Wondering if this is a good model to build after. Granted, Allen Iverson was the MVP, its at least a blueprint with a guy like Damian Lillard. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000–01_Philadelphia_76ers_season Eric Snow, Aaron McKie Allen Iverson, Raja Bell George Lynch, Jumaine Jones Tyrone Hill Dikembe Mutombo, Matt Geiger vs. Damian Lillard, CJ McCollum, Tim Frazier Gerald Henderson, (CJ McCollum) Al-Farooq Aminu, Allen Crabbe, Dorrell Wright Ed Davis, (Meyers Leonard) Noah Vonleh Miles Plumlee, Chris Kaman, Meyers Leonard Back-court heavy offense. Rebounding and defense in the post.
When Miles Plumlee defends the paint like Dikembe Mutombo; sure I'll give us a chance of making the finals.
That 6ers team had some great defenders. Amina is the only one we got that I think belongs in that class.
I think Vonleh and Davis have the potential to be decent defenders and rebounders. Certainly have some interior toughness with our PFs and Centers outside of Leonard.
Funny--I was thinking this just the other day. AI is easily much better than Lillard will likely ever be, but you can see some similarities in style (one key offensive guard, a bunch of defenders, a team ethic of working really really hard). The thing is, nobody ever really wants to emulate that Sixers team. It caught lightening in a bottle in a weak conference, but it's so vulnerable and so reliant on that one guard that it's not terribly reliable. As an aside, AI is so ridiculously underrated by many fans. His handle and sheer force of will is something you just don't see. The points he could consistently put up as a 160lb guard was just insane.
+> To achieve that record and to go to the finals the Sixers had to play teams that could not match up aginst Mutombo (hahahahah, NoNo, swagger that finger). I also thought McKie and Snow were very instrumental in the success path. Iverson could not be a Guest speaker but he had heart and an insane amount of injuries.
