REASONS WHY YOU DONT PUT TOO MUCH STOCK INTO SUMMER AND PRESEASON

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heres a thought..dont read it then..lol

Mareese speights?

i think some players came thru similar to how they did in preseason: I can name several more, but since i watched the Philly gm. 10-11 shooting was pretty impressive. double digits in first half so it wasnt all junk minutes either. If he wasnt matched up with dwight he may have done more on the glass, etc..

yeah he played very well and carried it over to the regular season.some players do carry it over and some players dont..the ones that do are usually the ones that shows skills int he preseason..good foot work pump fakes etc..the ones that dont are the ones that dont show much skills out side of alley oops and wide open dunks or easy under the basket points where the opposing big men arent playing regular season hard

quincey i read some of your stuff… whats your opinion… Sixers unleashed the entire pay roll (sarcasm) to brand… Speights has crazy upside and honetly should probably start……

A) is brand tradable with that contract and minimum gms played in last 2 yrs
B) start Speights, let brand work his way back thru the bench
C) have to start Brand cause of his pay day, speights remains 6th-7th man..

is brand tradable idts .(

i dont think they can move him either, but the best player has to play… right now Speights gives them the best opportunity to win. Just hard to justify putting that contract on the bench…

i say why not keep both..brand is a pf and speights is a pf that seems to be able to play center.i dont know how he would do for awhole season at center but i think they should try it IF he continues to play this way..for now have him come off the bench and start brand and dalembert and if he can out play dalembart on defense then you start him..if the team can still score with speights comming off the bench then they should continue you do that because right now brand and dalembert are the better defenders..if he consistantly out plays them offensively and esspecially defensively then i say start him..we all know what brand can do so if he is fully healed then let him continue to work his way into the system and into game shape

and im not sure who gives them the best chance too win right now since they got blown away the last game but as far as whats been proven brand as of now gives them the best chance

Mareesee had best PER out of ALL rookies last year in something like 3/4 of season..he just need minutes..
oh man, 2008draft class is so good 🙂

speights is a pf that seems to be able to play center

by play center u mean guard other centers? check out my forum topic Basketball 101: Defending the Low Post with excerpts from REAL NBA PLAYER jason Maxiell and REAL NBA COACH Jeff Van Gundy

It blows ur clich’e heart and hustle nonsense right out of the water lol

Speights has a bad combination of height and strength he can’t defend the low post as efficiently as a
280 lb Kendrick Perkins or an Okafor. Heavier set guys have a better CENTER OF GRAVITY.

Jumping is for blocking shots
rarely will u see a player block a shot one on one unless they have a GOOD height advantage.

Dwight Howard always leaves his man to block a shot if u haven’t noticed
Lebron James is alwayss blocking shots from behind on fast break etc.
Blocks don’t usually happen 1 on 1 in a halfcourt offense

I put STOCK into Seights not being able to play defense lmao

yeah but i never really look at the per because that can be very misleading..a guys averaging 5 points a game in 4 min may look great in the per for alot of reason but it doesnt mean if given the time they would average 30 or something you know

great player on offense tho, I like the Juwan Howard with a bit of Amar’es exxplosive Dunks

Marreese “M-16” Speights should NOT play center. TRADE BRAND!!!

its like the plus minue thing when a player is in the game…durants is one of the worst if not the worst in the nba but miliac is probably higher..does that mean ill take millic over durant..hell naw

also you dont trade a player like brand because a young player played very good for one game..that woul dbe very very stupid..you consider that after seeing the young player play consistantly for the season or half the season then you consider doing that

the 76ers are a MIDDLING team, good enough to make playoffs, too bad to actually win anything
and r FINANCIALLY STRAPPED

any GM with COMMON SENSE will tell u that is the worst place to be in as a franchise

if they trade Brand they have a chance to rebuild through the lottery.

and cap space for 2010 free agency the summer of Lebron and Wade.

Plus if they miss out on combo guard Wade or the versatile Lebron
they stiill have nice defensive pieces like Young and Iguodala they can afford a
defensive liability (!) BOTH financially and on the court
like Bosh or Amar’e or Nowitzki at the PF spot ALL upgrades over Brand

Plus there is no telling who they can draft/trade on draft night they might score a true heavyset Center (like Okafor)
to roundout their frontcourt

Speights would dominate as the second unit scorer

who’s stupid now?

