Marc Stein is reporting there are
talks ongoing between the Sixers, Kings and Celtics regarding a three-team deal that would send Sam Dalembert packing. We'll take a look at the specifics and break the trade down after the jump.
Here's a look at the proposed players, where they'd be headed and their contracts:
To Philly:
- Tony Allen - $2.5M (expiring)
- Brian Scalabrine - $3.4M (expiring)
- Kenny Thomas - $8.775M (expiring>
To Sacramento:
- Sam Dalembert - $12M + trade kicker ($12.9M next season)
To Boston:
- Andres Nocioni - $7.5M ($6.85M, $6.65M, $7.5M Team Option for the next three seasons)
Cap implications:
Philadelphia
- This season's current cap number: $63,376,460
- Cap number if trade went through: $66,039,559
- Next year's cap number without trade: $66,363,607 (plus first-round pick)
- Next year's cap number w/ the trade: $53,450,784 (plus first-round pick)
So there you go. This move would leave the Sixers would cost the Sixers a little more than $2.6M this season, prorated, so roughly $2.4M. It would save them $12.9M next season and drop their cap number down to about $53M with 10 players under contract, plus their first round pick. Most likely, they'll still be up against the salary cap at that figure, possibly over it, but they would have enough wiggle room to use the full MLE without going over the luxury tax threshold.
Comedy Factor
If you think the idea of having the bloated Brian Scalabrine suddenly become a huge part of the rotation in Philly because he "gets after it" and "can really shoot the ball" and "just gets the Princeton offense" would be the funniest part of this deal, you'd be wrong. The funniest thing about this deal would be the worst contract Billy King handed out as the Sixers GM coming home to roost in Kenny Thomas, and what would the Sixers trade for it? The second-worst contract King doled out. You just don't get the opportunity to see things come full circle like that very often.
On The Floor
The Sixers would immediately go from a team that should at least be passable on defense (I think they should be much better than that, but whatever), to a team that simply can't compete defensively. The ruse of defense actually mattering on an Eddie Jordan team will finally be abandoned and Jordan will finally have the personnel to match his philosophy. No more minutes for guys who don't prefer to shoot 20-footers early in the shot clock.
Allen is out indefinitely with ankle surgery, Scalabrine is recovering from an ankle sprain and Kenny Thomas has played a total of 67 minutes in 5 games of action so far this season.
Likelihood
Sacto seems pretty desperate for a shot-blocking center, they've also been rumored to have interest in Emeka Okafor. Dalembert carries less risk, and most likely less reward than Okafor, and they could also get out from under Nocioni's contract. Boston has been rumored to be interested in Nocioni for some time now. Adding Nocioni will also have the added benefit of immediately filling the "gritty white guy" quota, since Scalabrine will be on his way out. I assume Nocioni would immediately start shooting 40% from three with the second unit.
This deal hinges on Sacramento being willing to take a chance on Dalembert. If they really want him, I don't see any reason why the deal wouldn't happen.
Should It Happen?
If I was Ed Stefanski would I pull the trigger on this deal? Well, that depends on what he thinks of this year's team. If he believes this season is toast, sure, you pull the trigger immediately. Even if you aren't going to use the cap space next summer, saving $12.6M and change over the next two seasons is meaningful when your team is last in the league in attendance. Dumping Sammy may also lead to a few more losses and a higher draft pick. You can probably rationalize the move by saying Sammy would've never fit into Eddie Jordan's system, plus he asked for a trade next year. In short, you can cover your ass.
If, on the other hand, you want to win games, you don't make this trade. In no way would the Sixers be better off, talent-wise, if this trade were to go through. The Sixers are already extremely thin in the front court, and you're trading your only bonafide post defender and shot blocker for nothing.
There is a third option which could make the move palatable. You're dismantling the roster. As soon as you're done making this move, you're on the phone shopping everyone and anyone with the hopes of getting far enough under the cap this summer to make a move for LeBron/Wade/Bosh. This path has two added benefits, (1) You can entirely rebuild the roster to fit the "Jump shooters who can't defend" Eddie Jordan prototype. (2) You can position yourself for a high lottery pick. Of course, with a decimated roster and a coach who successfully turned a good defense into one of the worst, the odds of landing one of the premier free agents are somewhere between none and not a chance in hell.
