And Im not very high with all these picks..i want proven players. Building thru the draft may hurt u than help, just look at Philadelphia.
How many of the actual players playing for the 76ers are actual draft picks?
Did a quick look. 4 2nd round picks. 5 guys not drafted at all.
Top pick out with injury. Other 1st round pick overseas.
A couple of older veterans just taking up cap space.
The 76ers may be planning to build through the draft, but they are loaded with crap.
The only positive thing I see from the rumor is that the Celtics will not take back crap contracts.
But the rumor deal is clearly coming from the other side trying to drive prices down.
Yeah the Sixers method is go full on tank for two seasons, get high draft picks, and see where you are at. I actually expect the Sixers to start making positive moves next summer as by then they will have MCW, Noel, Embiid, Saric, and whomever they draft this summer. That should give them a nice little foundation to either build around or trade (if for example they draft Okafor or Towns, I would expect them to move Noel for another young player maybe even that draft and get a wing like say Justise Winslow). That would be a pretty nice start MWC, Winslow, Saric, Embiid, Okafor. Tons of cap space you use to bring in a free agent wing (some possibilities - Goran Dragic, Jimmy Butler, Luol Deng) and a younger veteran PF like Paul Millsap or Greg Monroe (they could also go older and get a David West type player). They might have to overpay a bit for the free agents, but they have the cap room and won't have to start re-signing the young guys for a couple more years so there won't be a ton of overlap there.
So they get Butler away from the Bulls and sign Monroe, draft Towns, and trade Noel for Winslow. I know that is a lot of what ifs but that is a darn good team (or at least could be). MCW, Butler, Winslow, Monroe, and Embiid with Towns and Saric coming off the bench. That is what full on tanking could lead to. Or they could totally bomb out and just be terrible for a very long time. It is a risk reward, but I'd rather be Philly than be a mid level lottery team like Boston the last two years because the reward is just so much better and if you are bad you might as well be very bad (you know what Magic said about the Lakers recently).
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