His value equates to whatever he happened to fetch in trade. I think the Nets got a steal. His value is Trevor Booker. Means he really didnt have much value.



We will see what type of player he turns out to be going forward. Philly blew it.

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Amir Johnson was signed because they had the cap space and he’s considered one of the best veteran/locker room guys in the league. He wasn’t ever expected to contribute much on the court.

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Actually, Trevor Booker is worth Okafor AND a second round pick. Okafor is worth a fraction of Booker.

Get the cap thing but he is the primary backup to Embiid. Those minutes should have gone to Okafor. In the limited minutes that Okafor received he looked much better than Johnson. The Celtics stopped playing Johnson during the playoffs last season because he was horrible. That 11 mil could have been better spent. They need for him to give quality minutes off the bench and he is incapable of doing it.

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TJ McConnell is not that good of a basketball player and he ices Ben Simmons out way too much.

He runs to the ball each and every time. He never defers to Ben Simmons.

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Does this qualify as an "asanine thought"?

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Asinine. And yes, it does.

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Thank you my man. You are a sage and a scholar.

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trust the process

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

This is just too damn easy!

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My guy!

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Booker’s giving them some solid minutes tonight.

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Embiid is the key to this whole thing. 1-6 without him. Simmons is a stud but he is going to have to shoot free throws better. 50% at the line isn't going to cut it. It's definitely not going to cut it for a guy playing the point. I don't care if he ever gets a 3 point shot but he has to get better at the line.

If Embiid is going to be a guy missing 25-30% of his games every year then there no way this thing works.

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ding!

I'll give you a preview: it doesn't work most seasons. It's Bill Walton all over again.

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It's their first year doing this. I don't think Embiid will ever be reliable but Simmons will improve a lot, and they should be able to upgrade the roster around him and Embiid from what it's at now. That Embiid contract is going to hurt though.

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Embiid hasn't proven he can play 75-82 games a year until he does that is just a wasted pick .As for Simmons you should be thrilled another Rondo. Plus the coach Brown showed his inability to coach with a lead

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

Now Simmons is Rondo. First he was a bust. Then he was Yogi Ferrell. Now he is Rondo. At least he is ascending.

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So, to be clear, you think the Sixers won't be good most seasons if Embiid isn't healthy?

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You just shut up wrong on the Sixers wrong on the Thunder wrong on Carmelo......crawl back in your hole.....if you watched Simmons at LSU you would have
known he couldn't shoot....oh yeah Lebron doesn't have game.....shut up

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

They blew it with Okafor and trading potentially 2 top 5 picks for Fultz may be turn out to be the wrong move. Hinkie set them up to be sweet for 8-10 and that dumbass Colangelo is blowing it. It is not even fair to blame the "The Process" since the guy that constructed it is no longer around. Fultz had better turn out or this thing may go South fast.

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It won't go too far south. They'll be up and down this year but even if Fultz sucks and Embiid never stays healthy, they have Simmons. They'll win 50+ games every year they have him starting next year.

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Nov.20th 2016 Sixers .best young talent in the league
Dec 20th 2017 this thing may go South fast

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

I don't even agree with Walt on this but that's funny

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I'm still going to win the bet Gifmeister.

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Simmons won't be enough to carry Philly. They won't be drafting in the top five anymore either. They have to make good on Fultz. Everything hinges on Simmons health of Embiid and Fultz being solid. If that occurs they are in the mix. You love Simmons and I am a big fan. You are going to need more than him though.

I don't have faith in Colangelo either. He is making too many boneheaded moves for me.

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Well, what are we talking here? I think he's good enough to carry them to the playoffs without Embiid. He can't carry them to a title by himself because basketball doesn't really work that way.

But yeah, you need more than Simmons. That's what Free Agency and the draft is for. If you're a superstar free agent, I would have to think Ben Simmons is number 1 on your list of guys you want to play with.

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the Sixers will be just good enough to make the playoffs in the East if Embiid is somewhat healthy. Thereby they miss out on another really good draft possibility and from here on out they're an also ran in the East for the next 3-4 years. I don't consider that to be "good", others might.

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No, I don't consider that good. Obviously I also don't agree with it.

They have Simmons. They have their franchise changing superstar. There should be no more talk of "they miss out on another really good draft possibility". No more tanking.

A healthy Simmons will guarantee 50 wins regardless of the roster around him starting next year. He's just getting his feet wet and can't shoot for shit and he's already dominating.

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