Interesting that Philly is not having a good year. Could this be attributed to the loss...

Interesting that Philly is not having a good year. Could this be attributed to the loss of Miller?

about 2 years ago tevisthe4th 6 comments 1 recs |

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Iggy

really misses miller. Their pg williams is out now for some time. They’re poised to bring back AI should be interesting.

by BBG on Nov 28, 2009 3:18 PM PST reply actions

It's a variety of things, but yes...

Philly planned on developing their young PG Lou Williams this year (hence Miller’s departure) but now he’s out with a broken jaw. In his place they are starting Jrue Holiday who is I believe the youngest current NBA player. So yeah, the Sixers’ PG situation took a nosedive from last year, with Iguodala now trying to do too much on his own without the requisite skill-set.

As a Sixers fan, at this point I’d actually give the green light to start the Iverson v2 experiment…

by dulcamara on Nov 28, 2009 4:07 PM PST reply actions

Oh i didnt know their starting pg was out. Broken jaw? did they play memphis recently?

by tevisthe4th on Nov 28, 2009 5:06 PM PST up reply actions

He broke it the past week against Washington

I’ve been happy with Williams’ play so far, but he does have a lot to learn. Sixers have myriad other problems – Brand not fitting into the Princeton offense, defensive problems, Iguodala struggling with his role (last 2.5 years was thrown lob after lob by Dre Miller for easy dunks or open jumpers off kick outs, not so easy for him to create on his own). I’ve observed they also miss Miller’s communication and leadership on defense (not necessarily his individual skills).

by dulcamara on Nov 28, 2009 8:41 PM PST up reply actions

Lou Williams.

He’s been playing really well statistically but I think they are lacking leadership. Something that they had with Miller last year.

by Iwvelez on Nov 28, 2009 5:46 PM PST reply actions

Yeah

Lou is a really good player but not a great playmaker. He can’t set up his guys like Dre does. Then again, Dre can’t even set up his guys like Dre does nowadays. It makes me want to cry.

Philly is my second favorite team over here.

"Everyone knows who you are; but only your friends know why."
- Rich Amato

by CoRBBall on Nov 29, 2009 8:21 AM PST up reply actions