Yet Another 4th Quarter Flushed Down the Crapper By the 76ers (DEC 10)

The other day Andre Iguodala insisted that the Sixers were not as bad as their record indicated. And then last night (WEDS) they preceded to drop a basketball game to the lowly Detroit Pistons, who are as bad as their record indicates.

The Pistons come from behind in the 4th and win 90 to 86 over the inconsistent 76ers. Now mind you the Pistons are a bad 9 wins and 12 losses while the 76ers 5 and 17. So you be the judge of if you agree with Andre.

Personally, I love "Iggy Hop" but I do think the 76ers are a bad team. Yes they have their moments and they have some raw talent. And now they have the extra juice with the addition of Allen Iverson, the original A I. And there is some positive aspects of all of that.

But I think part of the problem is the ego. I think Andre and his team mates needs to look in the mirror and say "wow we stink". Are they capable of more? Perhaps. But that isn't who you are, that is who you might be! This is where I have a problem with Eddie Jordan and Andre's assessment.

Eddie, you need to stop with the it's coming along, we are getting better upbeat stuff. I don't get it? What was pre-season basketball for? You don't implement and entirely new concept that takes the whole franchise a season to learn. How about a little at a time?

You should have implimented base sets and the foundation and stuck with that and some standard sets until they can do that in their sleep. You then can compensate with a somewhat simplistic level of strategy with hard aggressive work. Out hustle your opponent on the basketball court. Which you should do anyhow. But that is very difficult when you are thinking too much about the system. Which is the entire point!

However if you are going to forfiet the basketball season and finally stop the 7th or 8th seed ceiling then I am cool with that. Hey if you get people to work to learn the program and you get some excitement from Allen along the way, we'll take it. You better make a significant 2010 Draft Pick though!

The Box was interesting:

Observations:

• The Bench was abysmal. Willie Green was mediocre at best and he had the best night off the bench
• Iverson is working his way into shape but 3 assists suck whether your in shape or not
• Dalembert had a good night. If you could get that from Sam I am nightly then you would have a good center
• Thad Young was off tonight
• Andre Iguodala was good tonight but I don't want him playing point guard or point guard like. He had 9 assists yes, but he is supposed to be a scorere and finisher. Yes everyone should pass to the open man but he is not the most fluid when dribbling
• Close a game will you!

I don't like the wholesale changes they are allegedly trying to implement all at once. Unless the plan was to forfeit the season to begin with and pray you make a monster Draft pick 2010.

Hey I am not hat upset as I had already written off the year. I better see steady improvement and a better grasp of the Princeton system over the coming months though. And again stop having Iggy Hop bringing the ball up and let him do what he does best. Can you do that for us?