Couple this deal with a deal sending Thad Young, Lou Williams and Elton Brand to Houston for Tracy McGrady and you might be in decent shape heading into next summer. A core of Iguodala and Speights in place (Jordan is still here, so Jrue is still buried on the bench), plus a high draft pick, plus roughly $20M in cap space. Looks good on paper, not so great when you wind up with a consolation prize in free agency.
I'm still trying to figure out how we went from a team on the rise to a joke considering a fire sale, but here we are. Thoughts in the comments, as usual.
Brian,
there is no way i trade Thad so soon. Does McGrady have a monster expiring deal in the next couple of years? Trading Thad just to get rid of Brand makes me sick to my stomach. Thad is going to be good, we just need to wait him and Speights out.
McGrady expires this year
Not saying I'd do it, but if trading Brand becomes the priority, I don't see how they could possibly get it done if they didn't include either Speights, Thad or Iguodala. And if Dalembert does get moved in a deal like this, I'd be shocked if they didn't immediately start shopping Brand hard.
Management is definitely not happy about stadium revenues so I could see them raising the white flag this year. But who would want to come here as a free agent? It's a flawed plan. But it maybe better than the status quo.
The sixers would be idiots to get rid of thad or mareese. those two represent the current future of this franchise
I mean, getting rid of sam would be awesome but does it make em bad enough for a top 5 pick and can it get done without giving away picks. I mean - the worst contract/player in the deal is Sam...
As far as the cap implications, meh, I'm with tk76 - the sixers won't use this money to do anything they'll just be farther away from the luxury tax, that's all.
Well there's nothing to be done when you're just at the salary cap. They'd have Kapono and Willie as expirings if no other move was made, so maybe they could work some kind of sign & trade, but that's unlikely. My best guess is that they'd overpay for some MLE guy or do nothing.
As for a top five pick, I still don't think it's likely. Iguodala's too good and Jordan can't submarine this team to that degree unless they make more changes and/or face more injuries.
My best guess is that they'd overpay for some MLE guy or do nothing.
and I'd say it's 90:10 against overpaying for some MLE guy...like I said, I see this as the beginning of the end...
Well, I mean, what's preferable. Signing a middling vet PG for the MLE or saving that money and playing Jrue?
Well if you trade sam for scraps you don't really have a starting center :)
This team has needs, and a back up PG ain't it
How about Trading Lou, Green and Kapono and keeping Thad. That would leave us with 16M in capspace + Holiday, Iguodala, Young, Brand, Speights, Smith + the upcoming 1st rounder. An interesting team for a FA if you ask me. Lou should draw some interest with his play so far.
Perhaps the bulls are interested. They are thin at the 2 and 3.
I think the Bulls make a run at LeBron this summer, or Bosh. Chicago is still a premier destination for free agents.
Honestly, I don't see Lou + Willie + Kapono getting you anything in the way of expiring contracts. One of the good young players will need to be involved, IMO.
Yeah that's the problem. I would put Smith and a future 1st rounder in it but not Thad. That's way to high of a risk to have nothing in the end.
future first plus jason smith has nowhere NEAR equivalent value of Thaddeus young
Sorry folks, but if Comcast saves money over the long haul, I see it going directly in their pocket. I expect this is the end of Comcast trying to field a competitive team and moving towards the clipper method of fielding crap but being profitable. It's a recession, and Comcast needs to bolster its numbers anyway it can...and the sixers will suffer for this because they don't have the loyal fan base the flyers have.
Corporations should be banned from sports team ownership
I'm not sure how much this has to do with corporate owners. I mean, Snider basically wrote Stefanski a blank check two summers ago. He let him hire his guy to coach the team, and now they're dead last in attendance. I think a lot of owners, regardless of who/what they are, would be looking to trim the payroll back down under these circumstances. Most would probably be looking for someone else to make the basketball decisions as well.
I don't know how much patience people are going to have. Jordan seems to be running out of patience with these darn players who don't get after it. He's got to be hearing it from Stefanski, who's hearing it from above as well. Making trades to reduce payroll probably buys some time for everyone involved. At least they're paying less to have 10,000 people in the seats. I don't know that you can blame the owner when he did open the checkbook to pay for a winner, and this is what he got in return.
I blame the owner for taking to long to jettison Iverson when it was clear this team wasn't going anywhere after 2002 after the rat left, I blame the owner for taking to long to fire the clearly incompetent Billy King when most of the people who cover the NBA knew he was an utter moron.
