Sixers Round Out Roster

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana">With camp starting Oct. 2, Sixers round out roster</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana">The 76ers' current roster is likely to be the group that heads to training </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana">camp</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana"> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana">Oct.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana"> 1 at </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana">Duke</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana"> </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana">University</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana">.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana">&ldquo;At this point in time, I don't expect to do anything else,&rdquo; said team president Billy King.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana">By signing rookie second-round picks Derrick Byars and Herbert Hill to non-guaranteed $427,000 minimum contracts Tuesday, one day after trading for banger Reggie Evans and signing veteran Calvin Booth to the $1.07 veterans' minimum, the Sixers are carrying 16 players, which is one above the 15-man roster limit.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana">With point guard Andre Miller, swingman Andre Iguodala and center Samuel Dalembert set as starters, two positions are still up for grabs.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana">Rodney Carney, Willie Green and rookie Thaddeus Young are the leading candidates to start opposite Iguodala on the wing &mdash; assuming Kyle Korver continues as the sixth man &mdash; while Evans, Louis Amundson, Shavlik Randolph and rookie Jason Smith are in the mix at power forward. Evans appears to be the favorite there.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana">&ldquo;The greatest thing is that we're going to go to camp and let people compete and earn their spots,&rdquo; King said. &ldquo;It's not going to be a given to anybody. Camp's going to be very competitive.&rdquo;</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana">The other players under contract are point guards Louis Williams and Kevin Ollie, as well as Booth, Byars and Hill.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana">Projected as a late first-round pick, Byars slipped to the Trail Blazers at No. 42. The Sixers traded No. 30 and cash to </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana">Portland</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana"> for Byars, a 6-foot-7 swingman who averaged 17.0 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.4 assists as a senior at Vanderbilt, where he was the SEC Player of the Year.</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana">Hill, a 6-10 power forward, came to the Sixers in a draft-day trade after he was taken 55th from the Jazz. He averaged 18.1 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2.94 blocks as a </span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana">Providence</span><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana"> senior.</span>

</div></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana"><font color="#800080"><a href="http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/100-09122007-1406274.html" target="_blank">http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/100...07-1406274.html</font></a></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana"></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: 12.75pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; font-family: Verdana">With the trade for Reggie Evans and the signing of Calvin Booth, our offseasons seems to have come to an end. Currently, we have 16 players under contract, including the signing of our 2nd round draft picks, Derrick Byars and Herbert Hill. We are one player above the league limit, so who do you guys think will make the roster? And who do you guys think will get cut? Will we make a 2 for 1 trade before the season starts to clear up roster space? </span></p>

 

I was really surprised with the Booth signing as the Evans trade brought them down to 15 if they kept Hill and Byars. </p>

Of the two, I see Byars being a much better pro than Hill. However, is Amundson's contract guaranteed?</p>

 

^No, I don't believe he has a guarenteed contract. I don't even think we've signed him. I like him though, he brings energy and hustle. He'll probably get an invite to camp, though I would hate to see him make the roster over someone like Derick Byars or Herbert Hill

 

I think we should trade Kevin ollie and someone else and let Lou-will back up Miller so he can develope.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Brian)</div><div class='quotemain'>^No, I don't believe he has a guarenteed contract. I don't even think we've signed him. I like him though, he brings energy and hustle. He'll probably get an invite to camp, though I would hate to see him make the roster over someone like Derick Byars or Herbert Hill</div>

I'd take Amundson over Hill</p>

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Answer_AI03)</div><div class='quotemain'>I think we should trade Kevin ollie and someone else and let Lou-will back up Miller so he can develope.</div>

Idealy, we would trade Kevin Ollie and Willie Green away in a two for one type of package, but the problem is, which teams will bite? Is there anyone out there even remotely interested in Kevin Ollie? And after that huge contract extension Billy King gave Willie Green, I fail to see how any team would have any interest in him at all. Another blunder in Billy Kings failure of a career</p>

 

Willie Green is pretty good and hes still getting better. I think a lot of teams would be interested in him.

 

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Answer_AI03)</div><div class='quotemain'>Willie Green is pretty good and hes still getting better. I think a lot of teams would be interested in him.</div>

Willie Green is pretty good? Sorry, but I wouldn't call a chucker who shoots 41% from the field while playing no defense or grabbing any rebounds good. If anything, he has regressed. No team will be interested in this scrub and his huge long term contract</p>