>>what is really obvious is how desperate Sixer fans
are. 
>This
>>"process" that's been pushed off on y'all is
just a cover up
>>for incompetence and the fact that the Sixers cannot
attract
>>any free agents of note...
>
>Free agency is a horrible way to build a team. Who other
than
>Miami has had any success doing it that way? Don't give me
>shit about Shaq because that was pre-salary cap anyway.


yeah, free agency is a horrible way to build a team from the
perspective of a team that doesn't get any free agents signed.
 I'm not talking about big names.  You get those
infrequently...but I'm talking about affordable signees who
can play and contribute to your team making the playoffs. 
Getting players to fit a profile or a program..that is if you
have a program or a profile. 




>
>And it's especially laughable since Philly has not even
tried
>that avenue, they have literally zero interest in it. Yet
here
>you are criticizing Houston (Howard signing) and them in
the
>same breath damn near. 

uh...ain't nobody talking about Houston..you brining them
up....

the Rockets put a plan together to get players that will help
them make the playoffs...and that's what they did.  I will say
I appreciate them cutting Tarik Black so they could sign Josh
Smith.  


n more laughable is this whole
>"HAHAHAHA YOU CAN'T SIGN FREE AGENTS" schtick
when the Lakers
>are wining and dining every guy on the market and only to
have
>Melo, Aldridge, et al spray fart in Mitch Kupchak's prime
rib
>and stick him with the bill for their valet parking. The
>Lakers are TRYING AND FAILING to sign FAs. Philly is not
even
>dabbling in that market and why should they? Let's say we
>pursued Melo or Aldridge, guys in their late 20s who have
not
>won as centerpieces. That would be the definition of
insanity,
>trying the same thing over and expecting a different
result.
>We don't want to be "OK" anymore, we were
"OK" for a long time
>and it was just a tease. If you look at it, take away the
>outright financial move of signing Kobe to dupe the fans
for a
>bit, the Lakers are taking a similar approach. Building
>through the draft and some shrewd trades, they just have a
bit
>different business model regarding the latter and a little
>less aggressive mindset.


We pursue big name free agents because we can.  Because they
have an interest.  But I'll take the Bass signing....I'll take
the Lou Williams signing...I'll take signing Upshaw
undrafted....I'll take getting Tarik Black off of
waivers....I'll even take signing Jabari Brown and Dwight
Buycks....  Nick Young's signing wasn't bad, because either
he'll contribute or he has some trade value....  signing guys
that didn't lock us in like hill, davis, wes, price helped us
easily upgrade and replace them in 1 offseason


but lets talk about Melo and Dwight...

Are the Lakers better off right today with or without Carmelo
locked in to a long term contract??

Are the Lakers better of right today either having Dwight
Howard locked in to a max deal for years to come, OR having
Roy Hibbert being in the last year of his contract right
today???


as much as people tried to clown the Lakers for missing out on
those guys, in both cases right today they are better off if
they had signed either one.  

That's what I'm saying...

We're not in the same boat...

We're in the room with the top free agents, and when we don't
get them..we still end up in an advantageous spot moving
forward...

THAT is what you call a strategy...and a process....


>
>>but back to Okafor-kandi....  if you've actually
watched the
>>pre-season...he looks slow..he's gotten outworked on
the
>>boards by much lesser players and not being a real
forceful
>>finisher is going to be a problem with the back free
throw
>>shooting..
>
>This is not the "preseason." This is the
pre-pre-season. It's
>not even foreplay, it's heavy petting on the dance floor.
I
>don't know about you but I can still play real basketball
and
>my penis actually works, so I don't spend my summer on
such
>irrelevant things. You are telling me that a 19-year-old
>7-footer is not a finished product. I didn't need to waste
>hours of my life to figure that out. He will be a better
pro
>than Russell, quote me on that, though Russell will have a
>stronger immediate impact IMO. Okafor has a lot of tools
and
>you're just going out of your way to sell him short. No
one,
>least of all me, claimed he was Shaq or Moses. You are
just
>making this shit up. I think his potential is closer to
like
>Marc Gasol than those guys, and I'd be very happy with
that.
>


You need to tell B. Shelly and Frank that shit...lol.  That
was more directed at them...

Frank made claims about Okafor that basically said he was
going to do things coming in that only Moses and Shaq did. 
That debate between he and I is still around here somewhere. 
And B just said that after 2 summer league games it's
"obvious" Okafor is better than Russell...

so like I said, go talk to ya boys ...