[外電] 七六人該重整陣容了嗎？

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這是費城當地報紙的隨隊記者 Tom Moore 最新力作
他認為球隊該人事大地震一下了！你覺得呢？


http://www.phillyburbs.com/blogs/sports_columnists/tom_moore/sixers-need-roster-overhaul/article_f4ec8d95-ff38-561b-bc2a-bf7a5398326c.html

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Sixers need roster overhaul

Posted: Sunday, March 25, 2012 12:00 am | Updated: 6:30 am, Sun Mar 25, 2012.
By Tom Moore Staff writer | 0 comments


Friday’s 99-86 home victory over the Celtics was meaningful and exciting.
The 76ers broke open a close game with a 37-17 third-quarter advantage to
move 1½ games ahead of Boston in the Atlantic Division.

But let’s not kid ourselves.

Should the Sixers manage to hold onto the division and earn the accompanying
No. 4 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs, they aren’t winning more than
one round — and that’s not looking as likely as it did a month ago.

A team that doesn’t win when it’s close — the Sixers are 0-8 this season
in games decided by four or fewer points and 2-14 in games decided by less
than eight — probably isn’t going to be successful in down-to-the-wire,
playoff contests.

Even if the Sixers advance in the postseason for the first time since 2003
(Larry Brown’s last year here), Rod Thorn needs to make some significant
changes next summer. In other words, the Sixers’ roster needs an overhaul.

The Sixers’ flaws are becoming more apparent and opponents are taking
advantage of them. That partially explains their 5-9 record in the last 14
home games.

The Sixers have too many guys who want to initiate the offense (Jrue Holiday,
Evan Turner and Andre Iguodala) and no 20-point, reliable end-of-game scorers.
The Sixers also lack a quality — or even a decent — low-post
scorer/interior defender.

Elton Brand is a pretty good mid-range shooter, but lacks the quickness and
jumping ability to get his shot off inside.

Spencer Hawes played well early in the season, but the strained Achilles
sidelined him and limited his effectiveness over the past two months.

Re-signing Hawes, who becomes an unrestricted free agent July 1, could be
worth considering at the right price if he comes back as the third big man or
alongside a top-drawer power forward.

It’s hard to imagine the Sixers not using the amnesty provision on Brand.
Brand gives everything he has, but age (33) and the wear and tear of 13 NBA
seasons make the Sixers paying him $18.2 million next year for 10.6 points
and seven rebounds a game a long shot.

While soon-to-be unrestricted free agent point guard Deron Williams of the
Nets won’t be joining the Sixers, getting below the salary cap by amnestying
Brand would allow Thorn to make an uneven trade.

For example, they could send Iguodala to a team for a player or players
making considerably more money. Iguodala is pocketing $13.5 million this year
and $14.7 million in 2012-13.

Thorn should explore trading anybody and everybody. That includes Holiday and
Turner. Consider every option and make the trade that is best for the Sixers.
The odds are it’ll be Iguodala going elsewhere. While he’s a terrific
defensive player — one of the best wing defenders in the NBA — and would be
difficult to replace at that end, Iguodala remains a No. 3 offensive option
best suited to playing with an offensive star.

Iguodala’s poor foul shooting — his inexplicable free-throw percentage of
61.8 is the lowest of his eight-year pro career and 25 percent worse than in
2006-07 (82 percent) — seems to have made him hesitant to drive in the
fourth quarter of a competitive game. He’s almost an automatic 1-for-2 at
the line.

Doug Collins has to keep Iguodala on the floor late in games for his defense,
but the Sixers cannot afford his offensive trepidation when scoring is so
difficult for them at crunch time.

Iguodala still has value around the league, however, especially on a very
good team.

You almost surely cannot get the Lakers’ mammoth Andrew Bynum for him, but
you should be able to address one of the team’s numerous needs.


Tom Moore, 215-345-3127; email, [e-mail]; Twitter, @tmoorepburbs

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推 willyt:我尊敬T-Moore, 但是這篇我實在不願苟同
推 unicotexalex:他講的好像幾乎要大地震一樣...
推 freijaking:是說每人都可以考慮換,但他講的欠缺其實沒那缺那麼多
→ freijaking:以陣容來說要攻頂我也覺得還有差,怕的是現在這團小鬼
→ freijaking:氣氛不錯,怕換誰走後氣勢會下坡..要換也要挑對人
推 willyt:我認為以目前的陣容來說，與其期待變化來解決問題
推 willyt:不如期待教練團協助他們成長解決現有的問題
推 willyt:後者是比較make sense的
→ freijaking:讓某些小鬼的進攻端也長出來是可以,但他談到幹掉EB,
→ freijaking:不知道沒EB之後能補到誰..!? 這季就走那洞豈不大了
推 willyt:EB的數據我還是覺得是因為他不再是第一進攻選擇
推 willyt:上場時間也有被限縮的關係，他在場上，尤其是防守端
推 willyt:絕對是巨大的
推 garenas0:如果能選到Turner的學弟就好XD(但是不可能)
推 cz:材料是夠了，要換球員不如找進攻教練防止當機
→ cz:不然找個江霞教練也好
推 henrypan:看起來他可能想要ai換melo,買斷eb搶howard之類的
推 DarkChilles:老牌最近幾場表現是亮點啊  還蠻希望他約滿留下來
推 hzhzhz:G大說的學弟是Sully嗎？那真的是不可能...除非是到時候現場
→ hzhzhz:交易了...進了Final Four行情看漲啊！