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**Coatesvillain** · 06-28-2005, 09:11 PM

I'm holding out hope that Louis Williams will be traded, but since the draft ended without a trade, I'm doubting there will be one. That in itself cemented the fact that this team has no future, because the people directing the ship have no clue of what's going on.

Look, I was watching this with my brother and I had a draft board written out of 10 players who were still on the board when the Sixers picked that I wanted:

-Ryan Gomes
-Kennedy Winston
-Sean Banks
-Dwayne Jones
-Amir Johnson
-Andray Blatche
-John Gilchrist
-Chris Taft
-Randolph Morris
-Dijon Thompson

Is someone going to tell me that Louis Williams is better at anything than John Gilchrist right now, let alone three years from now? After this pick I'm convinced, the Sixers have one of the bleakest futures in the NBA. Why did Billy King waste his time trading into the draft, if he was going to take a player like this?

I'm just disgusted, and I'm not really looking forward to the season because it's like the Titanic. So get ready for Dalembert, Green, and Korver to get long term deals and look for things to not get better any time soon.

SixersFan · 06-28-2005, 09:33 PM

SixersFan · 06-28-2005, 09:34 PM

I *think* Taft was taken at 42 by Golden State.

But I agree with you (shocking, I know), this draft was a waste of time for us as fans. I don't know what BK is thinking with this pick.

**HKF** · 06-28-2005, 09:40 PM

This team is horrible and the future is even worse.

**Kunlun** · 06-28-2005, 10:16 PM

I can't believe we passed on Morris and Winston. I think we made a mistake in this draft. Usually the Sixers are really good at picking second rounders. I don't know what they were thinking this time.

**Coatesvillain** · 06-28-2005, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by SixersFan

I *think* Taft was taken at 42 by Golden State.

But I agree with you (shocking, I know), this draft was a waste of time for us as fans. I don't know what BK is thinking with this pick.

Oh yeah, you're right.. you're right. When typing this up, I had my list here but I couldn't remember where Taft went.

It's a shame that what was once such a proud franchise, is handled by yet another terrible GM. Before I was urging the team to blow things up in two years, but it's to the point I don't even trust the guy. I was reading an article on the pick of Louis Williams, and it was actually making me sick.

SixersFan · 06-28-2005, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by PhillyPhanatic

Oh yeah, you're right.. you're right. When typing this up, I had my list here but I couldn't remember where Taft went.

It's a shame that what was once such a proud franchise, is handled by yet another terrible GM. Before I was urging the team to blow things up in two years, but it's to the point I don't even trust the guy. I was reading an article on the pick of Louis Williams, and it was actually making me sick.

post the article please? I'm really not too happy with this pick, but I wasn't expecting much from number 45, I'm more interested in free agency.

**Coatesvillain** · 06-28-2005, 11:12 PM

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PHILADELPHIA - Louis Williams may not be ready to play in the NBA right away. That hardly matters to the Philadelphia 76ers who thought taking a risk on a raw high school prospect would pay off in the long term.

The Sixers selected Williams, a 6-foot-2, 175-pound guard out of South Gwinnett High School in Snellville, Ga., in the second round of Tuesday night's NBA draft with the 45th overall pick.

Williams, an early entry candidate who won the Naismith Award as the nation's top high school player, originally committed to Georgia and was named the state's Mr. Basketball as a junior and senior.

"He's an incredible scorer and a great athlete," said Tony DiLeo, the Sixers senior vice president and assistant general manager. "He's one of these players that can be special."

Williams was seen by some teams as a combo guard who could play both backcourt positions in the NBA. With Allen Iverson firmly entrenched at point guard, Williams would look to earn minutes at shooting guard - if he even makes the team.

"We're not going to worry about position or size," said team president Billy King. "The kid has an opportunity to be a pretty good player down the road."

The way he dropped surprised Williams, who said this week he expected to be a first-round pick.

"Likely I would say it's likely," Williams told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution this week about his chances of being a first-rounder. "I would put it at 85 to 90 percent, and that's just being modest, really, to be honest with you. I've only worked out with late first-round teams, and there are some teams that are willing to take that risk on me at those positions."

Sure enough, Williams couldn't believe how long his wait stretched on Tuesday night.

Wiping tears from his eyes, he said: "I'm excited. It's the middle of the second round, but I'm still excited. It was nerve-racking."

The Sixers have dipped into the high school level before, most famously taking Darryl Dawkins out of Orlando, Fla., with the fifth overall pick of the 1975 draft.

Williams averaged 27.5 points and 6.6 rebounds last year while leading his team to a 28-3 record and fourth place finish in the state. He averaged 27.0 points as junior and led South Gwinnett to the Class 5A state title.

