Sixers Trade Analysis

first off... lemme just say congratulations to the lakers for winning a championship back to back.

second off.. i really could care less about the lakers or the celtics.. but that was a damn good series. i dont like either of them. butttttt... i do like ron artest, pau gasol, and ray allen. so thats the only reason i was rooting for the lakers.. lakers had less people that i hate.

anyway... so you may have heard that the sixers traded dalembert to the kings today. this is sort of a sideways progression..

strategy-wise... i can see what theyre going for.. dalembert's basketball IQ wasn't that great... neither were his hands.. if i had to guess.. even if it didn't result in a turnover.. it couldve resulted in a missed shot/opportunity... but he prolly averaged 2-3 miscues a game.. in the games i watched... whether it was not using both hands to catch a ball.. missing easy lay ups.. OFFENSIVE GOALTENDING.. DEFENSIVE GOALTENDING.. (those are in caps cuz those are my biggest gripes about him).



financially-wise... this didnt make any sense at all. this was dalembert's last contract year.. yet we traded him for 2 contracts.. 1 contract that still has 3 years on it.. andres nocioni is currently being overpaid and still has 3 years left on his.. noce plays the 3 and 4 positions.. currently we dont have enough spots for him.. iggy and young are going to be playing the 3 spot.. and not sure but i think they want to give kapono more time because at the end of this season, he started opening the lanes up for us.. then at the 4 we have: speights, brand, and young again.. im assuming theyre going to play jason smith more at the center position this next year. so already its pretty crowded at the positions he plays.. and we'll be paying him for those years. i understand picking up hawes.. cuz hes better offensively.. and a better passer than dalembert.. but noce brings up a minutes problem.

makes all the sense in the world for the kings but not for us. they wanted defense and rebounding.. thats wut they'll get.. plus noce didnt wanna play for them anymore.. soo they addressed it.

if the sixers draft derrick favors.. it makes less sense for this crowded 4 spot. unless they intend to play favors at the center more often. so again.. i hope they draft evan turner.. holiday, turner, and iguo already sounds like a good defensive perimeter trio.

i am hoping the sixers are looking into making another move. for the love of god get rid of willie green.. i ASSUME they traded for jodie meeks during the season to set them up for a willie green trade. that would relieve some salary cap space that is brought on from noce.