2 summers ago we weren't in a recession, 2 summers ago is not now...the sixers didn't make more than a one year offer to anyone this off season due to luxury tax fears, I doubt they're going to change that modus operandi anytime soon...if/when brand is traded for pennies on the dollar, i guess we'll knwo
Yeah, I'm not disagreeing, but what I'm saying is that we are where we are right now because of the summer when he opened the checkbook, regardless of Comcast's bottom line (their share price is about 40% down since the Brand signing). I mean, this summer was there really a move they could've made that would've made basketball sense? Was there anything they could've done that wouldn't have been throwing good money after bad? There are much worse owners out there, look at the Suns if you don't believe me.
There are much worse owners out there, look at the Suns if you don't believe me.
Whose future looks brighter right now - the suns or the sixers?
They realized Shaq was a mistake and traded him when they could have gotten value for him - trading for him was dumb - admitting the mistake and not forcing it longer - smart - sixers kept Iverson too long, will keep brand too long, kept sam too long, kept willie too long, kept miller too long.
Suns pre-empted Nash on the open market because they think he still has some years left and kept him and possibly make Amare happier, but DONT re-sign amare until they see if he's fully back from eye damage (see how seeing if a guy can play first before offering him a lot of money works mr stefanski?)
You aren't going to convince me that Suns ownership is better than Sixers ownership...firing D'antoni was am istake - but they know the mistake they made and have attempted to rectify it.
PS - Kate Fagan shoots down Sacramento rumors
The Suns should really have a dynasty right now, and they would if they hadn't been selling draft picks to save money and spending money on the wrong players.
Simmons has a blurb on the Suns, here's a brief recap:
In summer 2004, they had the #7 pick in the draft (Chicago took Deng with the pick, Iguodala was also available). They old the pick to chicago, straight up, for $3M. Then they signed Q. Richardson for $42M/6 years. The next year, they traded Q and their first rounder for Kurt Thomas who they later paid Seattle to take off their hands, along with 2 first round picks, simply to shed the salary. That's 4 first round picks gone for absolutely nothing. Even the $3M they got from the Bulls was immediately blown on Q's contract.
That's just one of like 5 equally disturbing anecdotes about Sarver and the Suns front office from that chapter.
But if you want to talk about the future, you've got Grant Hill and Nash, who are both older than dirt, and Amare who (a) is a huge problem and wants to get out of Phoenix and (b) even when he's happy and healthy, he gives up about as much on defense as he gives you on offense. Who else on that team is even significant enough to mention? Frye? Barbosa? The lesser Lopez? The lesser Griffin?
Yeah, Tom Moore and the Sacto Bee shot it down too.
The Suns should really have a dynasty right now, and they would if they hadn't been selling draft picks to save money and spending money on the wrong players.
I don't think so, I don't believe that D'antoni's system will win a title regardless of rosters due to the change in officiating in the playoffs...don't ask me why.
I must admit, using Bill Simmons as a source does not add credence to any argument
Just using the facts he laid out, which are facts. Sarver paid part of Thomas' salary, gave Seattle two first round picks just to get under the luxury tax. If/when Snider does anything even remotely that damaging to the Sixers maybe I'll agree with you. And that's just one example. Selling the #7 pick for $3M?
Keeping on Billy King too long
Keeping Iverson too long
Refusing to pay more than one years salary to avoid the luxury tax even on players they thought they were interested in
Those weren't damaging to the sixers?
There are dumb basketball decisions, then there are financial decisions, which serve no basketball purpose at all, that kill the team. Just a straight, "This is going to hurt my team, but it will save me money." That's the entire reason for the move. Snider hasn't done anything like that to the Sixers, Sarver has to the Suns.
You mean like refusing to offer anyone more than a one year deal in the off season so you could avoid paying the luxury tax?
You mean financial decisions like that?
OK, but for whom? Who did they lose because of that? Signing Miller for three years didn't make basketball sense. The only other guy they officially had an offer out to was Hakeem Warrick, who signed for 1 year, for less money, elsewhere. CJ Watson was a restricted free agent who wasn't going anywhere.
These two things aren't even remotely the same thing. Being frugal and not making moves (which when you think about it, thank God they didn't overpay some vet to come in here for this mess. They'd be in the same spot they are now, just with another untradeable contract on the books), to intentionally making your team worse, selling off important assets, from contending teams no less, simply to save money.
