Sixers Collapse to Grizzlies. Bad teams do this.

I try to look at it positively. At least the sixers won’t mess up and take Derrick Williams with the 6th pick and cause us to be disappointed for the next 3 years.

We’re a team of front runners. Once the fortunes start to go against us in 4th quarters, we (cough, cough) CHOKE.

jrue needs to take blame for them costly turn overs at key points at the end of the game. am so sick of reading the same old story trade iggy to let evan play more and let the youth grow together what team are yall watching because the whole team is young the bench gets more time then some starters so that excuse is getting old then need a trade that true but it’s not that should go yall as writter on this site should write whats really happen and tonite jrue’s turnovers happen and the fact that doug thought this game was over up 21 going into the 4th quarter playing hawes with his bench player was doomed from the start of the 4th quarter so yeah blame doug for this and jrue to and stop with the iggy trade because in the 3rd quarter if it wasnt from him we wouldnt have had a lead to blow like that and we cant be sure how turner going to be if we trade iggy so what we have as a team is what we have we not getting a super star so let that go. we wont get nothing good for iggy if they trade him.last iggy dont take away mins from turner because he plays when iggy is in the game so that excuse is old to get yall facts straight people one guy dont causes a team to lose close games or blow leads like this get off iggy nuts for once and let that man breathe when clearly we need a true center and a true point guard of the bench

These guys lost a complete year under the leadership of Eddie Jordan. They are for the most part young guys who don’t know how to close out games. That is what is evident! Memphis is right around 500 and that is decent considering they are in the west. The sixers have blown multiple games, but at least they are in the games. Who are the veterans on this team? Iggy, Brand, Battie and maybe Williams! Iggy played with A.I. and Andre Miller who both took the ball over at the end of the game . Brand never really played on a consistent winning team. That leaves you with a lot of inexperienced guys when it comes to closing games. I am not saying they should not look into moving Igoudola, but they need to get solid returns. Some people make it seem like teams are lining up to take Brand or Iguodala’s contract and give the sixers a decent return. This is wishful thinking!

screw lou williams he is the worst professionial basketball player in the league right now. trade him for a future second round pick

1 game and you guys blow up. i do agree that this team is mediocre but runs happen in the nba. 42 points in a quarter is absurd and any team shouldnt let that happen but the fact is, it happens to every team! and saying craig brackens shouldnt be in the d-league might be the boldest thing ive ever heard

let Lou and Thad train Turner until he can become a beast

Let’s see what Turner would learn from said training:

1. Sit outside the three-point line, dribble the ball until the shot clock winds down, and chuck up an ill-advised shot. Hey, sometimes they go in, and then you look like a hero!
2. Defense is bad. It saps your energy for scoring.
3. Passing is bad. You are the only one you can trust to score.
4. What’s a rebound?
5…need I go on? (Did I seriously just waste time answering that guy? I want those seconds of my life back!)

Turner needs experience, and only experience, and he will be fine. He has started showing signs of being the player everyone hoped he’d be when he was the #2 pick. Admittedly, he didn’t walk in and light the world on fire. Instead, he did what he always has done. Been confused by the increase in the speed of the game, deferred to veteran players, tried to figure out his place on the team. All these things take time. He has the ability. He has shown that he can do a lot of things pretty well. I wasn’t expecting him to walk in here and be Paul Pierce or whoever, although I know a lot of people were. He’s coming along nicely, and the future is not yet written on him, by any stretch of the imagination.

If we’re trading someone, it has to be Iguodala. I’m one of the bigger Iguodala supporters on here, as a player. But I have long recognized that he is the only piece on this roster who has any significant trade value (and even that is questionable, at this point). I want him traded. I just want him traded for the deal that brings back the most rebuilding pieces (young high-upside players and draft picks) they can get. Brand isn’t likely to bring back anything terribly good at this point, despite how reasonably well he’s been playing this season. Brand will be more interesting this time next year, when he starts looking like Elton Brand’s Expiring Contract (assuming a new CBA that looks anything like the current one).

