Summer League Gems & VJ Officially Becomes a Sixer
Zo has actual Sixers basketball to fuel his newest round of hopes and takes.
Team Ricky Rundown
The guys take a quick look around the suddenly wide open East and you know what? Yea.
Pre-thumb VJ looked incredible, Kyle Lowry is BACK and so is the second part of Zo’s Always Have a Public League/Catholic League Guy maxim.
AU likes some Summer League guys and doesn’t like others.
Sixers around the League
Sixers seem to be much more intent on drafting fewer losers and that’s a great thing for the immediate and future state.
Sixers (appear to be) in victory formation to retain Big Q Grimes who unfortunately became a RFA (Restricted Free Agent) in the wrong summer
Not sure what Ben Simmons has left, honestly, but somewhere like Golden State where his only job would be play defense, run, dunk and pass, might not be the dumbest decision
Incredibly excited about Jabari Walker. I think we’ll all appreciate his energy. Just have to hope he remains hungry enough to improve that jumper.
Absolute take masterclass from fellow Sixers Redditors giving their worst takes/predictions.
Five for the Road
Speaking of worst takes & predictions, I have two: 1. Tony Wroten was a solid puzzle piece to a larger picture (oof) 2. Ben Simmons was on the precipice (pre-Hawks series at least) of breaking it wide open potential-wise. I’ll go fuck myself.
Johni Broome in concept is much better than in actual application. I guess I expected more floor-savvy from an older guy who should be flambéing cats right now. But we’ll see, still early.
Judah Mintz and Hunter Sallis just might be dudes. Fuck it, lets run an eight-guard and two-big rotation and win every game 120 - 110. Nothing else has worked.
Hope things don’t end this way for Dame Lillard and he truly gets one more run at it.
Convincing myself that Paul George is tired of being shit-talked nationally and locally and ready to get into that mode again. Probably not but I need something else to cling to besides the young guys.
