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After Okafor and Noel, Sixers Roster Historically Bad
Do you see anyone else on the roster who can be an NBA difference maker?
Sixers GM Sam Hinkie.
The early reviews on the Philadelphia 76ers are a study in complexity: They are worth watching for Jahlil Okafor and occasionally Nerlens Noel. But the rest of their roster might be the worst roster assembled in the history of Philadelphia sports.
And this is where I get off the Sam Hinkie subway car while he stays on it until the end.
I think any general manager can pick first-round players, especially ones in the top 10, as the Sixers will get next year with their own pick and perhaps the Los Angeles Lakers’ pick. The others, ones coming from the Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder will be decent, but not premium players.
I need to see Hinkie find the diamonds in the rough. He traded for Isiah Canaan and the kid has no idea how to play point guard. Since he’s only 6-foot tall, he can’t play the two position either. So basically, Canaan is a waste of my time.
Do you see anyone else on the roster who can be an NBA difference maker?
Please don’t bore me with T.J. McConnell, who is a hustling little rascal, but can’t shoot a lick and would be better served playing somewhere in Europe, or in a YMCA pick-up game where he would kill for 30 a night. Robert Covington? He can shoot it a little, but where is his all-around game? Covington is at best an eighth man on a good team’s roster. Jerami Grant? What exactly does he do?
Here’s my assessment of the rest of the roster:
Nik Stauskas. Seemingly can make a straight-up unguarded three-pointer. But the shot looks more like a push shot, which means he doesn’t get it off as quickly as, say, Kyle Korver. And for a guy to embellish a nickname like “Sauce Castillo” before he has scored 20 points in an NBA game is a violation of the Nth degree. Average player at best.
JaKarr Sampson. Can’t play.
Richaun Holmes. Can’t play.
Hollis Thompson. Could never play and mysteriously has been drawing a Sixers paycheck for three years now.
Christian Wood. Big guy who can’t play.
Kendall Marshall. Currently injured. Kid has some skills as the future starting point guard, but at age 23 has been passed around to three NBA teams already. What does that tell you?
Tony Wroten. As wild a player as J.R. Smith without J.R. Smith’s skills. A turnover machine who at best is a 10th man on an NBA roster.
Carl Landry. Solid veteran forward who probably can’t wait to get traded to a winning team where he can come off the bench and give you 10 minutes.
That’s the low-down folks.
