Thursday, June 28, 2007

All the best GM's are liars

All the best GM's are liars ... Billy King has admitted as much in the past. So forgive me if I don't put much stock in what Billy or any other NBA executive says these days. Still the recent low key nature of the loquacious Mr. King gives me pause. No grand proclamation of "change" this year. I've gotten no e-mails from Billy. Perhaps I've just gotten use to be being lied to. Who doesn't like a little conversation while there getting screwed ... errh watching the franchise's future unfold in front of them.

Sixers.comI peeked in on an online chat yesterday with Marc Narducci, Philadelphia Inquirer reporter. Lotsa questions and concerns the Sixers are serious about drafting Yi. Marc seems to think the Sixers have to get two players that can fit into the rotation this year. Everybody's got an opinion. Stephen A. talks about today's "mood of cautious optimism". Jon at Passion n Pride suggests the Sixers make a deal with the Bucks. My predictions are already on record at Ricky's sixers4guidos blog. I'm going with Julian Wright at #12. Of course that prediction comes with the proverbial hedge "if a trade doesn't happen". But trades always happen. I was looking back at last year's draft. I recall the heartache then relief I felt when Thabo Sefolosha was announced as the Sixers pick and then traded for Rod Carney.

This year's draft has the potential to be wildly unpredictable. I am bracing myself for a real roller coaster ride today. As Samuel Jackson 's character said in Jurrasic Park just before he hit the switch ... "hold on to your butts".

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Rando my friend now I am curios to know what do you think of this draft...

I just posted my feelings on my blog but really don't know what to say

maybe you can break it down for me poor guido because the more I think about our picks, the less I understand...

pedro velasquez said...

In lieu of the Hall of Fame Induction sportsbook Ceremony a week ago, I am going to compile a list of the 76er players who exemplify terribleness and who reside on the complete opposite end of the Hall of bet nfl Fame spectrum.
You can call them the anti-hall of famers or Bizarro Air Jordan’s, which ever you like.
I will have to admit, I am not the most passionate of Sixers fans. They have about 48 people that still sportsbook actually go down to the game religiously.
Out of the four Philadelphia sports clubs, they are my third favorite, behind the Eagles and the Phillies. They used to be number one until the early 1990’s.
The club went through a string of stupid ass trades that soured me to the http://www.enterbet.com club and they suffered through a decade (or more) of below average play.
It started with them trading my favorite Sixer of all time: Moses Malone.