Free Bobby Portis, Jeremy Lin, and (insert name)!

[NovU]

Leash's short on these guys unfairly. The coaches just won't(or can't) give these capable guys playing time.

So far I hear a lot of needs about freeing Bobby Portis. I want to add Jeremy Lin to the list as well. And John Henson too. 15 mpg is a crime, Kidd is a stupido.




Anyone else you think is being held back by management/coach's decision?

[benji]

Everyone who's not Anthony Tolliver.

Also, Memphis and Cleveland not playing half their bench two out of every three games is weird. I guess less so for Memphis, but Cleveland needs to try and dig up more bench help if they start dropping like flies again in the playoffs.

[Andrew]

I hope that Portis gets a bit more of a run as the season progresses, but there are solid, established players ahead of him in the rotation. That said, I would definitely like to see him get more of a chance.

[benji]

And Portis goes for 20pts, 11rebs and 2stls, with 2/3 from three in 23 minutes.

Lin had 15/6/7 in 36 minutes.

[mp3]

I think it's unfair for Lin to not get minutes when he's proved his way in the league so far.

Bobby-P looked great vs the knicks and in preseason too but the guy is a rookie on a team of vets so you can understand the rotation to a certain degree.

[Axel]

Glad I speculatively picked up Portis, because now he might get some more playing time with Noah out for 2 - 4 weeks.

[I Hate Mondays]

Ish Smith. He really got it going

[air gordon]

I'd like to see Aaron Gordon get more time. Good 'lol' Skiles and his rotations

Barton is creeping up close to 30mins but give him more. Foye is garbage

[NovU]

Me too, gordie. Aaron seems to have pretty good potential. And he's younger than Nerlens Noel. I think he'd be called a potential allstar already if he was playing for the 76ers.

I also want to see what Hezonja can do.


But then perhaps the Magic need to dump Elfrid, Tobias, Vucevic, Oladipo, Hezonja, Gordon, Fournier, and just about everyone and commit to tanking because they'll be mediocre. Right benji and spree?

[benji]

I thought Gordon had tremendous potential coming out of college at 19 and was disappointed he didn't get more burn last season (he's already played only 250 less minutes than all of last year).

And your inability to grasp the concept of accruing young assets is that every fucking player you just mentioned is the type of good young asset a team should accumulate and the Sixers are trying to. Orlando got fortunate in winning the Dwight trade (THEY HAD A FUCKING SUPERSTAR TO DEAL OUT) to go young and outwitting the Bucks to land Harris, Vucevic and Fournier (for Afflalo...Dwight trade) while grabbing Elfrid, Oladipo, Hezonja and Gordon with high draft picks. (#10, #2, #5 and #4 respectively.)

Oh, and what's Orlando's record over the three years of their applying what you call "Hinkieology"? 20 wins, 23 wins, 25 wins. The Sixers are at 19, 18 and tbd and that's with losing their top rookie every single season to injury.

[NovU]

Calm down benji, where is your Christmas spirit?




That said, Ish Smith seems to be freed now. I can ride him again and hopely I get back into contention for 4p(H)eat.

[benji]

I'm your Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come, Sixers Scrooge.