the 76ers motto this season might be '
contortions-r-us'. They have dug a deep hole, then painted themselves into a corner at the bottom of that hole. And it sure looks like Morey seriously over-played his hand while calling the Simmons bluff of sitting out the season. Of course, that might not have been a bluff and then Philly has a giant mess in that corner at the bottom of the hole
as for the Lillard '
news' there, I'd dispute the idea he's been provided the "
roster upgrades" he had in mind when he went '
ballistic'. But to me, it seems pretty clear that a big part of his reaction after the Denver series was motivated by that very recent major disappointment to him personally. he thought last year's team was different than previous versions, but the playoffs proved that assumption wrong. He had a masterful series, but got almost no support. But as time has passed, I think his loyal nature and affection for Portland, the city and the team, has pushed out the disappointment and left him somewhat near where he was before the Denver series. Rip City blood running thru his veins
that not to say if this season goes south, badly, he won't be back to that level of disappointment. But he's a long ways from that point right now, IMO
suck it Philly fans
by the way, how do you find all this stuff? Have you got some kind of Blazer-centic search engine that scans the net, the twitterverse, and instagram?
