Want to know what the best way to show that you're a playoff ready team? Be able to win on the road. The 76ers in the 00-01 were a team that played better on the road then at home. I think if the Sixers could get a streak going on this road trip it will be awesome for the team and I could not see this team being under .500 this season. I'm not saying they should win all the games, as long as they get .750 on this road trip we're good to go. Expect a turn around if the Sixers have a good road trip. ~ zEx
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Want to know what the best way to show that you're a playoff ready team? Be able to win on the road. The 76ers in the 00-01 were a team that played better on the road then at home. I think if the Sixers could get a streak going on this road trip it will be awesome for the team and I could not see this team being under .500 this season. I'm not saying they should win all the games, as long as they get .750 on this road trip we're good to go. Expect a turn around if the Sixers have a good road trip. </div> Winning on the road is effective in the playoffs, but I think this team is much more deeper than the 2000-2001 Sixers. If you can keep Kenny Thomas, Glenn Robinson and Corliss Williamson healty, I think the Sixers have a shot at being contenders. You have Iverson who already has finals expericne, Corliss who knows what it takes to win it. The only peice I feel is missing is Mutumbo, I feel Dalembert will be at that level in years to come, but not right now but he can produce on the inside. Then you got Korver who can light it up at any given moment. Iverson, well we all know what Iverson can do. All this team needs is to stay healty. No im not crazy, Im just stating my opinoin.
legit We need a legit center like Mutumbo. I'm thinking maybe Nazr Mohammad or someone like him, who can score and rebound.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting zEx69:</div><div class="quote_post">We need a legit center like Mutumbo. I'm thinking maybe Nazr Mohammad or someone like him, who can score and rebound.</div> Im thinking something else. I think that we need a center like Theo Ratliff. Do not know his contract situation with Portland, but he would be a good fit in Philadelphia, because he played with AI before he was traded away for Mutombo, and he is a good defensive precense he averages over two and a half blocks a game. He would be able to give us the defense that Mutombo provided. Though I feel we should wait to see what choice SD makes this off season on weather to walk or resign with the team. If he wants a lot of money I say let him walk, because although he has shown signs of being great he has not proved much so far this year. As far as winning on the road goes yes that is a big part of having a good team. I still wont forget the playoff series we played against the Pistons Larry Browns last season here. We should ahve won that series imo if we could just have played tight defense at the end on the road and excecuted a few missed free throws by AI, and a layup by Atkins and we lost the series just like that. What was great about the 2001 team was that the only real big name on the team was AI yet there playing styles fit so well together it was great to watch. Tyrone Hill played great here as a starter, and Mutombo was part of the all star team two times with us, and has not been a all star since he left. Then we had great locker room leaders like George Lynch I remember him playing in the finals saying if they lost he would not want to wonder would it have been different had he played, and that if he played and they lost at least he new he did everything he could. In todays roster outside of Iverson and maybe Thomas I do not think there is one player willing to do that.
The reason we went to the Finals in 2001 is because we had the right personnel. Guy's like Tyrone Hill, Eric Snow. Matt Geiger and George Lynch who did the dirty work and didn't worry about individual acheivments. The big reason they won games is because they were very tough on the defensive end. For us ever to win games, you have to surround Allen with people willing to give up their own stats to win games. Another reason why we were winning a lot in 01' is because we stayed healthy the majority of the season, nowadays it can never seem like we stay healthy, one of are key guys always gets hurt. The Sixers desperately need to find a way to win on this road trip. They have played poorly on the road all year long. They need to come together as a team cause this road trip could have a long term effect on this team if we don?t come out with some wins. If the Sixers do succeed on this Western Road trip hopefully it can provide a spark into the rest of the season because we are really missing something right now.
Agreed. Pure Skillz, Mutumbo and Ratliff are the same type of center. I didn't mean we LITERALLY need to go after him. Anyway, I just wanted to remind you guys again of how stupid our trade was in 00-01 when we traded Ratliff, Nazr Mohammad and Toni Kukoc for Theo Ratliff. Nazr is like a really good center now and Ratliff is just one of the best shot blockers in the NBA.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting zEx69:</div><div class="quote_post">Agreed. Pure Skillz, Mutumbo and Ratliff are the same type of center. I didn't mean we LITERALLY need to go after him. Anyway, I just wanted to remind you guys again of how stupid our trade was in 00-01 when we traded Ratliff, Nazr Mohammad and Toni Kukoc for Theo Ratliff. Nazr is like a really good center now and Ratliff is just one of the best shot blockers in the NBA.</div> What? You mean when we traded them for Mutombo? I do not think it was a stupid trade at the time that trade did get us to the finals, and Mutombo was a all star, and defensive player of the year that year. Sure looking at how the players turned out you can call it stupid, but looking at the trade at the time from a 76ers perspective they where getting a all star. As far as Mutombo and Ratliff being the same types of centers they are for the most part, but Mutombo was a better rebounder in his prime he blocked a hell of a lot of shots, but his rebounding really helped define him. Ratliff is more of a shot blocker look at his stats he does not average many rebounds, but has a lot of blocks.
I'm not sue, the trade was pretty stupid once you look at it. It's because Mutumbo was a good center for us for maybe a few months in the 2001 season. But after that he was useless. I'm not saying Mutumbo was a bad player or anything but his old knee's played a role on him when he played his second season with us. At the time we did the trade it was brilliant, even Aaron Mckie, Allen Iverson and Eric Snow thought apporved of it. But once you look at the trade long term it sucked.
Short-term was the same thing as it would be if Ratliff was still there. If Ratliff didn't get injured we would have gotten to the finals anyway. We were doing fine without him. Short term it was basically the same and long term it sucked for us so I don't see how it was good for us. It was basically the same thing.