I mean, he had to pay money and give up two first rounders just to get someone to take Kurt Thomas. That's how much more important getting under the luxury tax was than winning.
"I must admit, using Bill Simmons as a source does not add credence to any argument"
No, but using his argument does.
Look at the argument, not the person making the argument. Argue the statements he makes, not Bill Simmons.
Using an Ad Hominem attack doesn't add credence to your argument.
Oh my god this is so depressing.
I'm already grappling with watching these stupid rotations and trying not to turn off the games...
We are so screwed.
Brian, that handle of yours is apropos for our sixers nowadays.
Sigh
So pointless sometimes
http://blogs.mercurynews.com/kawakami/2009/11/17/elliswarriors-situation-set-to-hit-full-boil-at-thursday-meeting-trade-inevitable/
Just for the helluva it
http://games.espn.go.com/nba/tradeMachine?tradeId=yklz6jn
The link isn't working. Trade machine doesn't factor in Sammy's trade kicker ($3.5M I read somewhere today).
Sam + Thad for Monta + Azubuike might work. It'd be close.
Stupid link
It was sam and thad for monta and george (salary fit and only a one year deal)
not sure if the realgm trade machine handles kickers either.
Wow! Trade talk in November! What a strange season this is.........................................
Sixers have been trying to trade Sam for over 6 months
I'd be skeptical of trading Sammy for no big man in return but it is a top-heavy draft for bigs. So if the Sixers want to tank to draft a big man this is the year to do it.
*then again, Eddie Jordan doesn't play rookies.
Why would we want Monta? Is a two guard something this team needs?
Well, the question is whether we're a better team with Monta/Iguodala or Iguodala/Thad at the 2/3. It's debatable, and if Thad was showing more on the boards and on defense, I'd lean toward the latter, but I think Ellis and Young are similar in that they're unconventional scorers who can create their own shots, Ellis is just better at it. And maybe better than Thad will ever be. If this trade was offered, I'd like it a whole lot better than the Kenny Thomas trade. I'd probably pull the trigger. Ellis just turned 24, so it's not like he's old, and his contract is flat ($11M/year for the next three).
I'd love it if he could extend his range to the three, and honestly, he's a slasher, just like AI9 & Lou. But still, he's an upgrade over Thad IMO.
What he said...it's a 'now' versus 'later' thing - with Igouodala you only have so many years...plus if Jrue evolves like I think he will you've got Jrue and Monta in your back court next year, and Iguodala at the 3...and lou back on the bench where he belongs being a 'super' sub at the 1 and 2...
a few points:
1. Monte would be EJ's new Hibachi, both good and bad.
2. Really want the Sixers to give Iguodala/Thad a fair trial run at SG/SF. I still think they could develop into the leagues best 2/3 combo... but if they don't fit you have to trade one.
-That's what bothers me about the proposed roster change (bench Brand and start Carney.) Moving Thad back to PF just delays for another wasted year finding out whether Iguodala/Young have a future, because Thad does not have a future as a stating PF on a good team (unless he is next to Shaq/Howard type of superman C.)
Yup. Years 1-3 of Thad's career, mostly wasted playing the wrong position. Year 1 of Jrue's career, probably a wash for the most part due to no playing time. AI9 pretty much heading into the prime of his career, maybe the next 4 seasons, and will the rest of the "core" mature during that time period? Not if they keep pushing the clock back on them.
Ellis is a perfect fit next to Jrue and Thad MAY become a stud but Ellis already seems to be there.In fact Ellis may be the best #1 scoring option we ever get to put with Iggy.If a package of L.Will., Thad and [Willie?] was to get Ellis I would hold onto Sam and give this group a shot for 2 years.
I have a feeling the Warriors will look first for talent, second for contracts that expire this season, and then third for contracts that expire next season. The Sixers could offer the first and third, but they don't have any contracts that expire this year.
To get Ellis they'd need to put together around $9M in contracts to send to GSW. Willie, Lou and Thad would equal that, although I'm not sure they'd want Lou. Kapono and Thad would equal it too. I think they're going to look for a better return first, though. Thad would be a nice upgrade for them on the wing, this would be a solid starting five, if they'd ever use it.
Curry, Morrow, Thad, A. Randolph, Biedrins.
