming other “established” players being the better way to go, then Hassan will start showing some potential and have those same people suddenly not waxing douchetic.

the point is that anything mediocre, like aldrichs potential, will just add to the morass that is the sixer well-being. dull, dark, and emotionally taxing can no longer be tolerated. jrue is already good and obviously has potential, meaning a cause for excitement about watching him play and in a few years possibly running a good team. whiteside, if given the opportunity, can become just as intriguing if not moreso. so when Jrue is entering his 4th year and whiteside would be entering his 3rd, we have a nice little stew going. thats the last year of all other contracts so we could start anew, hopefully with the sixers not presupposing that they HAVE to resign thaddeus to big money..or even decent money. let him go. after the draft picks of those couple years in between and the teams mediocrity, i think we can absorb that non-blow of him leaving even tho i am a fan of his.

so i write a lot and rant all the time. but i just want to see a good/great team, and that wont happen for a while. the only way it will happen is not falling into the trap of collegiate prospect misinterpretation, picking astutely/gettick lucky, and getting rid of the deadwood in the organization. we are a big market believe it or not and who knows what could happen at the end of irrelavent iguodala/brand era.

so drafting whiteside is a clear gamble. but its high risk high reward. its also pragmatic. its not giving up. its being realisitic about the current team’s construction and also building for the future. even if he doesnt pan out, it is the better bet than drafting an aldrich or a damion james. i know ive mentioned this several times already, but also think about what motivates u to watch sixers games. right now, i think its safe to say that its mainly Jrue. who would like to see added to that mix, some other person or Whiteside? hes just the best investment and i think, will show some skills from the jump.

this is not an anti-aldrich post, its anti-delusion. aldrich would fit nicely on a team like the thunder, where he fills a role. on our team, he would fill the role of Bleh or blah or ehhh.

The guy I want, whether it be a reach or not, is James Anderson. He is what the sixers in my mind need, a pure scorer. He can light it up, hopefully like a poor mans Kevin Durant or maybe Rip Hamilton. You can drive the lane, and pass it out to him for the open jumper, and he will hit it. I think he will add a different dimension to the team besides runners/athletic players who aren’t running. When they start running again next yr, he will fit in well.

We will get #2 and draft favors and he turns into Bosh 2.0.

Hopefully I spelled his name wrong. This guy is not going to the Sixers. not with Davis, Whiteside, Monroe still on the board. I assume You put cole’s name up there to stir the pot. It got me fired up. To tell you the truth I would rather have James Anderson, Paul George, or Xavier Henry than Cole Aldrich. If Stefanski is still around to make this pick he would know better than to select another forward/center to come off the bench. Same goes for a new GM making his first pick for the sixers. I have a feeling the sixers get one of the top three spots, can’t promise they make the right call when it’s time to pick.