Official '15-16 NBA Season Thread: THEY WON ONE FOR THE LAND

[CheesePritchard]

Late to the party but Uncle Chris is honestly terrible now.

 

[dartsndeacs]

who is uncle Chris? STAHPS doing WORK

 

[dartsndeacs]

17 Minutes for Lawson and 1 shot and 4 turnovers?

 

[deaconson]

Nice article about brett brown, the sixers, and popovich from a spurs site.

http://www.poundingtherock.com/2015...inues-to-support-former-assistant-brett-brown

 

[deacphan]

Everyone who ever played for duke.

And their team mate blake

 

[vadimivich]

Knicks fans gonna be Knicks fans ... booing to SUPER HYPEEEEE in less than 2 months!

 

[buckets]

clips have some serious issues

 

[Fuck Your Couch]

17-9-8 for Ish in another Pels win.

 

[Deacfreak07]

17-9-8 for Ish in another Pels win.

SUCK IT PHAN

 

[myDeaconmyhand]

17-9-8 for Ish in another Pels win.

Those numbers might stand up in the Sun Belt or A10, but not the ACC. Just not an ACC caliber pg.

 

[dartsndeacs]

17-9-8 for Ish in another Pels win.

Haralabos Voulgaris ‏@haralabob 3h3 hours ago
Ish Smith couldn't stick on 76ers roster. For a team thats supposed to be developing players, that seems like a big fail on their part

 

[JuiceCrewAllStar]

Haralabos Voulgaris ‏@haralabob 3h3 hours ago
Ish Smith couldn't stick on 76ers roster. For a team thats supposed to be developing players, that seems like a big fail on their part

Townie can explain

 

[Fuck Your Couch]

my boy porzinGAWD has a mixtape 14 games into his career. dude wasn't supposed to meaningfully contribute for like 2 seasons

 

[RedSoxFaithful]

klaptraps bazingas is pretty good at basketball

 

[TownieDeac]

Haralabos Voulgaris ‏@haralabob 3h3 hours ago
Ish Smith couldn't stick on 76ers roster. For a team thats supposed to be developing players, that seems like a big fail on their part

pretty sure mcconnell is gonna be better

ish is a very good backup PG tho

 

[dartsndeacs]

pretty sure mcconnell is gonna be better

That's not his point.

 

[TownieDeac]

his point was kinda dumb too on both ends

1 - that the 6ers should have developed him better (yea, the other 7 teams that cut him fucked up too, i guess)
2 - that he "couldn't stick" - he was an unrestricted free agent and could have gone anywhere he wanted so other teams bid on him before sixers had the oppo

still, this has been rehashed a lot already - i think ish is a very good backup PG and would be valuable in that role on basically every team trying to compete in the league

if he's gotta be THE guy, you're not gonna be great

as for his development, arguably the sixers were a big turning point - they showcased him more than any other team did - they gave him wayyy more minutes than most clubs were willing to

 

[JuiceCrewAllStar]

pretty sure mcconnell is gonna be better

Really? Haven't seen him play in the league yet, but his ceiling in college seemed low.

 

[Fuck Your Couch]

McConnell has somehow played 400 minutes and has 91 FGAs and hasn't attempted a free throw. That's kind of amazing.

 

[TownieDeac]

Really? Haven't seen him play in the league yet, but his ceiling in college seemed low.

certainly too early to make that judgment now with any degree of certainty, but i think he's got some very good tools

the sixers backcourt this year is one of the worst professional sports combos i've ever seen - just historically bad

it's why MCW and Jrue and Ish may have seemed like fool's gold in years past and why it's hard to judge with any accuracy how good a PG is in the sixers "system"

he's not as quick as ish, but he plays within himself a lot better - think he's generally a smarter player, and he's a little bigger and stronger too (not hard)