Starting 12 games in 3 seasons is a start. He can’t stay on the court, if it’s not injuries it’s stupid fouls. Hes a nice bench piece but I just don’t see him as the answer at 4 anymore.
We were swept with Ed Davis against the pelicans. It was the right move to move on from him
I don’t think Ariza is being underrated that much. He’s being rated just about right. Everybody knows he’s a classic 3D type SF with veteran experience. No one is saying he’s trash or can’t play anymore. We all saw that he can still play last year. The reason why he was huge for us was because he’s a true SF while Hood and Bazemore are more of a SG even though they can play SF. I would love Ariza back next year, but it’s important we have depth on the wings so we can keep his minutes low so his legs are fresh when it come to the playoff. With Trent emergence, Hood returning, and the possible improvement of Little Ariza may see more time at PF which may actually be better for him at this point
Gabriel is closer? Haha. People are prisoner of the moment.
Well Gabriel look more like a 4 than Zach does. He can actually defend the perimeter, does a good job of helping on defense. Zach at the 4 struggle to defend the perimeter consistently. He’s better when he’s closer to the rim. Now on offense they both have the potential to stretch the floor, they have shown the ability to knock down 3s just not consistently yet. Zach is better at posting guys up, even then we don’t really need him to post up unless there’s a mismatch. Prisoner of the moment? Dude Gabriel has shown these things for awhile now. He just needed the playing time. And lastly if you want to grow your YouTube channel maybe don’t be such a jerk whenever someone see something you don’t see
Uh I don't need advice from you on how to grow a channel, trust me. And if you're taking me disagreeing with you that personally then you should relax a little bit.
Lol dude I respectfully explained my thoughts process on why I think Gabriel is closer to being our answer at the 4 than Collins is, then said don’t be such a jerk. I am fine with people disagreeing with me but don’t laugh at my opinion. It wasn’t personal at all
There isn't a Sixers fan in the world who wouldn't love that trade and that should give us pause.
Let them love it. We improve defensively and actually we get better on offense too. The defense is obvious. Offensively though Dame would stop getting the ball to MeJ so often so he could go one on 5, so Dame's usage would go up which would be a good thing but Nurk would still facilitate and much like Melo this season Harris is more than capable of getting his own shot... only Harris isn't 90 years old so he can get by some defenders. The guys in the starting lineup would stretch all defenses we would play. Dame and Nurk would find open shooters like they do but instead of putting the ball on the deck to try to set up their own offense (see CJ and Melo in all but the last two minutes of the game) these open shooters would take the fucking shot or rotate the ball to the open shooter if they were closed on by opposing defenses. We would get so many open threes and we would make them. Nurk would have the floor so spread out for him that he would dominate the paint on offense... our offense would be even better. Our defense would be much improved as well. Gary and Richardson are a huge huge upgrade over CJ and Ariza. Harris at the four would be very mobile and at 6'8" with a 6'11" wingspan he is very long. Nurk would anchor that defense.
seems nurk would be best suited to under 30 minutes a night, zach might just be the perfect back up to both he and whom ever becomes our starting 4.
Yes, if he is healthy.
I would love that trade. If we did that we could very well meet the 76ers in the finals. How awesome would that be?
That would be fantastic, so much drama. Simmons and Harris have had to had a lot of practice time against each other and I know Dame and CJ have gone against each other a lot. Both teams would be so strong on both ends of the court. It would also be interesting historically obviously since the Sixers are the team we beat for our only championship.
Why would the Pacers want CJ when they have Oladipo?
I think that trade would work under the cap if we did it after the new NBA year started (meaning after the draft) and it was all future draft picks which didn't take up any cap space, if we drafted for Philly at #16 then Philly would have to send some salary back with Simmons. Obviously this trade couldn't work before the NBA new year because of Simmons' new contract making him a poison pill player. I love Simmons abilities on both ends but in today's NBA if we were giving up that much I would like a superstar back that can shoot the three. However if Philly offered it to us and it was two first rounders, Zach and CJ for Simmons and filler I think we'd have to do it.
I would do that trade. Don’t forget about Hood on the wing too. And with melo likely returning, we would have Trent, Richardson, Harris, Thybulle, Hood, Little, and Melo covering the 2-4 spot. Those are solid guys there
Um yeah... OK. That's not a demonstrably better deal in any way shape or form. If CJ is so valuable why do we have to trade back in the draft to acquire a guy who plays behind Glen Robinson III when everyone is healthy? Don't get me wrong, I like Thybulle as a throw in, he shoots well and defends well against second stringers but the idea of the trade is that for us Josh Richardson is an upgrade at the wing over CJ because he is a great defender and a guy who knows his role and will take an open three when someone like Dame sets him up with one... instead of looking at that open three and then putting the ball on the floor to go one on one with a defender that for some reason CJ always wants to give time to recover. Harris is there because he fills another need for us and like CJ is overpaid, so he also makes the trade work as far as salary cap goes. If the Sixers would throw in Thybulle I'd be cool with it and if we had to trade back 5 spots I guess I'd be cool with that too. If they didn't want to include Thybulle but instead wanted to give us the 21st pick that wouldn't be a deal breaker for me. We would still be improving our defense immensely and we wouldn't be losing any outside shooting.