I think that what I want most, from everyone involved, Thorn, Stefanski, and Collins, is an admission that this team needs to be completely re-architected. Iguodala and Brand are not part of the new architecture. They are not one piece away. LeBron James or Kobe Bryant could not make this team a serious title contender. There is not enough depth, not enough talent up and down the roster. This roster has to be melted down. I would love to hear Rod Thorn get up in front of a microphone and say “We are rebuilding from ground up, everyone is available (even Jrue or Turner, for the right deal), everyone is fungible. The players that would like to be part of the future of this team need to stand up and show that they are ready to be part of a serious contender. If they are, they will be on this team. If they are not, they will be on another team.” I would love to see Doug Collins run the young players until they collapse, to find out which of them are part of the problem and which of them are part of the solution. And the ones who are part of the problem should find themselves in another uniform as quickly as possible to put them there.

I’m patient enough to be able to take a long view of things. I don’t need to see great this year, or even next year. What I want to see is focus. Focus on identifying the players who will be part of the winning core. Focus on developing those players, individually and together. Focus on building a winning culture in the locker room. Focus on getting other players, preferably young players with high upside, who will also be part of the winning core. Everyone, players, coaches, and front office personnel, focused on building a winner from the ground up. If you’re not part of the solution, you are part of the problem.

I’m not seeing that focus. What I’m seeing is…I don’t know what I’m seeing. 40-point fourth-quarter collapses on the court to mediocre teams like the Grizzlies. Losing multiple games to horrible teams like the Cadavaliers, Wiz, and Craptors (you can lose once to anyone, it happens). Poor coaching: Unclear rotations. Inconsistent player usage. Lack of emphasis on developing young players (I was calling this one back when they first hired Collins). Inexplicable trust in some players who don’t necessarily deserve it. Poor front-office work: No trade action. No picking up extra picks, or extra young players, or extra cap relief. Poor play: Endless ISOs in critical junctures that make me want to tear my hair out (I don’t have any hair on my head, so you can only imagine how much it hurts to tear out my chest hair…this is why there is a LWHAI), leading to bad shots at the end of the clock. Stupid fouls (I’m looking at you, Jrue Holiday!) and turnovers. Lack of defensive intensity. This is a team with a reputation of being a good defensive team this year. It is inexplicable and inexcusable for them to not play hard on defense. A player has no control over how talented he is. He only has control over how hard he plays. And sometimes, they don’t play hard, or smart. Shall I continue? Pillowy-soft post presence. Did you ever think you would miss Sam? No inside scoring game at all (Brand scores on elbow jumpers, and Hawes doesn’t seem to score at all). Generally poor shot selection.

There is no one associated with this team in any significant way (I am willing to give the towel boy a pass) that is not responsible for how much this team sucks hairy red ass. There are many, many times that I really hate being a fan of this team. I’ve been trying desperately to appreciate that they are young and mostly try hard and are more fun to watch, in general, than they were last year.

But I asked this question earlier in the season, and people didn’t seem to see the question:

“Would you rather have this year’s team (who seems to put out a real effort, and wins some games they probably shouldn’t, but has these aforementioned hair-ripping collapses), or last year’s team, who were listless and just sucked all the way around?”

Think about it again, after last night.

Is the reason I dislike Philly beat writers!!! You think you’re the only one with outrage?? We’ve been watching this club fail time after time, starting with NOT drafting Brad Daugherty!!

Why didn’t you, Levin, tell the 76ers that they needed a center, as they drafted Evan Turner?? Where would the 76ers be had they drafted Cousins instead?? They’d probably be an above .500 club.

There’s no reason to bash this club, it is what it is. They are a hell of a lot better from last season, and I KNOW that they aren’t a playoff club, simply because they cannot win on the road!!!

The 76ers will not improve, until the Ownership and Management of the 76ers improve!! You cannot win with Stefanski, and Thorn in charge of the 76ers!! Iguodala should’ve been moved last season, along with Stefanski. The only one they moved was Eddie Jordan!!!

The Philly sports media is the BIGGEST ENEMY to the Philly Sports Franchises, by FAR!!! It is the Philly Sports Media, who feed the “playoff fires”. When the clubs are going good, the Sports media, is there to lap up the accomplishments, when they do bad, the Philly Sports Media, is there to crucify them!!

You aren’t going to sway the minds of the Philly Sports fans. We are with our club, no matter what they do. Most fans understand why the 76ers haven’t done better, and it starts in the Front Office!! Bringing the wrong players in, players past their prime, not having skilled players at the skill positions, all of that has played a part in destroying what was built up in 1982-1983!!!

We need people like Billy Cunningham, Pat Williams, and Pat Croce BACK in the organization!!! Doug Collins might be able to replace Billy Cunningham, but, we are a LONG WAY AWAY from replacing Pat Williams, and Pat Croce!!!