Would you include a #1 if you thought Ellis could be a #1 scoring option? We still would be hurting 3 pt. shooting wise though.
I would not include a #1 - that's why I included thad in my trade
Yea, I wouldn!t either, but getting Iggy a top flight wingman is intriguing.
It would seem ridding itself of Nelson and getting a bigname coach to mold its talent would be Gold. St.!s best move.
Getting rid of Nelson wouldn't be enough - that franchise is pretty much the raiders of the NBA - they need new ownership and a clean sweep
Ed Stefanski is a blooming idiot! Let me say that again..
Ed Stefanski is a blooming idiot! There, I feel a little bit better. I knew Elton Brand was a bad idea. I wanted Josh Smith which I believe the Sixers could have had if they had the brains.
Now we are back to a rebuilding stage. We've been rebuilding for 8 yrs. What bad management, what a bad team. The only person in the Sixers organization that knew anything about basketball was Andre Miller and they let him go. I would have kept him till he no longer could play and made him the coach. This revolving door of players and coaches is getting really old.
With the economy why would anybody pay to see this circus?
We could easily have had a starting line up of Josh Smith (moved to center) Speights (PF) T. Young (SF) Iggy (Shooting guard) and Andre Miller (PG)
A good young team with a veteran at the helm.
Instead we have this trash.
Ed Stefanski is a blooming idiot! There...if I say that 1,000 more times I may feel better.
I wanted Josh Smith which I believe the Sixers could have had if they had the brains.
No - they couldn't have - the hawks would have matched - and everyone knew it - why do people constantly try to rewrite history?
And there were very few people who bad mouthed the brand signing at the time - no on predicteed doom and gloom no one predicted another season ending injury.
If we can look beyond the fact that Jordan has held him out of crunch time minutes, and is now benching him, I think Brand has actually started to look a little better recently.
We may never get a chance to see if he's all the way back, but perhaps 10 games wasn't a fair evaluation period for a guy who had missed 120+ games over the past two seasons. Just a thought.
uhm...no the hawks wouldnt have matched if the Sixers offered him Elton Brand type money.
Stefanski single handedly ruined this franchise for the next 5 years by not doing his due dilligence and signing brand. He continues to ruin it by bringing in Eddie Jordan...a coach who the players dont really buy into and in addtion the sixers dont have the personnel to run the offense effectivelt(u see jason kidd or Gilbert Arenas on this roster ? nope...me either)
Go work on your tan some more douchebag !
Smith was a restricted free agent, they couldn't have offered him the same contract they offered Brand, who was unrestricted. There are specific rules which intentionally make it virtually impossible to sign a restricted free agent away from his team unless his team really doesn't want him. There's no way Smith was coming to Philly, the Hawks wanted him back.
The Jordan hiring I'm not going to defend.
Ed Stefanski inherited a ruined franchise.
Ed Stefanski did not sign Sam Dalembert or Willie Green to crappy contracts...he signed Lou Williams and Andre Iguodala to reasonable contracts, he made smart moves to clear cap space for Brand who suffered an unfortunate injury and thus everyone (including the coaching staff) is ready to write him off.
What 'doomed' this franchise is bringing in the wrong coach...a smart coach, a flexible coach, one who will run a system to maximize his assets not the otherway around.
All this retroactively being against the Brand signing is ridiculous - it's worse than when everyone was positive about the webber trade and then started to realize what a horrible idea it was (on the court)
"All this retroactively being against the Brand signing is ridiculous - it's worse than when everyone was positive about the webber trade and then started to realize what a horrible idea it was (on the court)"
Not to engage in personal attacks, but people like you are what's wrong with sports blog comment sections. You're an intelligent person, but you don't seem to get that the point of following basketball isn't to have a "who would make the best armchair GM" contest where the scoring's based on who was right about what first. Nor is it such a valid argument to say, "people thought a move was wise at the time, ergo, all the criticism of it now must be based on hindsight." For instance, I'm someone who thought Webber and Brand were good moves. I came to realize that Webber was a mistake and I've come to realize the same is true of Brand. Is there something wrong with that? I'm not a general manager, I'm a fan, a fairly dispassionate one, but still a fan, and when my team brings in some big name I tend to be optimistic about it. It's the GM's job to be a realist and look at the track records of big men who missed major time to major injuries. If I were a fan of some other team, I probably would've thought that we were giving way too much money to a guy whose health was hugely questionable, or in Webber's case, trading for a guy who was athletically shot and whose continuing success was a product of an offense uniquely tailored to his skills. As it was my team, I wanted to believe they were good moves. Maybe if the people changing their minds about Brand were analysts you'd have reason to complain, but we're not; we're just fans.
