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Fast forwarding to the future

Posted on February 2, 2014 at 11:41 PM.

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Ok I'm itching to get started and all this typing is holding me up

So I will give a quick overview of the next couple years and then we get into the detailed madness during my actual playing of my association so here we go!

2014 Free agency recap

76ers amnesty Jason Richardson

Jazz sign Danny Granger 1/3.89M
Jazz sign Kyle Lowry 3yr/21.10M
Kings resign DeMarcus Cousins 4/57.17M
76ers sign Evan Turner 3yr/23.96M
Celtics sign Loul Deng 4yr/40.67M
Suns sign Eric Bledsoe 3yr/31.90M
Laker sign Spencer Hawes 3yr/19.25M
Lakers sign Andrew Bynum 3yr/18.92M
Mavericks sign Pau Gasol 2yr/9.82M

2015 Offseason

After our overachieving young team made the playoffs again this year, in fact we won the damn division! Now that we have experienced
early success it's time to take that next step and really make some noise in the playoffs! To do that it's gonna have to be some key
roster moves to get us over this hump. We are currently loaded with alot of young mid level talent and team leaders Evan Turner and Thad
Young seems to have hit their peak in development...what is a GM to do??

Player options

Thaddeus Young accepted his player option(PO) 1yr/9.72M
Hollis Thompson team option(TO) was declined
Brandon Davies team option(TO) was declined

James Anderson and Lorenzo Brown will be allowed to be Free agents(FA)

Current Roster thoughts

Our most pressing need is to find a player that can score in the post. I DON'T care what position it is I just need somebody to draw some attention
away from MCW, Turner, and the emerging Aaron Gordon. But drafting at 18 it's not looking like that's gonna happen this time around unless somebody drops in
the draft. Free Agency is a totally different story! Superstar PF has had enough of Portland and said he's looking for a team that wan't him to be the TRUE
focal point of the offense. Hot DAMN!! THAT'S US!! Can we say MAX CONTRACT!!

Zach Randolph will be a fall back if our offer to Aldridge falls through.

Draft Needs

#1 Low post scoring
#2 Pure Shooter or a big man with range
#3 Back up Prospect PG

NBA Draft

My Picks

#18 SF Tristan Coles
#34 SG Chip Kelly

Traded Dwight Powell and 2nd to Detroit for a 2nd and the rights to SG Bryce Joseph(25th)

Free Agency

It must be something in the water!! Aldridge signed on the dotted line to give the Sixers one of the best PF's in the league,now it's looking like we might can make that splash in the playoffs that we was hoping for!

To finish the squad off I will look through our undrafted free agent and find guys that can fill spot roles in time of crisis without
crying about playing time. My targets are:

PG Calvin McPherson-This is kind of a no brainer. Getting a pretty 3pt shooter for peanuts is the first step to creating the space I need for my offense.
PF Rolando De Luca-After scouting him we revealed that that he's a hustle guy that throws it down and will pull in a nice amount of rebounds if needed.
C Marcus Collier-Flat out tank! His sole role will be to set strong screens and bully people. If he shoots the ball I will slap him Bob Knight style

Offseason training ***The bread and butter of maximizing our players***

PG Chip Kelly (Combo Guard) Reasons being that Chip while he is a great shooter he needs alot of space to start knocking those shots down consistantly
and since most defenders will stick to him like glue it's needed that he improve his ball handling and shot in traffic. Passing is needed also because
he will be loooked at as an emergency PG if the need ever arises..hopefully it doesn't

SF Tristan Coles (Offensive Fundamentals) Ok here's how we attack this situation. Since you can't be a NBA SF/PF and gone be blowing layups and what not,
well not at least on my team you won't! The boost was enough to get him to a more comfortable level, next year his progression will put him in an even better
spot and the rest of his game will grow around that. We might have a steal on our hand folks!

SF Aaron Gordon (Basketball 101) If Gordon is to make that next step to greatness he's gonna have to get into the playbook and get focused. The signing of
Aldridge seemed to motivate Gordon.

PG Calvin McPherson (Atleticism) Before I get started I would like to say that perimeter defense was considered but take this thought process. If you look at
his stats he will NEVER be a solid defender so why waste time right?? Now we move to something that will help Calvin help YOU! Standing 6'4 he is a tall PG
so you should have no problems shooting over smaller defenders the problem is gonna come against physical defenders who know how to position themselve's in
between him and the basket. The boost to his speed, vert, and quickness should be enough to make him a threat when he steps out there.

C Marcus Collier(Conditioning) He came into camp a little out of shape so he got to get his @$$ in shape if he ever want's to play a game in the NBA

PF Rolando De Luca (Rebounding) Rolando stated to me that he wanted to be the Italial Dennis Rodman?!? You know what young man...sold!!

2015-16 Season recap

Well well well so we took that next step into winning 50 games in the regular season and got a 2 seed in the playoffs, and makes it to game 7 of the NBA
finals only to come up short! The heart break!! Well at least we got the city back behind us! Time to take this bad boy over and get started on greatness