Let's be fair, if Giant Collars wants to be thought of as a major player then he has to turn our assets into a team that vies for titles, because getting us into mediocrity won't make him a major player.

It sounds like BC is really motivated to bring a championship to Philly. That's not a bad thing.

Could have written that article about Billy King when he took over the Nets

I'm sure you can find news people in Philly that really liked BK still as well.

This stuff about Colangelo wanting to make a big move to repair his reputation is concerning, also sounds like Billy King.

recency bias smh

"Flipping a team and making them win in a short period of time is something in the Colangelo blood," LaCava said. "I've seen it. I saw it in 1987 and 1988. I saw it in 1992."

Billy had nicer suits tho

My attempt at a fake trade:

Sixers send Okafor and the Lakers unprotected pick (see below) to Phoenix for Brandon Knight and pick 4.

Sixers send 4, 24, and Noel to the Lakers for 2, backup center Robert Sacre, and removing the protection from their pick next year.

MoBettle wrote:Billy had nicer suits tho

I remember some reporter or other heaping effusive praise on him and even saying he had a future in politics. Don't see it happening with the 2nd half of his Sixers tenure and the whole of the Nets tenure. who knows, though. I will say I appreciate his ability to pull off the rare 4 team trade. not enough of those nowadays.

ashton wrote:My attempt at a fake trade:

Sixers send Okafor and the Lakers unprotected pick (see below) to Phoenix for Brandon Knight and pick 4.

Sixers send 4, 24, and Noel to the Lakers for 2, backup center Robert Sacre, and removing the protection from their pick next year.

ok, sure. that would rule. Sacre is an elite bench hype guy too.

BK only spent 2.5 years out of basketball

I like this one:
Sixers get: Andrew Wiggins
Bulls get: Okafor and 5
Wolves get: Butler & 24

Never happen..I know..

lol

threecount wrote:I like this one:
Sixers get: Andrew Wiggins
Bulls get: Okafor and 5
Wolves get: Butler & 24

Never happen..I know..

Bulls front court of Okafor, Gasol, Mirotic, Taj Gibson, Bobby Portis, Doug McDermott & Mike Dunleavy. lol. would be a disaster.

Doll Is Mine wrote:It sounds like BC is really motivated to bring a championship to Philly. That's not a bad thing.

We all see the things we want to see, don't we?

With those two on board, the best advice many in Phoenix have for fans in Philadelphia is to enjoy the ride. They say that Jerry is eager to assist his son in bringing excitement and respect back to the Sixers - and that he likely will be successful. They have an addiction to establishing and rebuilding franchises.

A daily reminder of this rush is the enormous 2008 Olympic gold-medal ring Jerry still proudly wears for leading a once-broken USA basketball team back to world dominance, after taking over as director in 2005.

"I know that Bryan is smart, efficient," said Tom Van Arsdale, a former Sixers and Suns player who lives in Phoenix. "He knows the game. . . . I would be surprised if he and Jerry don't bring that special feeling back to the Sixers."

The 51-year-old talked on his cellphone, but his eyes remained glued to the action on the court. He's always trying to get the edge on his phone, to discuss options with other team executives. So if that means multitasking while a prospect is working out, so be it.

"Behind the scenes, I assure you that he's the most focused, hardworking guy I ever met," said Tom O'Malley, chief operating officer and general counselor for JDM Partners.

Some read that article as confirmation that the Colangelos will fail with the Sixers.

Maybe they'll succeed, maybe they won't, but at least success is not simply some abstraction with them; a concept we all strive for, but many never achieve. They've known and experienced real success at a high level. It was (and is) easy to predict Hinkie would succeed because he had no track record one way or the other. He was a blank slate, a symbol of something new, different and better onto which we could project anything we liked. The Colangelos are more human, warts and all. Like all humans they've had successes and failures. But by any objective measure they've succeeded in ways most of us can only dream of.

Whether one views their time to come with the Sixers optimistically or pessimistically says a lot more about us than it does about them.

yikes

Bulls get screwed on that

Jfl hitting the sativa

‏@DerekBodnerNBA 1h1 hour ago
Really think this is a strong international class, especially in that 15-40 range. Lot of interesting guys.

this would appear to be a very positive thing for us, with picks at 24 & 26, and BC's fondness for looking overseas for talent.

also,

Chad Ford ‏@chadfordinsider Jun 17
Chad Ford Retweeted Marc Stein
Sixers also got the medical information they were looking for from Simmons camp. That’s huge.

JFLNYC wrote:Maybe they'll succeed, maybe they won't, but at least success is not simply some abstraction with them; a concept we all strive for, but many never achieve. They've known and experienced real success at a high level. It was (and is) easy to predict Hinkie would succeed because he had no track record one way or the other. He was a blank slate, a symbol of something new, different and better onto which we could project anything we liked. The Colangelos are more human, warts and all. Like all humans they've had successes and failures. But by any objective measure they've succeeded in ways most of us can only dream of.

I liked Hinkie's Sphinx like way of dealing with his job. He was out to do one thing and that was to accrue assets which he did. Embiid, Noel and Okafor are as good of a group of young front court players as there is in the league. The same is true of the Sixers draft choices-no organization has the stash that is the equivalent of what Hinkie acquired.
Now we have the Colangelos messing with these pieces in order to prove their worth. I smell a big splash coming and I think that the Sixers will get ripped off. There's too much negative chatter about Okafor and Nerlens. They are kids with flaws is their games but they are talented nine the less. If they were in this draft they'd go top three.
My fear is that BC is going to move one or both of them plus for back court talent that will prove to be mediocre at best. Perhaps it's my perception that until Hinkie showed up, that the Sixers were bent over in trades for decades and that BC will be as well since he's too eager to succeed in order to polish his reputation. Right now I wish that the obstreperous Hinkie was still in charge in order to protect the assets that he amassed.

Another one from Chad:

chadfordinsider
As of right now, Lakers are NOT getting a similar sit down with Ben Simmons.