Believe it or not, but PF Jarvis Varnado is the second oldest player on the team at 26 years old. But while he may be the second oldest, he is certainly not the second most experienced. After being drafted in the second round of the 2010 NBA Draft by the Heat, which coincidentally was the same draft that James Anderson and Elliot Williams were drafted, he immediately went to play in Italy while the Heat … Continue reading
After Summer League last year, I was optimistic about how PF Arnett Moultrie would contribute for the team. I thought that he could definitely be a regular contributor off the bench. He didn’t look too bad in his rookie season two years ago, getting to play in 47 games. But this year he spent most of the season in the D-League after struggling to even make the awful Sixers roster. Then he got suspended for … Continue reading
I am now in the back half of the roster as I analyze the players that clearly did not play as much this past season. While that doesn’t mean I’m guaranteed to say to get rid of them, their worth to the team is clearly lesser. A player must really deserve not to play if he’s getting severely limited minutes on a team as bad as the Sixers. Either that, or the player is just very … Continue reading
I’m going to go on record and say that I really liked Byron Mullens as a player two years ago when he was with Charlotte. I even had him on my fantasy team because he brought in the rare combination of 3-pointers and rebounds. But then he ended up in Los Angeles to play for the Clippers and dropped off a cliff, showing that maybe he only played so well because the Bobcats had no one else … Continue reading
According to my armchair GM decisions, the Sixers currently still have 2 starters (PG Michael Carter-Williams and PF Thad Young) and 3 backups (SG James Anderson, C Henry Sims, and SG James Anderson). I let Hollis Thompson go, and so far he’s been the only player that I’ve done that to. Now I will look at SG Elliot Williams, who played his first season with the Sixers last year and his second in the league. Williams … Continue reading
I’ve now gone through all five of the Sixers’ starters at the end of the season, so now I will move to the backups. The most obvious player to evaluate first is Tony Wroten, the clear sixth man for the team this past year. As mainly a shooting guard, he averaged 13.0 PPG, 3.2 RPG, and 3.0 APG. His shooting percentages weren’t great (especially from 3, where he shot just 21.3%), but he averaged so … Continue reading
I seem to have been very generous with the Sixers players that I have evaluated thus far. I have decided to keep all four of the players I’ve looked at, even James Anderson, who I have consistently criticized since becoming a Sixer. Next is the 5th and final starter from last year’s squad, SF/SG Hollis Thompson. Last year was Thompson’s rookie season after being undrafted out of Georgetown. He can be used as either a … Continue reading
If I were the head of management for the Sixers (as I’m pretending to be for this series), they’d currently have Michael Carter-Williams, Thad Young, and James Anderson all still on the team. The first of those two would be starters, and Anderson would come off the bench. Now I move onto another starter for the second half of last year, C Henry Sims. Sims came over in the Spencer Hawes trade at the trade deadline … Continue reading
So far, I have determined that the Sixers should retain starters Michael Carter-Williams and Thad Young, at PG and PF respectively. Now I move onto their starting SG for most of the season, James Anderson. Anderson was signed last offseason as what seemed like an “extra” that would fill out the roster. Well, Anderson must have impressed people within the organization because he ended up playing in 80 games for the Sixers this past season, … Continue reading
After determining a couple days ago that starting PG Michael Carter-Williams should stay with the team next year, I move onto Thad Young, the team’s starting PF last year and arguably their best and most productive player. Young is one of the few veterans on the team, playing since he was drafted in the 1st round by the Sixers in 2007. He may be the longest-tenured player still on the team of 6 years, but … Continue reading
