Crying In My Beer:The 76ers-Pistons Playoff Thread

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Gotta love Billy King--that guy is a moron. Sixers will set a record for having to pay 3 coaches at one time--Ayers, O'Brien, and now Cheeks. Why did O'Brien get fired?? He was the first coach to use Iverson properly and AI had his best season in NBA which should've been 2-2 with World Champs if one of the disgruntled players (Willie Green) could make a damn FT.

Dalembert, Green, and Webber were the "unhappy" players and for whatever reason Philly and King view Willie Green as a "key piece" to the future of Sixers. Why?? What do they see that I'm missing?? He's decent but nothing that can't be replaced.

Now with Cheeks, King is talking of moving Iverson back to 2G which I think is flat out stupid, but it will appease Webber the LOSER. I hate Chris Webber more than anyone in the NBA and he's the CANCER that he's been on every stop. But it'll be fun to see which excuse he uses this year as the offense will run through him and Philly wins about 35 games and be in Lottery. If it's a Lockout shortened season, put Sixers down for 15-18 wins out of 50.

Mo Cheeks was a favorite player of mine, but I'm not impressed with him as a Coach. While in Portland, he had a bunch of "interesting individuals" to deal with, I just don't see him as someone who can win or even take a team to Championship Contention level. O'Brien improved this team, had AI's trust and when a loudmouth idiot like Stephen Smith throws AI into the mix of "those who didn't like O'Brien" that is pure BS. Fact is you can tell when AI's not too thrilled with someone -Chris Ford--and if he wasn't happy about O'Brien, having his best year as a Pro sure didn't reflect his feelings--getting the best out of a player is important isn't it?

Could it be that Iverson dislikes Billy King? Afterall he went to him during the season and voiced his displeasure about the crap roster and failure to get help and then King gets him Chris Webber--ugh. All I can say is I hope Cheeks stinks, Webber tanks, and AI BEGS to get out of town if King doesn't trade him in offseason which I still hold out hope for--I know AI doesn't want to leave, but it's best thing for him--get the hell out of Philly and the Loser Organization. 5 coaches in 3 years.. why isn't King on chopping block?? Only hope for Philly is bringing back the popular and crazy Pat Croce but that's a stretch being he and Ed Snider hate each other.

Sorry for the rant, but seeing another Hoya stuck in LOSERVILLE, just irritates the crap out of me.

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Look at it like a good thing RDF. I look at this as a good thing for Allen Iverson. Iverson will be gone before the trading deadline next year or he will be with a new team the following year. Jim O'Brien is a solid coach, who doesn't deserve a horible GM in Billy King. By this time next year, it will be so ugly in Philly, AI will ask for a trade and will probably be traded. Look at the players King provided this year. Anytime your biggest free agent acquisition is Brian Skinner, and you are excited about it, you need to have your head examined as a GM. Billy King makes Danny Ainge look like Jerry West or Joe Dumars as a GM. With the exception of Iuogadala, there is nobody worth keeping on the roster with AI. Dalembert is an okay rebounder and weakside shot blocker. But he is misleading. He is not a great on the ball defender in the low-post. He has no offensive game whatsover. And he has the worst hands. AI on several ocassions will give Dalembert a perfect pass under the basket away from the defender only for Dalembert to drop the ball. Countless times. He also has the ball taken away from him when he rebounds. Now Billy King wants to give Dalembert a max contract. Willie Green!? This guy is on roller-skates everytime he plays on defense. This guy hasn't even proven himself in this league. Webber!? We all know what he is about. When the inmates (Dalembert, Webber, and Green) run the asylum you will never have a successful team. Like JT2 said before, "this is not a democracy". As I said before, you can pick any hall of fame coach you want, and they MAY have squeezed 5 more wins out of this Philly roster this year. O'Brien got the most out of his talent. You see AI had the best year of his career, didn't you.

Mo Cheeks is a nice guy, well-liked, respected, and a man of character. But, as JT2 once said, "people don't pay you to be nice, they pay you to efficient and win ball-games". Mo Cheeks is an average coach at best. Yes, he had Knuckleheads in Portland,but those knuckleheads were pretty darn talented. Those teams where the polar opposite of the dearth of talent on this depleted Philly roster. Mo Cheeks' substandard coaching methods combined with this substandard squad will make this team regress. Putting Iverson at the 2-guard spot, is like making Michael Vick a wide receiver in football. You play right into the opposition's hands. After about couple of renditions of the Star-Bangle banner for pre-game pep talks, this Philly team next year will be in mutiny. It will be a clearence sale next year for this team. Everybody will be gone. I think AI will be traded, because he is the only barganing chip that the Sixers have in order to rebuild. I just hope AI will go to a team that he can have a chance of winning a title. He doesn't deserve the right to compete for a title, he EARNED the right to compete for a title.