I agree, to a point, but we aren't just talking about Sixers fans. We're talking about every analyst, at least two GMs of other teams who wanted to sign Brand (possibly more). Stefanski didn't go out on a limb to sign Brand, he was the best available player at a position of need and everyone thought it was an unbelievable signing at the time. It hasn't worked out that way, up to this point (there's still plenty of time), but I do have a problem with people suddenly saying it was a defining mistake and he should've known better. You're basically asking the guy to be omniscient. Brand came back the following season and played relatively well, he was 28 at the time and it wasn't unreasonable to think that this one freak injury would be a blip and he'd be productive throughout his career.
The scenario you're painting here is perhaps like if the Sixers had spent that money on Arenas. As Sixers fans, maybe we would've been psyched about the move when it happened (some would have, some wouldn't), but it wouldn't have been universally hailed as a great move. There would've been dissenting voice, and quite loud ones. That simply wasn't the case with Brand. So if you want to blast Stefanski, by all means, go ahead, but just realize you're holding him to a higher standard than about 99% of professional basketball analysts and front office personnel.
For the record, I had blinders on when we traded for Webber, but in hindsight, that move didn't really harm the franchise at all. In fact, the trade cleared Kenny Thomas' contract off the books, what, 3 years ahead of schedule. It was a last-ditch effort at pairing Iverson with a big who could actually do something on offense, I've often wondered if that combo would've worked had they both been in their prime.
1) I would do the trade with GSW if Azubuike is in it;
2) This team would be SO much better off with Thibodeau coaching it, IMO...the team is still young enough to get them to buy into a defensive mind-set, and you could probably get the best out of Brand in a more simple, grind-it-out approach to things.
The Jordan hiring has simply farked this team beyond repair.
I'm the only one who wonders why two years in a row the 'hottest' assistant hasn't gotten a coaching job? You can't just say no to an NBA job can you?
I'm assuming he just blows these interviews. Can't come up with anything else that makes sense. I would say it's a bias against taking chances, lack of creativity by GMs maybe, but Rambis did get hired.
I used Thibodeau as an example because there was no flipping way that Comcast was going to shell out the $$$ to bring someone like, say, JVG in here...Jordan came with 1) a prior working relationship with Easy Eddie (definitely not a guy who was going to be hard for Eddie to handle), and 2) a SWEET $2 million subsidy from the Wizards (and you KNOW the ROberst boys and Snider liked that).
I have no clue if Thibodeau would have worked out...no body of work to judge...but it is hard to imagine that he would be worse than what we've seen out of Jordan - yes?
Brian...as I recall some team offered Josh Smith like 55 million or some real low offer like that...the Sixers may not have had the opportunity to give him brand money but a hell of a lot more than 55 million. Maybe....MAYBE the hawks would have matched. If you recall they had other players to pay as well as future contracts they would need cap room for. Now the Brand signing I was all for...BUT...we were all assuming that everyone on the sixers and their medical team did their due dilligence.
From game ONE you could see Brand did not have that explosiveness that he had before. This tells me that they jumped the gun and blew it without really taking the time to find out if this guy was the old Elton or just a shell. Now wew are stuck with a 85 million dollar bench player...one mistake like that sets the franchise back years...and the Eddie Jordan mess sets it back a few more after that...I will tell you now. Brand will NEVER be an impact player for the Sixers, and Eddie Jordans system will never work on this team, with these players. I expect him to be replaced in the next 18 months, with any luck it will be in the next 3 months when the Sixers are 11-28.
You really think they'll win 7 of their next 29? :)
Iguoldala is the last player i would want as your best player. Lou williams is not a point guard. There is no way anyone would trade for him. 10 points a game...Is that a joke? one thing to say PICK UP IVERSON GET SOMEONE THAT CAN TAKE OVER A TEAM.
Under normal cirumstances I would declare you insane...but to be honest....picking up Iverson may not be a bad idea for attendance sake. Sixers are oneof the worst 10 teams in the league...what have you got to lose ?