"He needs time to develop. It's not easy going from the high school to the NBA," DiLeo said. "Athletically, he can step in and play in the NBA right now."

Philadelphia only had a second round pick because its first-round selection was traded to Denver in a three-team deal on Dec. 18, 2002, in which the 76ers acquired Kenny Thomas.

This is the second time in three years that the Sixers do not have a selection in the first round. Last year, the Sixers were in the lottery and scored big with swingman Andre Iguodala.

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I usually don't expect much from picks as low as the one we had today, but when they had players on the board who could start for us as early as the season opener and we pass them over for this guy, it frustrates me.

I'm looking forward to free agency, but my hopes are pretty low because Billy King always screws up, he's one of the worst in the business.

dcrono3 · 06-28-2005, 11:33 PM

Come on, of your list of 9 (10 minus Taft), 5 of them are still available! Would you be happy if we signed any one of them? Williams may be a boom or bust player, but what if he booms, wouldn't it be a steal for us again?
-Kennedy Winston
-Sean Banks
-Dwayne Jones
-John Gilchrist
-Randolph Morris

**Coatesvillain** · 06-28-2005, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by dcrono3

Come on, of your list of 9 (10 minus Taft), 5 of them are still available! Would you be happy if we signed any one of them? Williams may be a boom or bust player, but what if he booms, wouldn't it be a steal for us again?
-Kennedy Winston
-Sean Banks
-Dwayne Jones
-John Gilchrist
-Randolph Morris

The thing is why would they come here? Dwayne Jones is a possibility, because he's a St. Joe's product. The rest I highly doubt would come here.

SirCharles34 · 06-28-2005, 11:53 PM

You guys are acting like it's the end of the world because of this pick. Let's rewind for a moment and put this into perspective. Everyone was happy going into next season with the team we have and with NO pick in the draft, right? I know I was. We have a solid core and w/ a FA signing or 2, we could contend next yr.

Let's be optimistic. I don't like the pick myself but it's almost like we didn't have a pick to begin with, so it doesn't really hurt us or help us either way.

**Coatesvillain** · 06-29-2005, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by alleninsf

You guys are acting like it's the end of the world because of this pick. Let's rewind for a moment and put this into perspective. Everyone was happy going into next season with the team we have and with NO pick in the draft, right? I know I was. We have a solid core and w/ a FA signing or 2, we could contend next yr.

Let's be optimistic. I don't like the pick myself but it's almost like we didn't have a pick to begin with, so it doesn't really hurt us or help us either way.

This pick was a microcosm of the Sixers organization.

This is a team which under Billy King for the most part, makes a living out of making the wrong moves. Why would free agency be any different? Remember the Sixers were a team that was hot and heavy after Mark Blount last offseason, luckily the Celtics signed him because he was going to be this team's starting pivot.

This is the team that traded Eric Snow for Kevin Ollie and Kedrick Brown when the Houston Rockets had a trade exception and were looking for a PG (and were actually interested in Snow). Signed Kenny Thomas to that ludicrous extension, when no one else would've offered him anywhere near as much.

It's almost like the franchise has suffered from a curse ever since they traded Moses Malone, doomed to terrible front office men.

SirCharles34 · 06-29-2005, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by PhillyPhanatic

This pick was a microcosm of the Sixers organization.
This is a team which under Billy King for the most part, makes a living out of making the wrong moves. Why would free agency be any different? Remember the Sixers were a team that was hot and heavy after Mark Blount last offseason, luckily the Celtics signed him because he was going to be this team's starting pivot.
This is the team that traded Eric Snow for Kevin Ollie and Kedrick Brown when the Houston Rockets had a trade exception and were looking for a PG (and were actually interested in Snow). Signed Kenny Thomas to that ludicrous extension, when no one else would've offered him anywhere near as much.
It's almost like the franchise has suffered from a curse ever since they traded Moses Malone, doomed to terrible front office men.

And I was starting to like BK after he managed to rid us of Kenny Thomas in the Webber trade.
And you are kidding about Mark Blount? I would've been pissed if we signed him. Glad Boston beat us to it.

Please don't bring up the Moses trade again. It's bringing back my nightmares.

That Moses trade was the equivalent of the Vince Carter trade. I can't believe more Toronto fans aren't outraged!

Bruno · 06-29-2005, 04:15 AM

Well if the Sixers organisation wasted their money to get one player like Louis Williams lets face it guys what you thing he is and will be better green or Louis? I thing green it would be better and they only can pick this guy if they will not sign green but in that position we don’t needed more player like you guys said it would be better to get one player in the positions we are not too strong and that we could get too better players but Billy is showing again the good GM he is .

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