Everything I say has a reason too it, basketball is like a chess game lol
I know more about mismatches in the game than any 18yo sophomore in college
John Wall included, o wait he spent 5 years in HS lol

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you dont trade a player because another has one good game..and if they are finacially strap they are still gonna be taking back the same salary for adifferent player who isnt gonna be as good as brand…that makes sense if speights continues to play well..he had very good games last year also but wasnt consistant..its always smart to wait and see if the player is consitant and it doesnt hurt to hold on to a ood player like brand while you find out..its win win to wait..not win win not to wait if speights shows to be just as inconsistant…understand now?..didnt say you were stupid..said its a stupid idea..why do you think teams dont do that after a player plays liek that after one game?..have you ever seen that happen?

i say trade brand at the deadline for expiring contracts, either way they screwed up for signing Brand
and he WON’T get them past the 2nd round if they even make it that far, Dwight Howard demolishes Speights when he plays center

Brand is JUST NOT GOOD ENOUGH, Speights has nothing to do with it except that Brand can’t play center and so Speights has to

Jason smith will come around. I believe that, he is fairly smooth big man, but might take 15-20 gms to see how hes recovered. Speights is nice and Big O you make a little bit of sense but not too much.. Dwight is dwight.. Name 5 centers in the lg who can stop him? Good luck my friend. Put speights on other centers he might be able to hold his own. I dont see any reason why he couldnt contain a JO, OKafor, etc… Now as far as the Shaqs, Howards of this world… Well thats another story.

Howard and Shaq might be in the 2nd round of the playoffs

now do i make sense lol

I don’t believe in Brand, I used 2 but not anymore

Okafor is a good defender in the post and ur hearing mentions of ALl Star, not that he deserves it IMPO
but that’s just how tight the race is in the NBA

trade for Okafor not that the Hornets would want Brand .(

how would okafor help? okafor / Sammy D? Together, ive heard some retarded ideas but this one tops the charts.. YOu sound like your the old Gm of the knicks.

speights main tain jo?..i dont see it..speights defense is not near his offense right now so he doesnt have the ability to really contain someone..but thats ok because no one can really contain the top big men or a good big man..as long as he doesnt let his man go crazy then he should be alright..yeah the okur trade makes no sense for each side..plus dalembert is already there

well def couldnt contain the old JO, but i doubt the one u saw last night is around for too long… IM a sixers fan but my company has season tickets to the heat down in miami here… i wouldnt mind watching some good b-ball so i hope we see another dose of the JO we saw last night.. he hasnt been anything special since Indiana…

okafor and speights smart one

2 6’10” bigs…. yea, i have to disagree…

76ers are a wreck, call it Elton Brand’s karma for backstabbing the Clippers lol

I say rebuild but OK if u guys r Sooo bright how do u fix the 76ers
otherwise lay off bcuz the sixers (a once proud franchise) r a wreck now

2 6’10” bigs…. yea, i have to disagree…

speights is 6’10
how tall is Elton Brand smart one?

Predraft Measurements
Height w/shoes
6′ 9.5″

OK if i’m retarded but i’m not the one who paid Elton Brand $80 mil or whatever and he can only guard 1 position

has a absolutely huge wingspan, and at least before his injury was perfectly capable of guarding centers.

The preseason and Summerleague are good ways to see who’s who to me. It’s not a “end-all” or anything, but it gives you an idea of what type of player you have. The ones that don’t play good in SL usually are the ones that aren’t polished enough to play right away, and the ones that do are usually more ready for game-time experience (depending on team depth).

The preseason is more for guys fighting to get clock. The established guys and featured players for teams usually don’t go full-throttle in the preseason (and sometimes for a good deal of regular season games) and only try to show off things that they were trying to improve from the season before. But don’t think they aren’t playing at a reasonably high level, where anyone can look good. Because if you suck during preseason and your young, chances are you are going to suck in the regular season.

And Speights does deserve playing time over Brand. He’s outplayed him all off-season, and even though it was only one regular season game, it was against the team that made it to the Finals and against 2 elite defenders in Bass and Dwight Howard and at times Ryan Anderson. It wasn’t like he was lighting up some scrubs. So yes, I would play him over Brand. Now it’s Brand as the weak link in the lineup, and not Dalembert. Ughhhhh, why can’t he just get 100% already?! So until he shows the Elton Brand skills we all know and love, let Speights develop and take Brand’s time.

Dalembert, Brand
I’m starting to REALLY not like Philly 😉

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brand and speights arent the starters you clown lol.. Its brand / Dalembert.. Is dalembert 6’10” or undersized… HUH SMART MAN? LOL. First off Speights success this quickly is special. NO one expected it (HENCE WHY THEY SIGNED BRAND, OK SMART ONE)……. IN hindsight obviously it was not a smart move. can u move brands contract? Im sure New orleans Needs Brand to go with 6’9″ david west… Man your intelligent how’d you come up with that great idea? YOu starting hilton armstrong over there, or you going brand / west.. Obviously that makes no sense…

typo… dalembert is 6’11″//////.. Im insulting you? grow thicker skin…. Being soft wont get you far in life.

respect is a reciprocal, I know when to hold my tongue but ur out of line

Hit enter every now and then so your long post is readable…

I appreciate you take your time to put your points clear, yet it is extremely hard to keep up with everything so jumbled up… maybe your points would come out clearer.

Thanks

elton brands role is rebound and be efficient with the ball,
coach Jordan is telling the media outlets that he might
have to play undersized center to mesh with the team
that would move Dalembert to the bench, that’s their best chance to
win as a team. in the playoffs they might switch to a defensive lineup with dalembert and brand posting up
but right now they need to exploit their quickness