 Sixers Ruin My Vacation
This is the type of loss that can really ruin what was otherwise a pretty good day. I took a couple of pages worth of notes, but I'm going to get this one out of my system as quickly as possible. The Sixers looked tired and flat, the Bobcats looked like a bad team that was extremely motivated to come away with a win.
Thad had his worst night as a pro, Lou looked better but still not as good as he was at the end of last season. I guess looks can be deceiving, because I just checked and Lou was 5/15 from the floor and 1/7 from three. I didn't like Mo's rotations one bit. 4 bench players and Iggy to start the second, 4 bench players and Thad to start the fourth. Both times the Bobcats went on big runs and pretty much put the game away. The Bobcats point guards carried them throughout. Augustin scored 25 and Felton scored 23. The Sixers never tried to use the size mismatches Iguodala and Miller had all game long. Poor planning. That's all I have for tonight. I'll try to get a post up tomorrow with more detail. The Sixers really need to get their shit together, they face Orlando on Wednesday and Boston on Friday, in Boston. I don't want to be looking at a 7-9 record on Saturday morning. Player of The Game: Iguodala Team Record: 7-7
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Man, really hate to see them cough this one up. Look forward to your write up tomorrow. What was Thad doing to look so bad? Trying to handle the ball and turning it over?
Thad didn't really look bad, his shot was just way off. He had at least three wide-open threes, and they just didn't fall. Good shots, had a chance, just rimmed out.
Hey Brian,
I've been away for quite a while and haven't yet had the chance to catch up on your many Sixers posts during this timeframe. However, I've been able to watch all the games and can say two things:
1) Mo still hasn't figured out which rotations work in which situations... and I doubt he ever will.
2) LouWill has regressed. He's a low percentage gunner with bad court vision and substandard passing skills. What this team needs most right now is a highly competent backup point guard and LouWill absolutely isn't it. I can't help but wonder whether Ed's considering a trade. It would probably be for the better if he is.
Lou can't really be traded this year. He can, but according to the CBA, the Sixers would have to take back the entire value of his contract, whereas the team he's traded to could only count half of the contract's value against their cap. It's only an option if you're trading with someone who has cap room to burn, and you're willing to take back 1/2 as much in the package.
6 games away from that 20 game evaluation Brian.
I maintain the Sixers have beaten ONE decent team. Indiana...everyone else was shorthanded or just flat out sucked.
Looking at the schedule..I see the sixers no better than 10-10 although 8-12 would not surprise me. Theres talent on this team....but I am not so sure as a whole it meshes. The sixers are * Mungro-ing just about every team they play.
Mungroing- refers to when James Mungro from the colts rushed for like 200 yards against the Eagles..everyone thought he was going to be great but as it turned out he was just great against the Eagles sucky run defense.
Didn't I say 25 games? I hope so.